Did some little ones take crayons to your walls to create a mini masterpiece? It’s easy to remove with just one thing: toothpaste. Because toothpaste has gentle abrasives to ensure teeth are polished clean without hurting them, it’ll do the same for your walls, removing crayon marks without harming the paint. Just apply toothpaste to the walls and use a damp cloth to rub it off. It takes a little elbow grease, but it really does do the trick.

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Choose these two key herbs for your garden this spring: fennel and dill. They are wonderful and versatile herbs that can be used in cooking, but they are fabulous choices to attract pollinators like butterflies to your garden. Butterflies love the flowers these herbs generate, and once you have droves of pollinators in your garden, they’ll control invasive pests, too. Plus, these herbs are very easy to grow and will populate quickly.

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Even in an age of digital reading, printed books are still in demand and can be donated if you're ready to make room on your bookshelf at home. The rule of thumb for donating books is this: If it has been two or three years or less since the book was published, donate it to your local library; they will resell the book to raise money for their valuable work. If it's older than that, donate it to a Salvation Army or Goodwill store, where it will be resold in the store. Either way you donate, be sure to get a receipt for tax deduction purposes.

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