There are hundreds of alternate uses for a paper clip. Listed below are just a few:
- Hem holder
- Eye glass repair
- Hair barrette
- Clean fingernails
- Mend clothing or gear
- Splint for minor injuries of fingers & toes
- Makeshift antenna for small electronics
- On a smashed finger – blood begins pressuring under the thumbnail, you can take a paper clip, straighten it, heat its tip with a flame and push the paper clip through the thumbnail to make a hole to relieve the pressure
- As a threading tool
- Emergency fish hook
- Use as a component to make a compass
- Make into a safety pin
- Use as a cotter pin
