seemingly useless hangythings!~

A couple of years ago my mom bought my boys each one of these seemingly useless hangythings.

For a long time, these hung in the "attic" of my old house with no purpose.. as creative as I like to think that I am, I couldnt figure out just what I would put in such a contraption. Soon after moving into our new house I found a use for one... My kids have stuffed animals galore and some they are very attatched to. So, in the boys room I hung one of these in a hook on the closet and stuffed them all inside. PERFECT! I was so excited to have them off beds, out of toy boxes, not in a pet net (I havent had good luck with those). I was very pleased to finally have a use for this seemingly useless thing.. cool, but useless (in my eyes).

OK but what to do with the second that hung in my basement empty for 6 months?

Then, I was having problems with my children keeping up with their hats, gloves and scarves.. I was soo annoyed to always be looking all over for these items... then, I got the brilliant *yes I am able to pat my self on the back from time to time lol* idea to hang the second of these seemingly useless hangythings in my front closet and when they come in, and take these items off, they go right into one of the little holes.. they are kept off hte floor, and organized.. and I know where to find them when its time to go back outside... YAY!

I thought I would share in case any of you have one of these seemingly useless hangythings and are in need of an idea of what to do with them! I am very excited and since these dont cost much, my mind is racing trying to figure out what I can get MORE of these for... lol . FUnny, I went from "ugh, I wish I didnt have these" to "I want more"~ If any of you have any ideas of what to do with them or what you have done with them, let me know!