Close a Bag of Chips by Folding It

Party time calls for chips (crisps) and dip. Opening a few bags of different chips to dip is a breeze. When it comes to clean up time, we find we are left with too many opened chip bags, and not a bag clip in the house to seal them with. Leaving them partially open will make the chips stale before we get to eat them again. Fortunately, there's a way to fold the chip bag so you will never have this problem again and will keep the chips as fresh as the day you bought them.

Steps

  1. Smooth the ends so that they are smooth, flat and airtight. Do not leave any air inside the chip bag, as this will cause them to go stale no matter how well you seal the bag.
  2. Fold the bag. Use both hands and fold the open end down about an inch (2.5 cm). Do not roll.
  3. Tuck the bag. Tuck each folded end under as you keep flattening and folding once again. Continue in this manner until you reach just above the area of the chips.
  4. Flatten it out. Flatten the fold with your hands and fold the corners towards the middle. It doesn't matter which way you fold them; here they are shown folded towards the rolled side, but you can also fold away from the roll.
  5. Make a pocket. While keeping the corners folded, unroll the end and fold it over the corners so that it makes a tight pocket or hood holding the ends in.
  6. Test it out. Check by turning the bag upside down. It is sealed and easy to open the next time you need to use it.


Once you start playing this video, you can press the "slow" button on the right hand side to get a closer look at how the bag is folded.

Tips

  • The neater and tighter your folds, the fresher your chips.
  • Make sure that you smooth each fold, removing air from the section you are turning down.
  • May take practice. Keep trying (over a bowl) because this will come in handy.

Warnings

  • Leaving air inside will make the chips stale. Do not leave air inside with any bag of this type (pretzels, cereal, cookies).
  • Be careful when testing out your folding; you don't want your chips to end up on the floor!
  • This method will not work on pliable bags (like shopping bags). It'll work on foil and paper bags, and on some plastic bags, but only if they're very stiff.

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