Stop Kitchen Towels From Falling With A Quick And Easy Dollar Tree Solution

In many homes, kitchen towels have a dedicated spot: hanging on the oven door's bar. It's convenient while you're cooking and need to dry your hands, and it allows the towel to dry between uses. But the issue is, the towel often rolls off and falls from the oven handle. In a rush, you might grab it and put it back in place, even though it's now touched the floor. If you're afraid of germs and grime, then you'll toss it in the wash and have to replace it with a fresh one. Either way, it's a headache. Well, one quick and easy solution can solve that annoyance for good: $1.25 Velcro stickers from Dollar Tree.

The idea for this hack is to use tiny pieces of Velcro to secure the corners of a kitchen towel and prevent it from falling off. Because it's not a permanent solution, you'll still be able to remove the towel from the oven door if you need to use it to wipe a table or grab a hot dish, for example. And before washing the towel, all you need to do is remove the stickers. The best part about this DIY is that it works with cute kitchen towels without making them any less absorbent or ruining their look.

There are other ways to add Velcro to a kitchen towel. Though the pack from Dollar Tree comes with 20 Velcro dots, some DIYers might want to avoid using new ones with every wash. To solve this issue, grab a sewing machine or a needle and thread, and attach the Velcro directly to the kitchen towel. That way, you can wash the kitchen towel without the stickers coming off.

To do this hack, place the kitchen towel flat on a table with the pattern side facing down. On the inside of the towel, place four Velcro dots on all corners of the towel. Use two "fuzzy" dots on the top and two "grippy" dots on the bottom, so that you can fold the kitchen towel length-wise on the door of the oven and secure its corners together. If you'd like to be economical and go through the fastener dots more slowly, only use two pieces and place them in the center of the towel's short sides. Place the Velcro at the edge of the towel rather than where you would naturally grab the towel to dry your hands, which might cause the stickers to fall off because of moisture and friction.

Another option is to add a Velcro sticker directly onto the oven door handle. Then, place a matching Velcro dot at the center of the kitchen towel, and attach it to the bar that way. With this technique, the sticker on the oven door can stay in place over time. And if you choose to sew the dots onto the kitchen towel and have extra pieces leftover from the pack, don't worry. There are tons of Velcro hacks you can try, like using it to hang garlands and holiday decor. You can also use the kitchen towel hack as a game-changing hand towel solution for your guest bathroom. Simply place a Velcro sticker as you would with the kitchen towel to prevent hand towels from falling off bars and circle towel hangers.