![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-done5.690.jpg)
Can you believe it’s that time of the year already? We bought our school supplies, and are planning our back-to-school bash! Last year, we decorated with giant pencil shavings, and this year – it’s giant paper clips!
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-done7.690.jpg)
You only need a few silver pipe cleaners and some baker’s twine for an adorable, oversized paper clip garland. It would be so cute in a classroom, or as quirky office décor! We’ll be hanging this one at a little back-to-school gathering with friends.
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-done9.690.jpg)
what you need:
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-supplies.690.jpg)
• 12 inch silver metallic pipe cleaners
• Baker’s twine or string
how-to:
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-step1.690.jpg)
Step 1
Fold a 1 ½ inch piece of your pipe cleaner up, around a finger for a rounded bend. You may need to widen the bend a bit.
Fold a 1 ½ inch piece of your pipe cleaner up, around a finger for a rounded bend. You may need to widen the bend a bit.
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-step2.690.jpg)
Step 2
About 2 ¾ inch from your first bend, create another rounded bend in the opposite direction using your finger once again, and leave the long end hanging on the outside of the first bend.
About 2 ¾ inch from your first bend, create another rounded bend in the opposite direction using your finger once again, and leave the long end hanging on the outside of the first bend.
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-step3.690.jpg)
Step 3
Take the remaining straight piece of pipe cleaner, and about 1 inch from the first bend, create another rounded bend going upward, so that the remaining straight piece is on the outside edge of your paper clip. You may need to make minor adjustments by squeezing the pieces together a bit, or widening bends until you are satisfied with the “paper clip” appearance.
Take the remaining straight piece of pipe cleaner, and about 1 inch from the first bend, create another rounded bend going upward, so that the remaining straight piece is on the outside edge of your paper clip. You may need to make minor adjustments by squeezing the pieces together a bit, or widening bends until you are satisfied with the “paper clip” appearance.
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-step4.690.jpg)
Step 4
String the top of each paper clip onto your baker’s twine, and hang your garland using washi tape, nails, or thumbtacks.
String the top of each paper clip onto your baker’s twine, and hang your garland using washi tape, nails, or thumbtacks.
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-done3.690.jpg)
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-done6.690.jpg)
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-done2.690.jpg)
![Back-to-School Paper Clip Garland](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Back-to-SchoolPaperClipGarland-done13.690.jpg)
Happy Back-to-School, and happy crafting!