In the UNLV class I’m currently teaching, the midterm is a challenge that we started at the beginning of the semester. The challenge was to take a stack of sticky notes and generate real money by doing something that involved the sticky notes.
The key is not to focus on the sticky note, figure out what other assets you have at your disposal and figure out how the sticky notes can support those assets or be supported by those assets.
The students were then given the task of coming up with 50-100 ideas each regarding how they could get it done, this is the culmination of all their submissions (some are way better than others!):
- Have your family or friends give you a lot of stacks of white paper – and colored paper. Make paper dresses. It takes a lot of time and effort but it is something someone would buy!
- Make mini polaroid photo picture frames – Cut the sticky note to make it the size of a polaroid photo and design it, to make it a cute small picture frame!
- Walk to Local Businesses and Offer To Make Flyers for them for money – Have them write down their contact info on the sticky-note
- Turn them into note-cards. Go into class, if any classmate doesn’t have anything to write notes on – Sell them for 50 cents each.
- Get multiple packs of sticky notes – Design them to be coasters. Sell a pack of coasters made from sticky-notes for $1 each.
- Make paper flags! LGBT Flags, flags from different countries, etc. Sticky notes come in all sorts of colors and sell them!
- Make a variety of different things with paper – Table in the free-speech zone on-campus and sell them to college students.
- Make paper purses! They are very famous on eBay and esty! Make multiple varieties and sell them! They would make money!
- Sneak into a house and clog a toilet with them and be a plumber too so they call you to unclog it and they pay you
- Make money with ad-revenue by making sticky-note videos on tik-tok. – Tik tok is very famous nowadays!
- Collect so many sticky notes (used or unused), go to a recycling plant that pays people, and get paid
- Make stickers and sell them. Whether they’re political stickers, LGBT+ stickers, anime stickers, etc.
- Ask Kenny what people did in the past and use a version of that and innovate it for our benefit.
- Make paper lamp shades! It’s a great idea. It takes a lot of effort, but would definitely sell!
- Sketch Manga on the sticky-notes! Anime is very popular nowadays! That would definitely sell.
- We already have paper coffee filters – Use sticky notes and make different colored versions!
- Make paper wallets and design them with arts and crafts material. – Sell them for $1.50 each
- Create scientific and anatomical models to be sold as science projects to desperate students
- Organize talent show event and use sticky notes as table name reservations (pay to enter)
- Make ring-cases with sticky notes! Make them with sticky-notes, decorate them, sell them!
- Organize a “treasure/scavenger” hunt with sticky notes offering the clues (pay to enter)
- Organize a musical chairs event with sticky notes as participant numbers (pay to enter)
- Look at the neighbor app and see if there’s something for free that we can trade later.
- Write your phone number on it and tell people you’re a Nigerian prince when they call.
- Write down details of highly criminal activities, sell off to them as extortion money
- Organize a “horror escape room” event with sticky notes as hints/items (pay to enter)
- Make paper bracelets with the sticky notes and other arts and crafts. Sell those too.
- Make a youtube channel for UNLV and advertise the campus while partnering with CSUN.
- Donate a bunch of packs of sticky notes to goodwill – They’ll give you store credit.
- Use multiple sticky notes and make paper picture frames. – Sell them for $1 each.
- Use a variety of different colored sticky notes and make wall art – Then sell it.
- Stick them to your backpack and sell them to other people so they can do the same
- Make them into membership cards for each member of private club (paid membership)
- Stick them in a Polaroid camera and print pictures on them and sell the pictures
- Make a sticky note mascot you can sell the copyright to an office supply company
- Have a sticky-note company sponsor you to do sticky note-related youtube videos.
- Art contest with the sticky notes and have people donate for the prize money.
- Organize a “murder mystery” event with sticky notes as clues (pay to enter)
- Make paper solar-system models, and sell them to students in middle school!
- Create model cities and landscapes that can be sold to architectural firms
- Partner with a fast food place or a nice food place to host a fundraiser.
- Organize a catch the flag event with sticky notes as flags (pay to enter)
- Make paper hats – takes a lot of work and requires a lot of sticky notes.
- Get celebrities to sign your sticky notes and sell the signatures to fans
- Trade the sticky notes for something else, and sell that something else.
