Crafts & DIY
Create A "Fly Preventing Bag" Using Pennies And A Bag Of Water
Patricia Lynn
07.07.16

Summer is just around the corner! While it sounds really fun and exciting, one problem comes with the season – flies. Fortunately, there is one easy trick we can all use to keep these pests from invading our home.

In just five minutes, you can make a safe fly preventing bag using tools and ingredients you already have in your kitchen. All you need are the following:

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  • Plastic or Ziploc sandwich bags
  • 2 tsps. salt
  • lime juice
  • 2 ½ cups water
  • A few shiny pennies

To start, put two and a half cups of water into a large bowl. Then, slowly add in the lime juice and salt. Mix well.

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Once the solution is made, pour it into the Ziploc sandwich bags until it is almost full.

Before sealing the bag, drop the coins into the mix.

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Using a paper clip, hang it in places where flies are rampant.

It might not seem like it works, but this solution has kept my yard fly free for years now!

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