TRAINING YOUR BRAIN
You might not be the best at Maths or know all the capital cities of the world, but perhaps you're the most creative person in your family or school. Try this test to find out.
THE PAPERCLIP CHALLENGE 📎
You can use paperclips to do much more than just clipping pieces of paper together. Spend two minutes writing down as many uses for paperclips as you can think of. Be as creative, daring or silly as you like.
Once the two minutes is up, count up your ideas.
4 is the average number of uses people come up with.
8 uses is high.
12 uses is rare.
16 uses - only one person in a thousand thinks up this many.
Why not get your friends and family to try and see who's the most creative?
GETTING STARTED
Here are some ideas to get you going. You could use paperclips ...
• ... as bookmarks.
• ... to scatter on the beach in hundreds and drive people using metal detectors mad.
• ... as a prize in the world's worst raffle.
• ... as fish hooks.
• ... joined together to make a necklace.
• ... as a tiny pair of skis for a budgie.
• ... to hold up a fallen hem on your skirt.
• ... to unclog a blocked pencil sharpener.
• ... for painting tiny dots on a picture.
• ... as the anchor of a walnut shell boat (read the next activity)
• ... as a climbing frame for fleas
• ... as clothes hangers for dolls
Can anyone list at least 5 more uses, that person will have the next chap dedicated to them! (I have 6-7 more in my mind.)
C'mon girls, if anyone of you can tell 5 more ideas other than these, you are really smart. :-)
