The End of the Chip Clip

Reseal those pesky metalized food bags with this super secret technique. No clips, no tape, no stale chips. Watch the exciting video!

Step 1 Watch the video!

They say a clip is worth a thousand steps.

Comments

[handprints]

Great instructable!! my daughter's friend taught me a different version, same concept...Step 4, instead of rolling, fold corners in at an angle (the bottom of the fold as close to the chips as possible). Step 5, roll the top of the bag away from the folds, Step 6, flip the corners inside out and over the roll top. It stays put pretty well. I wonder what else you can use the fold on?

[DELTAWOLF05]

THIS ROCKS!!! it works great, NO MORE STALE CHIPSS!!!!!!!!! thank you dude

[lisabe]

Great tip...but...I just tried it with a strong clear plastic bag w/ cheese puffs and it completely unrolls itself. Doesn't hold the fold. Is this trick only for the foil type bag shown in your video?

[jtolentino]

Nice. I have another problem where when I first open a bag I inevitably rip it wide open and fling chips all over the floor. Any tips for that one?

[radiobath]

I have that problem too. :( Especially with cereal.

[tipsychimp]

are you being serious? well if you are: instead of using arms to pull you can just grab two spots on either side of the bag near the top and bend your wrists in an outward motion so you just get a little hole and from there you can gradually bring the hole bigger

[coneeleven]

or even simpler...scissors!

[radiobath]

The video thankfully had a slow buffer time, so I was following it as it went step-by-step. It didn't help at all, I rolled it the wrong way. Now I figured it out. AND, flipping it upside down, so cool.

[darus67]

This is cool. It took a little practice to figure out, but now I can do it almost without thinking about it. It drives the rest of my family nuts, however, because they can't figure it out.

[StupidGenius]

Loved it. The video, the theme, the climactic and triumphant ending. Absolutely brilliant. I smell an Oscar!

[jimmyb0nz]

WWWOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW

[Erika]

I just tried this technique on a bag of pretzel sticks! It works! Absolutely BRILLIANT!!

[on_bourbon_street]

Very useful, kinda happy I don't really eat chips... but I'm sure I know some people who would love this technique, thanks!

[dancingjackass]

Hahah... the music if from the famous TV show, CHiPs Patrol. Shame on you all for not knowing that!

[RiddleOfSphinx]

I recognized it ...but, then again, I just now seen this instructable. LOL...nice choice of theme music btw ;) I'll have to try this method also, thanks :)

[lollykins]

Top tip! I used it previously for a bag of sweets, then I looked up this tip again as I opened that HUGE packet of tortilla chips - just right to keep them nice and fresh for next time....!

[VRS]

wow, why haven't I done this before!

[FrugalSewing]

I'm cheap - I use clothes pins.

[chloedactyl]

Love it. So very simple. Yet so very very useful.

[foodie2]

pretty cool. I also use SEALERZ resealable tape tabs. Get em on ebay. They look so much better than ugly chip clips.

[OffDisplay]

That's just like the non-zip sandwich bags! Why hasn't anyone thought of this before?! Genius.

[scout]

great instructable! Now al my problems have been solved!

[chuCraft]

A great idea in an amusing instructable! Though I did far too much origami as a child, I never would have thought to apply its techniques to sealing a bag of chips.

[Toupee]

That music is hilarious. Can you PLEASE tell me what it's from? Great video.

[technopenguin]

I almost had to ask my brother how to do this, it was so hard! :-)

[Bassmint Stile]

thats just freekin awsome!!!!!!!!!!!

[diggety2]

Lovely idea! Very appropriate music to accompany too. :) At first, the glue gun scared me.

[3orangefish]

just like rolling socks :o

[ccddkkuu]

In forty-two comments so far, no one has used the word origami !

I am even more a fan of useful origami than i am of stale chips. But (sigh) in deference to the tone of the comment stream i'll refrain from mentioning origami, too.

Thanks, Flywoodkb !

This is appropriate technology.

[PebbleBreeze]

ha! like a pair of socks. music track is too funny!!

[Fenwick]

I love the music. A video is worth 25 thousand words per second, and it definitely helps for "the tricky part".

[slasinski]

I b posting dis on metacafe and make $!

[JamesRPatrick]

Very Clever.

[Lindie]

Great idea, thanks!

[uzerzero]

Hmm.. my mom taught me this exact same method back when I was a wee lad. You must know my mom.. and she only teaches this to her children.. so logically, you must be my long lost brother! But in all seriousness, nice instructable. Definitely one of those "now, why didn't I think of that?" ones. It reminds me a lot of the metal-less staple. You know, where you tear the paper a little bit and make a nice tear.

[plakboek]

Fascinating and sooo easy to do. Thanks for sharing this as a video :-)

[maphew]

man that is the absolute essence of a good hack/technique/whatever. Nicely done! Now fess up: did you figure this out on your own? what/where did the inspiration come from? :)

[xenobiologista]

I once had my laundry done at a laundromat in the Philippines and they rolled up our panties like that but since it's a guy in the video that source of inspiration is a bit improbable =D

[Antrozous]

Great "CHIPS" theme song!

[Sgt.Waffles]

I must say, this thing REALLY works. During last weekends festivities, i used this method to clotes the chips, and it works great!