Still have your old school supplies? Good! Pull out your paper clips for hacks that involve more than just your past essays. Inexpensive, easy-to-travel, reusable and offered in a large variety, paper clips are perfect when in a pinch:
- Use it to mark a page in a book. This simple yet rarely used hack is especially useful for noting multiple book pages.
- Heftier paper clips can be bent to prop up your phone:
Image Source: CNET - Use a paper clip to keep your earphones from getting knotted. Wrap your earphones in a circle, and put a paper clip around it. No more tangles!
- Does your tank tops have loose straps that are also inconveniently too short to double wrap? String one strap through a paper clip, then do the same with the other. The paperclip will pull both straps together, acting like a button or a clip. While this hack works best with thinner straps, this often-forgotten hack is a life-saver in a pinch.
- Pants too long? Don’t use a pin, which makes holes in your clothes that are difficult to hide. Instead, fold on the inside, then paper clip the fold to keep it from coming undone.
- Messy drawer? Use multiple-sized paper clips to organize hair ties, pins, and jewelry.
- Lose the tag on a zipper? Don’t be frustrated; supplement with a small paper clip. You can even DIY decorate it!
- Additionally, paper clips can be used to secure zippers together in a bag, keeping your objects safer.
- No more picking at tape! Use a paper clip to mark where a tape ends, and have easy-access next time.
- Combine paper clips with a rubber band to bind papers similar to a book:
