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What do you use clothes pins for other than hanging clothes on a clothes line?
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Post By mindy (Guest Post)
(08/29/2007)
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While teaching younger children grammar (even older ones love this), we put a different punctuation mark on each clothespin. For example, a period on one, a question mark on another, one side of a set of quotation marks on another ("), and so on. then I write sentences in big letters on long strips of paper, give them the clothespins and they simply clip the punctuation where it belongs. It's a great way to teach them higher levels of writing with out all the writing, which can be hard on their hand and attention at younger ages. I love it. They love it. I hope you'll love it.
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Post By Mahum (Guest Post)
(12/03/2006)
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If you are shopping and you can't hold all your bags and you have ice cream, take the clothespin and clip it to your jeans, and you can eat the ice cream with both hands!
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we use a clothes pin to show are location in the building...we have a chart hanging outside our classroom door...also for regulat straight clothes pins...I have made worry dolls with scrapes of fabric and yarn...gail2656
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Post By imhiz4eva (Guest Post)
(06/14/2005)
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Well, the only one I didn't see was to put magnets on the back of them and use to clip things to fridge! I use them all the time for this!
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I have used the spring type clothespins to hold my hair back away from my face. The first time I did this my husband didn't even notice the two clothespins on top of my head. His excuse for not commenting was he thought I was losing my mind!
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use them as weights when you have a tablecloth on a table outside and the wind is kicking up
Using Clothes Pins
Get a dollar store bag of plastic clothes pins and keep a bunch in the kitchen. I use them to reclose bags of frozen veggies, bread bags and chip bags. I like to use them to clip my coupons together, too.
By Linda
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(01/11/2005)
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I clip one to my car antenna when at the mall so I can find the car. I sometimes make them with ribbon streamers, but a bright colored one works just as well.
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Post By racer (Guest Post)
(01/11/2005)
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Uncommon Uses for Clothespins
Clip for a quick pick. Keep a bag of clothespins in the laundry room. When you have an item that needs special attention before its washed, clip a clothespin to it. That way, if you forget, youll be reminded as you start to put it in the washer.
Keep fingers from getting burned. If you put a match into a spring-type clothespin to light charcoal, candles, fireplaces, etc. youll have a little more safety distance between your fingers and the fire.
Ensure your privacy. Carry a few clothespins when traveling. If you get a hotel room with drapes that dont quite meet, just pull the edges together and clip them. Youll keep out any distracting outside light as well as unwanted peepers.
Make handy holders. Attach a row of clip clothespins to a closet wall with a glue gun. They make convenient holders for scarves and gloves.
Use all your toothpaste. Its frustrating to throw away a tube of toothpaste when you know theres more inside. A clothespin can help hold the back of the tube flat as you use up whats left in the front of the tube.
Keep snacks fresh. Clothespins are perfect for reclosing bags of potato chips, crackers, cookies, etc.
Don t cross your wires. If you change your own spark plugs, you might get confused about which wires go to which spark plug. You can fix that by writing numbers on wooden clothespins with a marker and clipping one to each wire.
Spread em. If you want to encourage the branches of your young fruit trees to spread out, clip a couple of spring-type clothespins together, and wedge them into the fork formed by the branch and the trunk.
Excerpt from FC&As Uncommon Uses For Common Household Products
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Post By Racer (Guest Post)
(01/11/2005)
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If you put a clothespin on each of your fingers and keep them there for a little while such as a minute is is supposed to give you more energy. Stop if there is pain or numbness of course.
Clothespins used to be dropped in a milk jar that was empty as a target game for kids.
Matching cups and colored clothespins can be a learning game for kids.
I like them for hanging wet paintings on a line outside to dry,
Also they can be a reminder to take pills every day if you place the clothespin on the basket the pills are in after you take them. One color for morning one color for noon dosages and one color for night doses.
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Post By Beth Ann (Guest Post)
(01/11/2005)
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My kids (3 yo and 5 yo) have several matched sets of clothes where the pants and shirts match. Regardless of putting them in their drawer together, they never managed to come out with a matching pair. Recently, I've started folding their clothes and then clipping the shirt to the pants with a clothes pin. When they get dressed, they come out with a matched set and know to put the old pin back on the counter to be used next time I do laundry.
Clothespins
A bag of plastic clothespins from the dollar store has so many uses. I keep a handful in the kitchen to reclose opened bags of veggies.
By Linda
Bag Clips
I use clothes pins to close my chip bags or any other kind of snack foods, even some refrigerator items, like a bag of salad. They are so handy around the house. They come in large quantities and don't cost very much.
