A group of cash-strapped students have come up with a series of ingenious ways to solve their DIY dilemmas - and have shared the results online

• Students have posted their bizarre contraptions on boredpanda.com
• The quick fixes solve their DIY dilemmas without costing money
• Posts have been shared more than a quarter of a million times
• Other solutions include using a shopping trolley in place of a barbecue
• Another shows a hairbrush being used as a car wing mirror

A group of cash-strapped students have come up with a series of ingenious ways to solve their DIY dilemmas - and have shared the results online.

Solutions range from baking a pizza with an iron and a hairdryer to showering using a 7Up bottle as a shower head and have been shared on boredpanda.com.

More inventive ideas include using a shopping trolley in place of a barbecue grill, flipping a stool upside down to create a makeshift dustbin and stuffing an entire chair into the seat of an armchair to replace a cushion.

Baking pizza with an iron and hairdryer is just one of the solutions posted on boredpanda.com,

Replacing a broken wing mirror with a hairbrush is another ingenious idea shared by students

The novel pizza oven, which combines an iron and hair dryer, was submitted to the site by Wyofil, who added the caption: 'Sorry we do not have a microwave available to guests'.

Another shows a novel pizza cutter made using the lid from a tin can and a ruler, although the idea was ridiculed by some, with one student, Cassie Williams, telling the inventor to 'just use scissors'.

A further post, submitted by Shotsfiredyo, shows a novel way to hide holey socks by painting toe nails with a black marker pen.

'I'm not buying socks for another five years,' the accompanying post read.

Left: A punctured bottle of 7Up makes the perfect shower. Right: A makeshift pizza cutter

Salubrious solution: One student stuffed an entire chair into the seat of an armchair to replace a cushion

A novel way to hide holey socks:  'I'm not buying socks for another five years,' reads the post

But not having any dough needn't mean missing out on using the finest glassware - even if is made made from plastic.

'As a student with no money I give you my new cups,' reads one post, which showcases a wine glass, tumbler and cocktail glass made out of empty drinks bottles.

Similarly inventive is another student's alternative to pots and pans - a coffee machine.

'Quick and easy way to make noodles for all you college students ,' reads the post by user Will_evans10199.

Also making an appearance is a shower curtain installed using clothes hangers and a pair of speakers fashioned from two empty milk bottles. 

They may be lacking cash, but these students certainly make up for it in creativity.

Left: A coffee maker is used to cook spaghetti. Right: A dustbin created using an upside down stool

A shopping trolley turned barbecue is one of the ingenious inventions shared by students on Bored Panda 

Even cash-strapped students need music: A pair of speakers fashioned from two empty milk bottles

Also making an appearance on the site is a shower curtain installed using clothes hangers 

Being broke needn't mean missing out on drinking from the finest glassware- even if it is made of plastic