Have some unneeded plastic hangers at your house? Repurpose them into chip clips!
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Katina says
I will be using this. To think I been buying chip clips 🙂
Michele says
I’ve been doing this for years, works like a charm! I use them on all kinds of items, not just chip bags – experiment, you will be surprised how handy they are!
SharonMarie says
Great idea, thanks
marty says
cool idea!
Katharine says
Great idea! I have a whole bag full of chip clips now:)
Michele C. says
I could break them off easily, when the hangers were a bit thinner but hadn’t found an easy way to “break” the clips off the thicker ones. So, I clicked and kept clicking until I got all the way to the poster of this tip and found that she sawed them off. Now I’ll be asking my husband or grown boys to declip these for me.
I have been using the spring type clothes pins. It is amazing how quickly you can misplace 50 clothes pins in a house with 5 people. I get these from the Dollar Tree and they didn’t have any for quite some time. I was glad to see they had some more a month or so ago.
Elizabeth says
GREAT IDEA…only problem at this house is that is the part that goes BAD and the hanger is discarded!!
Wendy says
Terrific idea!!! Now I’m going to start keeping those hangers 🙂
Thanks for sharing Crystal! Very nice.
Casey says
Okay, so I totally just ran to my closet to try this… broke first hanger and realized it wouldn’t work broken because it was the kind with metal through the middle… so gonna recycle the pieces of that one. Next one I try to break, it bends… won’t break! The other I’m not too sure HOW to break. Anyone have any good ideas? Then I remembered I bought some of those white clips that you can attach to a white store bought hanger to hang pants or whatever. I didn’t end up using them because it made my pants hang so low and no space underneith. I kept the clips in a drawer though for who knows what, but I still have them! Perfect ready made clips! I almost bought some today at the $1 store SO glad I didn’t. THis is just brilliant!
Courtney says
A mini hacksaw should do the trick to cut through the plastic of the hangers. You should probably be able to pick one up pretty cheap (if you don’t already have one) at any hardware store.
Eliza's Mom says
This is a great idea, but I’m too lazy to go that extra mile and cut the ends off a hanger… My house is littered with pinching clothes pins. We use them as chip clips; a few have magnets to hold recipes or important notes etc. to the fridge; some in the office to hold together important papers or coupons that are awaiting filing; a few even serve as curtain tie-backs in the kitchen. And then, if I ever need them, I have plenty to do their intended job – hang clothes on the laundry line. 🙂
Tonya from http://seashoreslagenweits.blogspot.com says
So, I just had one of those “why didn’t I ever think of that” moments:) Great Idea. Love it!!
Teresa M. says
This totally falls under the category of “Why didn’t I think of that?” 🙂
Casey says
ditto! I usually end up recycling them. I’m all about reduce, reuse, recycle…. re-use it often forgotten. LOVE this!!
Stephanie says
Oh my goodness…I just threw several away! Will definitely use these from now on. Thanks!
Britni @ Our Eventual Homestead says
I never would have thought of this, great tip! We use clothes pins as our chip clips but this would be useful too!
jess coleman says
You can also use the “clips” that come on balloons as chip clips!
Barbara says
This is the best tip I have come across. Great idea, thanks for sharing!!!! I can’t wait to go home and try this
Phen says
What a brilliant idea!
Heather @ Creative Family Moments says
I am in love with this idea. Brilliant! Thanks!
Brandy says
I actually did this with a broken pants hanger awhile back and it never crossed my mind that it was a great idea or to ever do it again with those pants hangers they leave on my clothes at the store! Silly me for having a great idea and not even realizing it! I will blame it on my kid brain… 🙂
Beckie says
I must be such a weakling! How do I “break” the hanger?? I’m afraid I’ll break the clip part!
Courtney says
I think it looks like the hanger was cut instead of broken. If you have a mini hacksaw that should easily cut it. If you don’t have one, they’re pretty cheap at any hardware store. You wouldn’t need a fancy one, and they can be used for LOTS of things, not just hangers. 🙂
Amanda says
Not sure why but this tip just made my day. It’s fantastic!