By Daisy
Plastic Clothes Pins as Chip Clips
Plastic clothes pins do just as good a job as a chip clip as do the special clips at keeping your frozen food closed and chips fresh. They cost far less, too!
By Robin
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Post By Joe (Guest Post)
(11/13/2004)
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I use clothes pins as a classroom pass for my students. My name is printed on the pin . When a student has permission to leave the classrom, they take the pin as proof they they have business outside the classroom.
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Post By sarah_bellum (Guest Post)
(11/09/2004)
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I use one on my mailbox (I live in the city and have a box that is hanging on my house) when I have outgoing mail, I clip it with the clothespin so it doesn't blow away!!
Keeping Bags Closed Tightly
Put those old clothespins to use. Instead of bread ties to keep your bread closed use clothespins. Also works well for keeping frozen french fries closed in the freezer and a multitude of other things.
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I have a cocker spaniel dog that has long hair on her ears. When I give her a bowl to lick clean her ears drag in the bowl. Taking a clothes pin and clippling her ears above her head keeps the hair on her ears clean. Once the bowl is licked clean I remove the clothes pin.
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I keep a clothespin clipped on my sun visor in the car - it comes in handy every so often for this-and-that !
Use a Clothespin to Help Light a Match
If a candle has burned down low in a container, pinch a match with a clothes pin, and carefully strike match. This will give you an extra 5 inches and you'll be able to light the wick without getting burned.
By Flaws5
Clothes Pin Bib
Keep a few extra with you in a diaper bag and use in place of a bib. Just clip on a napkin with the clothes pins and you have a throwaway bib.
- Connie
CLOTHES PIN MATCH GUN
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Post By STEVE O (Guest Post)
(07/02/2004)
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Hey guys I found it!!!
http://www.deuceofclubs.com/randumb/clothespingun/clothespingun02.htm
clothes pin match gun
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Post By STEVE O (Guest Post)
(07/02/2004)
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CLOTHES PIN MATCH GUN
Does anyone know how to alter a clothes pin to light and shoot a wooden match? Its a neet little trick and i can't remember how to do it.
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Post By Ruth Ingram (Guest Post)
(06/18/2004)
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I use a cigarette lighter to burn the paper off to make a U shape from the wire. It makes great hangers for salt-dough ornaments or polymer clay figures.Just stick it into the top of the ornament. You can get two hooks from one twist tie. Saves lots of money on wire.
Clothes Peg Chip Clip
This is a really obvious tip but maybe not everyone has thought of it. When we open a bag of something in the kitchen (e.g. bag of nuts, packet of rice) but don't use all of it immediately, I keep a strip of cardboard with wooden clothes pegs on it in a drawer and we use one of those to close the bag - easy, frugal and they last for years!
By Gill
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There is an enamel spray you can buy to spray over it. Look near the spray paints in the store.
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Post By Jen G. (Guest Post)
(05/26/2004)
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If I paint clothes pins with acrylic paint, what shoudl I out over the paint to assure it stays put. I want to use the pins on my clothesline but DO NOT want the paint to get on my clothes. Any suggestions? Thank you
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Post By Tawnda (Guest Post)
(05/07/2004)
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My sister-in-law took the hinges out of wooden clothes pins and glued the halves into a miniature rocking chair and put a little teddy bear in it as a gift to my daughter.
Add a small bag of them to your camp gear, along with a small piece of rope. You never know if you need to hang dry something.
Use them to clamp electrical cords together. If they aren't too thick or too many of them it should hold well.
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Post By Becki in Indiana (Guest Post)
(05/07/2004)
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When packing for a vacation, throw 3 or 4 clothespins in the suitcase. You will find a use for them! You may need to wash out a clothing item and hang it in the shower at the motal room -- you may need to pin the motel room curtains together to keep the gap from letting in light -- you may want to use a clothespin to hold the map folded to the page showing the area you are traveling .... I have never yet NOT needed them!
Cheap Chip Clips
Instead of buying the "fancy" clip bag closures to close up the potato chip bag, use a "spring-type" clothespin instead. Serves the same purpose and is cheaper!
By Mary
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Post By Connie (Guest Post)
(04/09/2004)
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Use clothes pins to reseal chip bags, etc... Also keep a few extra with you in a diaper bag and use in place of a bib. Just clip on a napkin with the clothes pins and you have a throwaway bib.
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When the wick of a candle has burned down low into a jar, tear a match from a match book and BEFORE lighting it.....pinch the very end with a clothes pin and then strike the match. This way you won't burn yourself when holding the candle up and at an angle to
light it. After you finish, clip the clothes pin to the matchbook to have it handy the next time.