- Create a puppet show using the sticky notes as individual finger puppets
- Create a Chinese finger trap and make bets on who can and can’t get out
- Stick them all over someones house and make them pay you to clean it up
- Make mini paper journals with arts and crafts – Sell them for $1 each.
- Make and design PS4 game cases with a lot of sticky notes. – Sell them
- Make 3DS game cartridge cases. Small, quick, simple. Would sell a lot.
- Get a fake receipt and return them to wherever they were purchased at
- Do commissions and use sticky notes to get information from customers
- Stick them all together backwards and make an accordion and sell it.
- Attach them to product bought by customer that encourages repurchase
- Stick them all over a car and make the owner pay you to clean it up
- Buy a bunch of chips from the dollar store and sell them for $2.00.
- Buy a bunch of candy from the dollar store and sell them for $1.50.
- Blend them up with milk, ice, and sugar and sell them as milkshakes
- Write song on sticky notes, record, make money off of record deal
- Write a fundraising proposal and give to businesses in Las Vegas.
- Sell them as raffle tickets and give away something to the winner
- Roll them up into hornets and sell them to elementary school kids
- Print the Adidas three stripes and sell them as an Adidas product
- Have my boss Steve Davis sign sticky notes and sell them on ebay.
- Create your own sticky note brand and beat out the Post-It brand.
- Create a moving picture flipbook by being artistic – and sell it.
- Ask for money on the sticky notes and stick them all over campus.
- You could make speakers out of multiple stacks of sticky notes.
- Turn them into trading cards (think Pokemon Cards and Yu-Gi-Oh)
- Make paper cups – Fill them with candy and sell them on campus.
- Make masks out of them to protect people from the coronavirus.
- Have a sticky note block stacking contest (pay to participate)
- Create a YouTube channel about sticky notes and get monetized
- Create a stop-motion film using the sticky notes as the models
- Write the word “Supreme” on them and sell them for more money
- Cover body in sticky notes and stand on fremont with a bucket
- Turn them into fridge magnets, sell a whole variety of them!
- Trade for stuff, eventually sell things that are worth money
- Make paper air filters out of the Sticky Notes – And sell it
- Make a fundraiser targeted towards the GEE Junior Year trip.
- Use as kindling to burn fires that can then be used to cook
- Print a Nike swoosh on them and sell them as a Nike product
- Personal messaging service in the same way telegrams worked
- Make and design paper scrapbooks, sell them for $3-$5 each!
- Get a papercut with them and sue the company that made them
- Trade them for something, then sell the item traded to you
- Sell them as light reflectors to change the color of light
- Sell information on how to get a lot of scholarship money.
- Make valentine-grams with the sticky notes – and sell them
- Create flip-book animation out of sticky notes and sell it
- Create a business, use as coupons to purchase other things
- Use as part of a costume and sell as part of a larger package
- Sell them as tissues to broke, depressed college students
- Create mini-boxes to hold small items, like beads or pins
- Trade with the sticky notes like that one Ted Talk video
- Sell them to moms who right notes to kids in lunch boxes
- Sell individually (1 post-it pack= some amount of money)
- Make paper guitar picks and sell them for 50 cents each.
- Make (3D and 2D) artwork out of sticky notes and sell it
- Host a College Party where people have to pay to get in.
- Create funny notes like sarcastic vouchers or joke notes
- Use the creative space in the library to make products.
- Shred, ground up, and create stuffing for plush animals
- Sell them as badges teachers can use to reward children
- Write the word Gucci on them and sell each one for $50
- Turn them into adoptable mini-pets (a.k.a. adoptables)
- Attach them to items you’re selling during the garage sale
- Turn them into pieces of a jigsaw puzzle you can sell
- Stalk famous people, have them autograph sticky notes
- Pretend to be homeless and use sticky notes as a sign
- Make paper puppets! Sell this to little kids/parents!