Kristen@TheFrugalGirl says
That’s a cool idea! I usually use those hangers for hanging my skirts and pants to dry.
Tamara says
Awesome Idea!!!! :))
Lorrie says
What a wonderful idea. I will be using this one for sure!!
ns says
thanks for great idea without money.
Lynn says
That is one great idea!!!
Monica says
Going to my closet and hoping I find a plastic hanger to try this. Thanks!
Janet says
This is the second time today that I have been floored by a creative idea from someone (I think I’m tired and easily amused today) but this is so cool!! I very rarely use those hanger from the store and they get thrown out, but I am totally using those clippies thingies now!!
Heather says
LOVE, LOVE this idea! I’m pinning it!
ah mom says
What a great idea!!!
Megan says
Hey!! That’s fantastic! I usually tell the cashier to keep the hangers since I don’t need them, but I’ll start keeping them if they are “free” clips. Why didn’t I think of this?! LOL
Emilie says
I too tell them to keep them as they rip my garbage bags. I will now take them!!!!
LadybugRed10 says
OMG!! I just hate throwing away broken hangers!!! Now I know what to do with the “good” clip!!
Thanks!!
Tammy says
Agree 100% on that one!
Amanda says
Great idea!! Thanks.
Kim J. says
I have one of these clothes hangers and use it to hold recipe books (the smaller paperback cover type) when I’m cooking. Clip the book with the clips and hang it over your cabinet door handles!! No more messy cookbooks with food spills!!
Liz@learninglifewithliz says
that’s a good idea!!!!
laurie says
Now that’s the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while.
Wanchai says
Thats brilliant idea thanks!!
Heidi says
beyond genious!
Mary Ann says
This is great. I use clothespins for bag clips but surely I could find something to clip with these! 🙂
Rea says
Awesome idea!!!!!!!
sheeba mathew says
lovely idea…had some kept tossed away…repurpose at every opportunity
Tommie says
How amazing is this!!! Necessity is the mother of invention, guess who will not tell the girls at the register they can keep their hangers from now on!
Maura says
Great idea!
Nicole says
love this brilliance!!
Julia says
I use the ones that come on toddler clothes not for chip clips but to help with my baking. I put all my recipes in plastic sheet protector sleeves I then will clip a hanger onto a recipe when I am going to use and hang from my cabinet door. That way I am not using up counter space with the recipe and it is right at eye level.
Tommie says
Wonderful!! save counter space and your back from bending over to read it!
veronica says
love this idea especially since we have no real counter space!
Brandy says
Love it! I am so excited to go home and break hangers!
Rae says
great idea! (the chip clip idea is a good one too but I have tons of heavy duty ones from free events) I am limited on counter space as well and the recipes I print out are usually disgusting from being on the counter during cooking/baking from sitting on the counter.
keila says
I use those plastic sleeve protectors for paper to put my recipes into that I print off as well as recipe pages I tear out of magazines. Then I place them in a binder and when I need to use one I pop it out of the binder and take it to the kitchen with me. If it gets splatters on it, I can just wipe it off the plastic sleeve with a cloth when I am done baking. Really has saved on having to re-print recipes because of them getting ruined while baking.
alison says
Best idea!!! Thank you so much!
Charlotte says
Now if this isn’t the nifties tip I have run across in quite some time..I love your site!!
Andrea says
I’ve been looking for something like this! I immediately went and found some hangers when I saw this post. I used the heavy wire top kind and left it as a hanger to be able to hang it on my pantry wire storage units.
Kristen says
I really like this idea!
You can also use those types of hangers to hang in the laundry room to keep socks that have lost its mate.
Tina says
Great idea! Thanks!!
Danielle says
BRILLANT!!!! Never even crossed my mind!!!
yov says
I love this idea!thank you
Amie says
That is a wonderful idea!! Thanks for the great tip!!