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Sep 11, 2015

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
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
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.
A punctured bottle of 7Up makes the perfect shower headThis makeshift pizza cutter is fashioned out of a tin can lid and a ruler
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
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
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.
A coffee maker is used to cook spaghettiA dustbin created using a stool
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 
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
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 
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
Being broke needn't mean missing out on drinking from the finest glassware- even if it is made of plastic

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