06/06/2018
101 Uses For Tarps
Tarps. We have all used them for one thing or another. They come in many colors, different weights (thicknesses) and are made from different types of fabrics and or plastics. Tarps are useful for so many purposes.
1. Cover your floors and furniture with tarp or taps before you paint.
2. Use a tarp to cover outdoor Rabbit Cages in bad weather. You really need to hook the tarp down when using one like this. Other wise the wind can catch the tarp and it will become a sail rather then protect the animal.
3. Place under your tent when camping to keep the bottom of the tent clean and prevent moisture from wetting the area you are sleeping on.
4. Place on the ground and walk equine or llamas, or goats or dogs or other animals you are training across it for desensitizing.
5. Hang the tarp from fencing to work further to desensitize an animal from spooking when training.
6. Make a tent out of a tarp when out in the woods.
7. Lay down on the ground under you while practicing prone position shooting.
8. Cut and make a large Tote bag that is both water resistance and breathable.
9. Cover an area with a trap for shade.
10. Wrap plants/garden on a cold night.
11. Use to wrap and drag game back to camp when hunting.
12. Put down on your floor before a kids craft project.
13. Use for a temporary shower curtain.
14. Cover a bed when the roof leaks.
15. Cover an animals house for waterproofing and insulation.
16. Use to move dead large farm animals with.
17. Cut and make laundry totes, clean or dirty clothes, especially good for bringing home wet clothing home for the close line hanging to dry. These fold better and store out of the way better then clothes baskets.
18. Cover and tuck over your back seat for your dog to travel on.
19. Use for temporary covering over windows/as curtains.
20. Cover feeds and or other loads in the back of a Pick Up truck when weather is wet.
21. Use when moving. Set a tarp down on carpets before bringing in boxes off the moving truck to keep the area neat.
22. Use to cover and tie down a mattress in the back of a Pick Up truck on the way to take it to your home or other destination.
23. Cover Fresh Hay when you bring it home in the back of your Pick Up Truck.
24. Use the same Trap, as Number 23, to cover the Hay at Home if you do not have a barn to store it in.
25. Canvas Tarps can be used to cut to make long lasting patterns out of.
26. Line your the Trunk of your Car with a Tarp before loading it with items that might make a mess that would have to be cleaned up after the ride.
27. Hide a messy house from your Mother In Law by throwing a Tarp over the Kitchen Sink. Just tell her the Fixtures are broken and you don't want the water to break open and spray all over the house.
28. Use to cover couches and other furniture so that your animals/pets stay off or at least are laying on the Tarp and not the Furniture Fabric.
29. Freak out nosy neighbors....wrap up old rugs your are getting rid of in an old Tarp, but wait til dark to drag them out....talk in a loud whisper as you drag the tarp.
30. The next time your teen aged daughter complains she has nothing to wear, hand her a Tarp.
31. Take at least one Tarp with you when you go out for a Camping Trip, Not only are they good to use under a Tent, or for a Tent, but so many ways around the camp, just use your imagination.
32. Lay down a large Tarp to place toys and such on for sale at a Garage Sale.
33. Lay down a Tarp in the back yard for the kids to play on. Make the Tarp a game. Have the kids toss a ball, but if the ball goes off the tarp they have to have one part of their body still on the Tarp as they reach for the ball.
34. Put up Poles, Throw a Tarp over them, and Guy Wire the tarp to make shade for either the Cook and or the Guests at an outdoor Bar-B-Que.
35. Paint the Tarp for a Bean Bag Toss Game in the Yard. Mark off Point Areas and Mark the amount of Points for that area.
36. Cover Items, such as Bikes, that need a cover from the