There's a roll of wax paper right there in your kitchen drawer. You use it for all sorts of kitchen tasks, like rolling out pastry dough so it doesn't stick and catching drips when you frost cakes or ...

My earliest memory of using wax paper outside the kitchen was a childhood favorite. My parents bought us an old swing set with a slide way back when (this was before plastic swing sets were invented).

Wax paper is near and dear to the hearts of cooks, bakers and candy makers, but it also has a ton of other great uses, too. Here are some fantastic ways to put this common kitchen item to work around ...