MacGyver Box

Find a large cardboard box, and a place to put it. Write "MacGyver Box" on the side of it.

Use this to store useful junk items. Things you get for free (or nearly free).

What are useful items? Anything! Examples:

Rubber bands
Paper clips
Condoms (often free at the doctor's office)
Glass jars (empty and clean, with lids if available)
Coffee or paint cans (empty and clean, with lids if available)
Empty pill bottles (remove the labels)
Lighters (put them inside of something else to keep them from discharging)
Any sort of cables, power cords, etc.
Bits of string, rope, twine, wire, etc.
Any loose hardware (pins, screws, nails, etc.)
Extra batteries (cover the tops of 9-volt batteries)
Unused knives, scissors, sharpening stones, and other cutting tools
Matches (if you're a smoker or know a smoker, ask for a book of matches each time you buy cigarettes) (store matches in a ziploc bag)
Partial rolls of tape (any type- scotch, duct, electrical, etc.)
Buttons, caps, zipper pulls
Unused bags (especially ziplocs in all sizes, big and small)

And so forth.

As far as getting cardboard boxes, you can get them from a grocery store. Ask a store employee if they have any extra boxes you can have. Stock up on them.

When you find these items (and others you can think of!) for free, take them home and put them in your MacGyver box. They will be useful for future projects featured on this blog.