- Write a book on sticky notes, publish a book, make money
- Restaurant sponsor night through a local restaurant
- Write compliments on them and sell them for $1 each
- Use them to give customer information about the product
- Use the sticky-notes to make comics – and sell them
- Sell candy with sticky notes with encouraging words
- make a youtube video on the history of sticky notes
- Draw schematics for inventions that can be sold off
- Design Planners on the Sticky Notes – and sell them
- Sell water-bottles with GL Positive Vibes Stickers
- Do beautiful art on the sticky notes – and sell it
- Use material as an alternative for plastic straws
- Make a video tutorial about how to make a lanyard
- Go to UNLV Hike events and sell snacks and water.
- Create comic book out of sticky notes and sell it
- Make social media website with sticky note theme
- Make paper suspenders and sell them for $2 each!
- Make ornaments out of sticky notes and sell them
- Make lee business school t-shirts and sell them.
- Grind them up and sell it as a fiber supplement.
- Cover peoples’ eyes with them while you rob them
- Advertise babysitting services with sticky notes
- Will do dares written on sticky notes for money
- Sell them to drug dealers to use to make blunts
- Make youtube video on how sticky notes are made
- Make things in the library using the 3D printer
- Make paper kites! Kids would love to buy those!
- Dance on fremont street with sticky note bucket
- Create miniature post-its to sell as bookmarks
- Create artificial snow and sell to movie studio
- Use string and make paper blinds! – Sell them!
- Sing on fremont street with sticky note bucket
- Put diamonds on them and sell them as jewelery
- Make paper heart pendant necklaces! Sell them!
- Just sell the sticky notes (social experiment)
- Have people pay to use them to test their pens
- Create ad campaign for company using stickies
- Sudoku puzzle that can be sold to newspapers
- Make a video game with sticky note characters
- Cut off the sticky part and sell them as tape
- Advertise tutoring services with sticky notes
- Send a letter to a business for sponsorships
- Make social media app with sticky note theme
- Make paper pen/pencil holders and sell them.
- Make paper cranes and sell them for a dollar
- Make one of those instagram donation thingys
- Make a pair of pants with them and sell them
- Have and sell a sticky note themed Jenga set
- Christian can thrift clothes and resell them
- Write cute messages, work as an uber driver
- Use for notes for classes or exams and sell
- Making art/ origami out of the sticky notes
- Go to the basketball games and sell snacks.
- Become product ambassadors on Social Media.
- Write nice messages and we’ll deliver them
- Write cute messages/jokes and auction/sell
- Write cute messages, work as a taxi driver
- Use to draw art on, which can then be sold
- Use them as raffle tickets for a bake sale
- Throw a party and charge people to get in
- Send a letter to restaurant for fundraiser
- Sell tickets to the UNLV Basketball games.
- Post them on facebook market and sell them
- Make little toys out of them and sell them
- Decorate donation bucket with sticky notes
- Create board game with office supply theme
- Advertise labor services with sticky notes
- Start a gossip website for UNLV students.
- Sell them with cookies during a bake sale
- Sell them as valentines (how festive lol)
- Music video challenge- pay to enter 50/50
- Use them as labels for garage sale ideas
- Teach people how to make fortune tellers
- Sell lemonade outside the student union.
- Make bookmarks out of them and sell them
- Make a video tutorial about paper straws
- Create a new fashion style and sell them
- Create a cute notepad from sticky notes.
- Coffee delivery (Starbucks mobile order)
- Ask my family and friends for donations.
- Trade them up to eventually buy a house
- Organize students dorm rooms for money.
- Make DND dice out of them and sell them
- Make a calendar out of them and sell it
- Create aesthetically pleasing schedules
- Use sticky notes to advertise a raffle
- Use origami and make paper kids’ toys!
- Sell exercise routines written on them
- Post them on alliexpress and sell them
- Personalize peoples backpacks/binders.
- Offer services written on sticky notes
- Make origami out of them and sell them
- Make and sell art projects/ paintings
- Make a planner out of them and sell it
- Host an honors college freshman party.
- Create flip-book out of it and sell it
- Create board game made of sticky notes
- Collect and make sticky note sculpture
- Weight challenges and sell it in gyms
- Use then as raffle tickets for raffle
- Sell Motivational Quotes for 50 Cents
- Post them on craigslist and sell them
- Make super realistic weapon, rob bank
- Make origami snowflakes and sell them
- Make into paper mache, create crafts
- Become teachers assistants for money.
