While some of these may be a bit out of the realm of what you would do with a paper clip, this list does give you a few great ideas to get those creative juices flowing. Would it take you a year? Could you do it? Would you give it a try? Why or why not?Ĭlearly, there are many great things that can be done around the homestead with paper clips. What if you could trade up to owning your own homestead? All with a lowly paper clip. He started out with a lowly paper clip and over the course of a year he traded all of the way up to owning a house. He had one year to try and trade up to something better. He was allowed to trade the paper clip, but, he couldn’t sell it. There’s a little story about how someone was challenged to find something creative to do with a paper clip. If nothing else, it might be a way to keep a group of kids busy in lieu of a scavenger hunt. We haven’t tried it yet, but it might be a fun idea to try and see where we’re at in a year. Our final, and most favorite on the list is this one. Use to attach their ID tags until we can find a strong “S” hook.However, we did find a few ways that a paper clip might be useful with our pets. Make into a miniature kazoo with tissue paperįor the most part, we keep paper clips and our pets separate.Unscrew a screw in place of a screwdriver.Use to bypass a blown fuse in a car until you can get it replaced.Use 2 crossed together to cover a wide drain and prevent jewelry loss.Use as focal point to distract a sick child.Use to remove debris from wax melt room fresheners.Use to remove debris from burning candle. Use to pop air bubbles when applying wall paper.Use to hold gauze on a wound if you’re out of tape.Smooth air bubbles out of decals or bumper stickers.Some of these ideas you might never use, however, some of these ideas could be lifesaving if you were in an emergency situation or if there were a serious event taking place in the world around you. What would you do with paper clips in the garden? While we only listed a few in this section, I am pretty sure that there are far more great ways to use paper clips in the garden. Stitch marker in knitting or crocheting.Paint it use or colored paper clips for checkers.Secure wick at bottom of a candle when candle making.Hold candle wicks upright when making candles.The kids even found a few that they could do for the holiday’s to decorate. We also asked them for ideas on what else (craft wise) to use them for and they helped us by coming up with this list. We gave a box of paper clips to a group of kids and had them come up with some craft ideas. Drip lacquer thinner into old nail polish bottles.Hold between your knees for birth control.Use round part to massage between fingers.Hold back of bra straps together for no show.Between earring backs as stabilizer between ear and back of earrings. If you don’t like an idea or it grosses you out, please just pass it by and remember that what works well for one person may not work at all for another. We get it if you’re grossed out by any of them but try to keep an open mind and remember that necessity is often the mother of invention. Some of these we’d never try but others sound fun. Who knew that there were so many different things to use a paper clip for in the bathroom, for personal care, and to adorn yourself? The more we thought about it, the more ideas we came up with. We combined these 3 categories because some of them overlap. Poke holes in plastic wrap to vent foods in microwave. What do you do with paper clips in your kitchen? Some of them are obvious but some of them were a surprise to us. We found many great uses for things that a paper clip will do for us in the kitchen. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 20 Paper Clip Hacks for Survival & Everyday Uses () Kitchen
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