椰子肉美味又营养。椰子壳也有用途，找到重新利用你剩下的椰子壳的方法可以证明是一种环保的方式，可以为房子周围创造一些可以帮助你的东西。
自己动手点
以下是重新利用整个（加满）或半个椰子壳的想法列表：
- 容器：使用椰子壳存放小饰品、宝藏和小物品。要放在里面的东西可能包括橡皮筋、钥匙、玩具、钢笔和铅笔、扎带、你藏匿的用过的塑料袋等。
- 植物支架：在椰子壳中种植一株小植物。虽然半个椰子壳可以工作，但将其切成其高度的四分之三通常是椰子壳植物支架的最佳尺寸。先在壳的底部钻或刺一些排水孔，然后用泥炭藓划线。
- 悬挂式植物支架是另一种选择。
- 喂鸟器：变成悬挂式喂鸟器。在顶部周围的均匀空间钻一些孔，然后穿过一些沉重的麻线或细绳。在顶部系上环或类似物以悬挂。装满鸟籽并挂在适当的地方。定期清洁。
- 另一种方法是在喂料器中填充 suet/脂肪和种子混合物，使用外壳作为混合物的模具和容器。
- 儿童工艺品：让孩子们发挥他们的想象力，将椰子壳的两半变成头、脸、玩具、装饰品或任何其他他们喜欢的东西。
- 篮子：与喂鸟器的想法一样，添加重绳或轻绳以形成悬挂手柄。使用椰壳篮携带物品，例如新鲜切割的草药和鲜花，新鲜产下的鸡蛋和花园中的种子。
- Natural candle holder: If you like making your own candles, use the coconut as the container into which you tip the wax. Keep the wick centered and it'll be a great candle for many hours.
- Bowl: As a bowl, the shell can hold anything you like. A fun thing to try is a bowl of nuts still in their shells; try macadamias, Brazil nuts, almonds and walnuts, for example. Keep a nutcracker nearby to encourage snacking on healthy nuts.
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Other (advanced) uses
If you're craft clever, you might be able to turn the shell into sculpted, carved or sawed craft items.
- Lampshade: If you're good with carving, you could carve a whole shell with neat holes in a pretty pattern. Add a globe and lamp base and you'll have a wonderful lamp with many light patterns glowing from it.
- Jewellery: Carve pieces of the shell into necklaces, earrings and other jewellery. Designs for barrettes and elastics can be carved for hair accessories.
- Painting: If you have good artist skills, paint an image on the coconut shell.
- Coconut buttons: Carve buttons from the coconut shell fragments. Durable and pretty.
Things to be mindful of
- Clean out the shell and let it dry before using. Flesh and/or fluid left inside the shell may rot and encourage mould growth, depending on the end use and placement.
- A split shell may not be suitable for the purpose you're intending. Be sure about the strength required before using a split shell.
- Use appropriate care when handling hammers and sharp tools to manipulate the shell.
- Coconut shells are natural and will break down over (a long) time, more so when exposed to severe elements.
See also
- There are lots of wonderful ideas to inspire you into coming up with more ways to repurpose a coconut shell. Try doing searches of image search engines and image sites such as Pinterest.