5 Things To Do with Pipe Cleaners

Silly grown-ups, pipe cleaners aren’t just for kids! But don't take our word for it: try one of these wacky uses and see for yourself.

From: Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things, Reader's Digest Canada

Did You Know?

Pipe cleaners were invented in the late nineteenth century in New York by J. Harry Stedman. Although pipe smoking has declined dramatically since then, pipe-cleaners have flourished in the arts and crafts community.

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