Winter life hacks to get you through the cold season

Zip ties make regular tires into snow tires in a quick minute. This way, you can keep riding your bike in the snow to work or school, even when the roads and sidewalks are icy and slushy.

Warm up your insoles with wool. Wool is warmer than normal insoles and will keep your little piggies warm all season long.

Keep those windows insulated. Use bubble wrap to keep windows from losing heat. The bubble wrap will help keep your house nice and cozy through the winter time.

Did you know that hand sanitizer has the ability to help you obliterate ice from your car? It prevents things like car locks from getting too iced over.

Use this solution to get rid of ice on your windshield quickly. You’ll be in your car and toasty warm in no time at all.

If you find yourself snowed in, just use the cold to your own advantage by creating a snow fridge for all your cold beverages. Anytime someone asks for a drink, just tell them to open the basement door and get their own.

Keep your windshield from getting frozen by covering them with socks.

So your little one doesn’t like to get up to pee in the middles of the night because it’s cold on her bum. Well, you can fix that with a cut-up T-shirt on the toilet.

No mom wants wet boots leaking all over her carpet or freshly mopped floor. Using a cookie pan and river rocks, you can have a spot just for wet boots by the door.

Place plastic bags over your side mirrors, this will keep them from freezing over.

Radiate heat back into your living room by putting aluminum foil down behind the radiator. It will keep heat from seeping through the walls.

Use old sweaters to cut a mitten-shape out and sew it together for custom mittens that look and feel nice.

Use a pool noodle or an old beer bottle to keep boots up straight. Nobody likes getting bumps and lumps in their leather boots.

Use a lighter to warm up your lock and key to make them fit again.

If your wheels are sticking in the snow and you can’t rock or drive out, go ahead and use your car mats. They’ll give your tires something to grip onto so they can move.