Make: Easy 1+2+3 Projects

Paper Clip Paper Holder

By Gus Dassios ■ Illustrations by Damien Scogin

You will need

Wire clothes hanger or other stiff wire

Paint and primer (optional)

Wire cutters or hacksaw

Lineman’s pliers

File

Electrical tape

Bench vise or another way of making a clean bend

Paper clip (optional)

What’s better at holding paper than a paper clip? A bigger paper clip! Here’s a very simple project that was completed in about 5 minutes. Finding the parts and tools took longer!

1. Cut the wire.

Cut a 15" length of stiff wire. Wire cutters make the cut easy, but a small hacksaw will work, too.

You can use the bottom of a wire clothes hanger, so that you ...