Leigh
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Paint two clothespins a pretty color with leftover paint. Carry the clothespins in your purse or pocket. Now you can turn a large dinner napkin into a 'bib' for children by clipping the napkin (or two together) to their clothes or around their neck.
- Burnice
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At a craft fair I saw a clothespin with a washer glued on
it. It was labeled "Redneck Washer & Dryer".
I'm pretty sure Margaret means to use the kind of clothes pins without the metal thingy to hold them together when making butter. I would be scared to use the other kind, don't know what the reaction might be.
- Linne
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I have an in the house mail drop. but when I want to mail something I use a clothes pin to clip the mail to the flap of the in the house mail drop. Works great !
- Geraldine
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(08/02/2001)
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I hammered a thin nail (so as NOt to make a very large hole in wall) in one side of the clip clothes pin and them hammered them on the wall and hang all the baseball caps on them. Also painted them to match the kids room. Great way to hang their pictures on the wall without the use of tape, glue, etc. Makes a nice little display area.
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When my son was in preschool he came home with loads of art work everyday. Instead of putting these masterpieces in a box, I hung them on clothes pins that I painted (different colors and designs) and hot glued to the window frames and created a very unique window treatment.
~Lynn R~
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I use a nail brush or sponge on my lint screen & also use clothes pins to pin quilts up in my windows in winter & of course to pin the curtains across in winter too.
- Linne
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A fun way to use a wooden clothespin is to pour some heavy cream into an old CLEAN mayonnaise jar with a lid. Add a clothespin and seal the jar TIGHTLY with the lid...have the kids take turns to shake it until it turns into sweet creamy butter...this is especially good if they are baking bread at the same time...or before toasting it over the (camp)fire. It takes a while..but it is a fun way to help kids learn where food comes from...and tastes GREAT
- Margaret
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Make a small line & use the pins to hang messages on! Or glue a small magnet (available at craft stores or dollar stores) & use them as fridge magnets to hang messages, coupons, etc. on the fridge or metal filing cabinet.
- Alekscat the frugal feline in Richmond, VA
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Short on cupboard space? - remove some of those less than full bags of cereal from the box & clip a clothespin on the folded over bag top.
Clip different color clothespins on certain bills to keep them together & easy to find - i.e., red/utility bills, green/mortgage(rent), blue/chg.cards, etc. (you get the idea).
Crafters - keep pattern sheets/pieces together, use as clamps for small, lightweight objects.
Bookmark for magazine/book pages.
Clip a note to: lampshade, purse strap, article of clothing, etc..
Keep gloves, mittens, socks, etc. together.
Clip together money to have ready to pay the pizza delivery person (so it won't blow to the floor).
Use one to hold a nail so your finger is safe from the hammer!
Also, to hold a screw so both hands are free for
better torque (& safe as well)
These ideas should serve to spawn many more creative ones!
- Martha V.
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I also use them to hang up skirts and pants on hangers. They are easy to use and the kids can use them too! - J Leary
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Clothespins make very good clamps for small gluing projects. Also when we used to make big pots of tea I would clip one on the tags so the bags would be more easy to get out of the pot,less burned fingers are always a good idea.
I love the clothespins with hooks on them. I hang loads of things besides laundry with them.
Pot holders
calendars
pictures
craft projects
wet scouring pads & dish cloths
Recipe cards
Towels & wash cloths in the bathroom
Printouts in the computer room.
Like I said:The list is based on your needs & imagination
- Linne
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For a very inexpensive way to hang curtains, nail twine or even fishing line to your window facings, then using clothespins, hang your curtains at the window. Use a color that matches the room, or a contrasting color for interest. Red, white & blue look really cute in a childs' room with a nautical or patriotic theme. Or pretty pastels in a litte girl's room to coordinate with her bedspread.
- Barb
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I use a clothespin to clean the lint screen in my dryer. Using my fingers always resulted in "sanding" the edges of my fingernails.
- Harlean
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(07/30/2001)
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I use pinch clothespins for closing bread wrappers, pretzels or chips. Also for hanging skirts on hangers. Try it.
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I use clothes pins to close potato chip and snack bags, chocolate chips, etc. They are less expensive than the plastic ones. They take up less space it our camper, too.
I love using the snap clothes pins for reclosing bags. I would never spend money on those 'bag clips' sold in stores. The clothes pins are so handy to use, and being "inexpensive" is my favorite reason!!
Another great use for them is to close frozen veggie bags, just twist the top of the bag after you have taken out the portion you want and put the clothes pin on to hold it in place.
- Michelle, Carol, Diane, Mike & Evelyn
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