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Home made door stop

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  • bibbly
    bibbly Posts: 267 Forumite
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    carol_a wrote: »
    You could get a housebrick or large stone, cut a piece of pretty fabric large enough and wrap it as if it was a present, tuck the raw edges in then either catch the material together with some stitches or a few safety pins.

    but don't ever bang your toe on it :rotfl:

    Bibbly
    x
  • pol
    pol Posts: 643 Forumite
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    I bought a teddy from a charity shop, unpicked his bottom:rolleyes: and filled part of him with some marbles and those glass beads you put in vases. Sewn back up, he sits and holds the door open and looks a real cutie!

    pol
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  • angie_loves_veg
    angie_loves_veg Posts: 1,484 Forumite
    pol wrote: »
    I bought a teddy from a charity shop, unpicked his bottom:rolleyes: and filled part of him with some marbles and those glass beads you put in vases. Sewn back up, he sits and holds the door open and looks a real cutie!

    pol

    That is a very cool idea! Thanks pol!
  • carol_a_3
    carol_a_3 Posts: 1,104 Forumite
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    bibbly wrote: »
    but don't ever bang your toe on it :rotfl:

    Bibbly
    x

    Maybe wrap it in bubble wrap first!!
  • butler_helen
    butler_helen Posts: 1,866 Forumite
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    has anyone tried to make one of these? I want a better pattern for it...
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/07/chicken-doorstop-easter-present-how-to-make

    or any other cute ones? I found this...

    http://clairesmakeanddo.blogspot.com/2007/10/doorstop-tutorial.html
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  • Reverbe
    Reverbe Posts: 4,210 Forumite
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    Wilkos have some doorstops in at the mo- less than £1 I think. basic metal wedges.
    What Would Bill Buchanan Do?
  • Mrs_Thrify
    Mrs_Thrify Posts: 1,673 Forumite
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    squeaky wrote: »
    Yeah... some of us just so-o-o lazy ;)

    Yea..... I used a bag of dog food biscuits to prop open the back door this morning so it would not close in the wind.;)
    If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
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  • ginnyknit
    ginnyknit Posts: 3,718 Forumite
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    Love the chicken doorstop, I use a cushion too but people fall over it all the time. Think I will make the chicken on but not fill it with rice - don't like the idea of wasting food, maybe cat litter or gravel will be better.:)
    Clearing the junk to travel light
    Saving every single penny.
    I will get my caravan
  • esmf73
    esmf73 Posts: 1,793 Forumite
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    if you read the thread on draught excluders and making your own they talk about using aquarium gravel. I was thinking that this would be good. I will have a go at making some doorstops later! I really need them!
    Me, OH, grown DS, (other DS left home) and Mum (coming up 80!). Considering foster parenting. Hints and tips on saving £ always well received. Xx

    March 1st week £80 includes a new dog bed though £63 was food etc for the week.
  • Chris25
    Chris25 Posts: 12,918 Forumite
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    ginnyknit wrote: »
    . Think I will make the chicken on but not fill it with rice - don't like the idea of wasting food, maybe cat litter or gravel will be better.:)


    I was thinking about cat litter too but worried that it might absorb any moisture so perhaps not ideal for my kitchen.................but it should also absorb smells :D
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