Almost every day I have a need or use for rubber bands. Formerly when I opened a cellophane bag of pecans or walnuts I would fold the bag closed and use a clip to seal it and toss it into the freezer. Unfortunately the clip would slip off when I was looking for other items in the freezer. Then I would have to stop looking for what I needed and pick up the scattered nuts. Now I would fold over the bag opening with a rubber band I would secure the bag by placing around the bag from top to bottom. This really worked well. Whenever I have more than 1 piece of out-going which I will either place in my mailbox for pick up or which I will drop off at a USPS outside box I secure the mail with a rubber band. It is now secure and a lot easier to slip into those PO boxes. While doing handwork such as embroidery canvas work or sewing there are many times when my fingers slip off the needle so I keep a rubber band ( a wide one) handy and I grasp the needle with the rubber band and pull the needle through easily. What better item than a rubber band keeps those rolls of bubble wrap from unwrapping or rolls of gift wrap or the many little bundles of fabrics which are too small to fold neatly. Then there are the cereal boxes which once opened never stay closed with the tab provided as the cereal bulks up and is too wide for the box. I do the same with boxes of pasta and crackers.
Rubber bands seem very insignificant but when I need one and cannot find the correct size it is very frustrating. This bag of assorted sizes and colors is great it have the correct size for anything I need. The bag contains very small one for small project and much larger ones for the bigger projects or for a project that needs extra holding power and I love the colors. I am a color coordinated person and the colors add to my coordination. I use these rubber bands in my office in my sewing and of course in my kitchen.
The mission was to get some rubber bands for my husband probably 1/8 of an inch wide. At Staples I found a big full bag of rubber bands that had all assorted sizes and colors. My husband is doing a project of sorting and catagorizing baseball cards by player and team so I thought he could use the different colors to help identify teams. Also the extras he doesn't use that are smaller and larger thicker and thinner can be used around the house for all sorts of things. I use rubber bands for a variety of things around the house such as holding meal sized bags of microwaveable food closed a few days until I serve the rest with another meal. I hold boxes that tend to fall open closed with rubber ands I can't think of anything that can do that job better.