100 Uses for PAPERCLIPS

The paper clip- test has been used to identify lateral thinking ability.

100 Paper clip uses cheat sheet

If you’re using this as a cheat sheet to impress someone, remember to show a range of different task categories.

For example, 5 ways to use a paper clip as a scratching tool, 5 ways for decoration…etc.

Simply listing all the different ways that it can be used to clip things together isn’t a sign of mental agility.

See The 2023 Updated and Revised ‘100 Uses for a Paper Clip’ and How to Facilitate the Activity at this link.

1. Nail cuticle remover & cleaner

2. Bubble wrap popping tool

3. Carve fine details into nail polish on finger and toenails and bad boyfriend’s car

4. lock picker

5. Graffiti on plastic scratch tool

6. Worm hook

7. Paper note / memo hanger

8. To make pixel holes in paper

9. Narrow crack dirt remover

10. Pixel Stamp

11. DVD drive opener

12. Aerial for radio

13. Aerial for small tv

14. Plastic hole maker

15. Scratch beneath a bandage or plaster of paris cast

16. Finger / toe splint

17. Ear rings

18. Make into alphabet letters

19. Make into numbers

20. Decorative string for hanging light ornaments

21. Necklace

22. bangle

23. Nappy clip

24. Nozzle unclogger

25. Water divining rod for idiots

26. Metal detector annoyance

27. Marshmallow sticks

28. Cheese picker

29. Mini skewers at a little people braai

30. Cherry stalks holders at a buffet

31. Eye stalks, cherry on top for decorative cakes

32. Porcupine quills on a papier mache sculpture

33. Punch holes through polystyrene

34. Animal whiskers on a cake

35. Heat up and use as hair curling tongs for dolls

36. Dredlock detangler for when you change your mind

37. Hair accessory for sputnik hairstyles

38. Hair accessory for buns

39. Clean a tiny gun

40. Clean your cats nails

41. Scratch annoying black dirt away on oven dishes

42. Scratch ex’s car, scratch can go on forever as scratching sharpens clip

43. Scrape little chips of paint off surfaces

44. Gradually fray the rope of your rock climbing enemy

45. Suspend sheet in trees to make a canopy

46. Hold a small creeping vine in place

47. Sausage skin popper

48. Make holes in baked potatoes

49. Advanced sushi sticks

50. Meat skewer

51. View +100 Uses and how to list your own at this link!

Tags: Creative Thinking, Stimulant