18 Ways To Use Zip Ties

Have an abundance of zip ties? Feel like it’ll take you decades to use them all? Here are eighteen ways to use zip ties.

1. Keeping cables neatly bundled together when in use.
2. Organizing blankets more efficiently (roll them up as tight as you can and zip tie the roll, can be used for bed sheets, clothes, etc).
3. Binding loose paper - forget a binder, just punch holes into the paper and use zip ties.
4. Child safety cupboards. Wrap your zip tie and secure around two cupboard knobs so a child can’t get in.
5. Attaching gear to your backpack if you don’t have a carabiner (water bottles, bug spray, etc).
6. Organizing cables that are not in use so they don’t tangle.
7. Hanging signage in your home (garage sale) or at your store (inexpensive marketing cost).
8. Straighten your plants. Have a tall plant or perhaps a tomato plant that can’t support itself? Place a tall rod or wooden stake next to the plant and zip tie the plant to it for support.
9. Fixing a missing zipper pull. Has your zipper pull fallen off? Use a zip tie!
10. Keeping food fresh: open bag of chips? Keep it fresh by zip tying the opening air tight.
11. Temporary shoelaces (Have your laces ripped? Fasten your shoes with zip ties).
12. Keeping loose keys together (just don’t lose the zip tie with all the keys attached).
13. Locking your luggage (secure the zippers to open the luggage with a zip tie).
14. Emergency ponytail - don’t have a hair elastic when you need one? Find a zip tie and secure your lovely locks with it.
15. Replace a missing shower curtain ring.
16. Weave a basket (just Google “How to weave a basket with zip ties” and you’ll see what we mean.
17. Home decor: fasten wreaths, garland, and other decorative things securely to bannisters, walls, and more.
18. Keep a bouquet together by wrapping the zip tie around the stems of the flowers.

There you have it. Eighteen unique, yet functional, ways to use zip ties. Have any more ideas that we missed? Please comment them down below. Find various sizes of zip ties and other fastening products at Edmonton Fasteners.