7 Surprising Yet Creative Uses for Silicone Wristbands

Silicone wristbands may have started as a fun accessory, but people quickly realized that there are several other ways to use them. They can act like rubber bands that hold things in place. They can also be used as tags to help identify items and people. However, they are most popularly used in trade shows, conferences, and other events as promotional materials and giveaways.

And their popularity stands for a good reason. Silicone wristbands are affordable yet highly customizable. They are waterproof and can stand the test of time. Moreover, they are easy to wear and also low-key, which means they can match well with any outfit you wear.

Indeed, there are several perks to using silicone wristbands. Beyond marketing material, here are some other ways you can use wristbands for different types of activity.

Gifts/Accessories for Sight-Impaired People

Silicone wristbands can be embossed, which means that your design is raised and will create smooth elevated grooves on the wristband. With this feature, you can design wristbands with braille. As a gift, you can write down a short message or note to your sight-impaired loved one or friend, and they can wear it as an accessory. Meanwhile, events that tackle inclusivity and disabilities may use also them as giveaways to promote awareness of sight impairments.

Ticket Substitute

Most of the time, tickets are printed on paper. However, paper tickets can be easily misplaced or lost in a flurry of activity, which can mean trouble for a ticket holder. For example, in an event where people with tickets can leave and enter the premises freely, losing the ticket means losing access to the event they paid for. On the other hand, silicone wristbands are easily seen, distinguishable, and wearable. Unless the person actively removes it, people should have no problem keeping it on their person at all times.

Bands for People Who Need Extra Help

Many people struggle with physical and mental health conditions, and these conditions are not always evident at first glance. Individuals with Alzheimer’s, learning disabilities, or anxiety may need extra help when a stressful situation arises. In an event, organizers may hand out highly visible wristbands for people with disabilities, so in case of an emergency, guards and organizers can quickly discern that they need help in particular.

Child IDs

The world is a rough place, and there is nothing as worrying as a lost child. In large-scale events and public spaces, whether indoor or outdoor, one of the biggest fears of parents and caretakers is to lose sight of their kid in a crowd of people. Having a silicone wristband, which lists down emergency contact details, can offer a degree of security to the children and peace of mind to the parents. Silicone wristbands can be sized smaller to fit the child’s wrist and avoid losing it. They are also durable, so if you opt for an adjustable type, they can last your child years as they grow.

Event Baggage Tags

Baggage counters in busy events need to be quite organized. Most of the time, baggage counters use plastic cards or laminated paper as tags, but these items can be easily lost. Consider events where some attendees are also participants, such as marathons, contests, or sports events. Those cards and tags can easily slip out of their pockets as they move around vigorously. Meanwhile, by using silicone wristbands as baggage tags with corresponding numbers, participants will be able to go and move however and wherever they want with no worries. In this manner, they can get back their bags swiftly and promptly.

Bottle Tags and Grips

Due to their ductile material, silicone wristbands are highly flexible and can be used similarly to a rubber band. However, because of their wider surface area, they have more grip on different materials, and you even have enough space to write on it. One of the most practical ways to repurpose your wristbands is to use them as bottle tags. You can put your name on them during busy activities to label your water bottle or use them to hold it better. Simply turn the wristband inside out (or any side with no design) and write down your name with a permanent marker.

Bookbinders

Because of their flat shape and elasticity, silicone wristbands make highly effective bookbinders. You simply take your book and wrap two wristbands near the book’s top and bottom, ensuring that the whole book remains closed. In this manner, even if you pop them in your bag, the book will not open and risk getting its pages crinkled.

Bear in mind that these are only some of the many things you can do with wristbands–both old and new. Regardless of whether you want to use them as identifiers in large events or have a more personalized design for gifts, one can’t deny their usefulness. The possibilities are virtually endless, giving you plenty of creative opportunities to use them in a variety of ways.