8 Clever Ways To Use A Clothespin

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8 Clever Ways A Clothespin Will Make Your Life Easier

The Clothespin: something that costs as little as about $0.05 each, and is a very useful and versatile tool to have around the house! That’s why you can probably find them in most rooms in my house. They are handy and cheap little things that make my life easier.

The Clothespin: something that costs as little as about $0.05 each and is a very useful and versatile tool to have around the house!

That’s why you can probably find them in most rooms in my house. They are handy and cheap little things that make my life easier. Clothes pins aren’t just for your laundry room. There are also a lot of clothespin crafts you could do.

Here are 8 ways in which you can use them to do the same!

Pretzels in a plastic bagged clipped closed with a clothespin — No more need for expensive chip clips, just use a clothespin.

1. Replace the “chip clip” with a clothespin

You don’t need fancy clips to keep your chip bags closed, or your cereal bags closed, or frozen veggie bags in the freezer. Just grab a clothespin!

I have a string of them attached to my shelf in the pantry so that I can always find one to grab to close all of my food storage bags. You can also buy a large clothespin if that works better.

coupons stacked together and held tight with a clothespin with Walmart written on it. — Keep your coupons organized when you head out to the store with labeled clothespins.

2. Use it as a coupon organizer

Want to easily keep track of coupons depending on what store you will use them at? Write the name of the store on the flat side of the clothespin and separate them out that way. It is bulkier than just a paper clip, but I like these better because of the ability to write the store name on the wooden clothespin.

Christmas cards hanging on ribbons, held on with mini clothespins — Want to display Christmas cards or art? Try mini clothespins on a ribbon.

3. Display your Christmas cards

Each year, I have a 4″ long Christmas ribbon with a grommet at the end that I hang on command hooks to display my Christmas cards. I then grab a mini clothespin and pin each Christmas card we receive to one of the hanging ribbons.

This is a convenient way to display your cards without having to use tape, poster putty, or put a hole in the wall! This is also a great way to have a decorative clothespin. Plus, this makes excellent wall decor.

Grocery list held by a clothespin and magnet to a white fridge — Need a running grocery list everyone in the house can access? Try a clothespin magnet.

4. Grocery list holder

I have a clothespin that I glued some strong rare earth magnets on the back of so it can easily hold up my weekly grocery list on my refrigerator. If anyone in the house needs anything – they know that it needs to get written on this list in order for me to purchase it. This is also a great idea for a memo board.

2 pink mittens on a white background being held together by a clothespin — Tired of losing mitten pairs? Keep them together with a clothespin.

5. Keep mitten and glove pairs together

Keeping gloves together in pairs is more difficult than socks because you can’t always fold one glove into the other to keep the match. I have a bin of hats and gloves in our coat closet, and all of the gloves and mittens are kept together with their match by a clothespin.

Phone with unplugged cord attached, corrd wrapped in a cirle and held tightly with a clothespin — Need to keep a cord from tangling? Use a clothespin.

6. Phone charger cord holder

This is a super easy way to help control the cord clutter on a table or counter where you charge your electronic devices.

Hand holding a clothespin that is holding a lit match lighting a green jar candle — Need a longer match? Use a clothespin.

7. Light a deep candle with the help of a clothespin

Have you ever had a candle you wanted to light and the wick was too deep and you didn’t have a long utility lighter near by? Just use a clothespin to hold the match. This will give you enough length to hopefully get that candle lit!

A clothespin on a cord plugged into a power strip with the word TV written in black marker — Have trouble determining what cord is in what plug? Use a clothespin.

8. Label cords on a power strip

I hate the power strip cord guessing game! You no longer have to guess what cord goes to what appliance if you label a clothespin and clip one to each cord.

What about you? What other ways can you think of that a clothespin comes in handy at your house? (other than hanging clothes on a clothes line of course.) 😉

Maura White blogs over at Happy Deal – Happy Day! Frugal crafts, recipes and money saving tips are regularly shared. She also loves to share about her shopping trips to Wegmans, and helps to find you be the best deals on Amazon!