Seven nifty ways to use bread tags

Bread tags are that annoying little bit of plastic that we throw out each day thinking they’re not good for anything except, well, tying bread. Or maybe you have a little stash of them somewhere, hoping they come in handy one day. You might even have a few lying down the bottom of your fridge or pantry, where they’ve fallen from the bread. 

Either way, gather your bread ties from now on because here is a list of ways they can be super useful long after the loaf of bread is gone!

1. Label your power cords

Everyone has that corner in their house, most commonly behind the TV. The corner where there appear to be at least three-dozen cables and cords going in all directions. It’s all well and good until you need to find, say, the DVD player cable for some reason, and end up in unplugging every cord except the one you need.

Use a permanent marker to label the bread tags with what cable they’re going on – TV, DVD, speakers – and then simply clip them onto the base of the cord. No more confusion!

2. Easily identify wine glasses

This is helpful when you have guests and risk losing track of which glass belongs to whom. You don’t want extra dishes from a mix up! You can buy expensive glass labels, or you can use a humble bread tag.

Either use different colours or write each guest’s initial on a bread tag, and place it around the stem of the glass.

3. Keep track of the end of the sticky tape

How much time have you spent over your lifetime trying to scratch around and pick for the end of the sticky tape, which always ends up stuck back onto itself. No longer! Stick a bread tag onto the end of the tape, and never lose the end again.

4. Earbud holder

One of the everyday pitfalls of modern technology is the impossible tangle of earbuds every time you pull them from your pocket or bag. Erase this issue from your life by wrapping the cord around a bread tag – it will never get tangled again!

5. Organise rubber bands and hair ties

Bread tags make excellent holders for rubber and bands and hair ties, and will keep your bits and pieces organised and together.

6. Plant labels

Easily identify your plants by writing the plant name on a bread tie, and clipping it over the lip of the pot or around a stem or branch. It’s a great way to get your herb garden in order!

7. Mini scraper

Bread tags are small, yet strong and flexible enough to make an ideal scraper for little things like removing sticky labels from jars, or scraping baked on grime off the stove or bench top, or dried food off the corners of dishes.

In any case, you’ll never look at bread tags the same again!

Have you found any other nifty uses for common household items you’d otherwise throw out?