- Advertise bake sale with sticky notes
- Write cute messages, work at grubhub
- Make paper back-packs and sell them!
- make a youtube video of magic tricks
- Make 3D Paper Sculptures – Sell them
- Enter writing contest for cash prize
- Be a mediator for roommate disputes.
- Write insults on them and sell them
- Use them to advertise charity event
- Use them as bookmarks and sell them
- Post them on poshmark and sell them
- Create individualized vision boards
- Build a tent with them and sell it.
- Use to create sellable scrapbooks
- Trash pick-up service in the dorms
- Teach kindergarteners how to color
- Start a personal training service.
- Sell tips on how to make spitballs
- Post them on offerup and sell them
- Make mini flyers to sell textbooks
- Make dance covers with fan posters
- Make a music video for sticky note
- Custom decorations on paper crowns
- Collect steel and metal for money.
- Advertise a sale with sticky notes
- Post them on amazon and sell them
- Make sing covers with fan posters
- Make paper bowties and sell them!
- Make origami planes and sell them
- Make counterfeit money with them\
- Draw art on them and sell the art
- Create tickets for a theater show
- Create posters for people/events.
- Ask people to donate on Teen Talk
- Use them to advertise paid event
- Use it to give eyeliner tutorial
- Sell the individual sticky notes
- Post them on letgo and sell them
- Make stop motion animation video
- Make origami boats and sell them
- Make origami birds and sell them
- Use sticky notes for furniture
- Teach people how to make hearts
- Sell mini notes for binder tabs
- Sell Boring company merch/info.
- Post them on ebay and sell them
- Make paper whistles. Sell them.
- Make a life hacks youtube video
- Do people’s homework for money.
- Create flowers and sell as art
- Create decorative hats for pets
- Classroom basketball with trash
- Add to pack for school supplies
- Use them to advertise services
- Use and sell it as Party Decor
- Transform into laptop stickers
- Sell to presidential campaigns
- Sell clothes to Plato’s Closet
- Make them custom made stickers
- Make paper-dolls and sell them
- Make paper cogs and sell them.
- Make paper cases and sell them
- Make a song called sticky note
- Hold up, hold up, toilet paper
- Create a decorative lampshade
- Transform into hydro stickers
- Take online surveys for money
- Start a babysitting business.
- Sell the pack of Sticky Notes
- Sell sticky note paper planes
- Sell calligraphy pen swatches
- Prank people for hire service
- Make sticky note themed event
- Make paper pins and sell them
- Host a freshmans only party .
- Create decorative world maps
- A glove to protect from germs
- Use as sign to beg for money
- Sticky note brainstorm ideas
- Sell your notes and syllabi.
- Recreate that gum commercial
- Make blankets and sell them.
- Host a checkers competition.
- Camera cover from government
- Valentines day (valentines)
- Use to record stock advice
- Take an offering at church.
- make it a profile on tinder
- make a tik tok of bad jokes
- make a no littering tik tok
- Grind it up and make bleach
- Color and sell the confetti
- Collect aluminum for money.
- Buy snacks in bulk and sell
- Advertise tutoring sessions
- Use them to advertise sale
- Use them as business cards
- Straws to save the turtles
- Sell valentines day grams.
- sell face reveal on tinder
- Make video on organization
- eat sticky notes for money
- Collect money from singing
- Block off air conditioner
- Start a tutoring service.
- Sell them as toilet paper
- Sell paint brush swatches
- Sell cute little earrings
- Put on items at yard sell
- Offer a shredding service
- Market using sticky notes
- Make art with and sell it
- Classroom finger football
- Arm wrestling competition
- Valograms/ Cute messages
- Use as paper for origami
- Trivia night with prizes
- trade it for flash cards
- trade it for a candy bar
- Start a youtube channel.
- Plant flowers for people
- Make flyers for tutoring
- Make ad for sticky notes
- Combine with other notes
- Coffee and donut morning
- Claim things in the frig
- Christmas tree ornaments
- Blackout window business
- Valentine’s Day letters
- Stack and use as straws
- Silent auction somehow?
- Sell zodiac predictions
- Sell them note by note!
- Sell them as gift cards
- Sell them as blindfolds
- Sell clothes and shoes.
- make kind notes tik tok
- Drawing perfect squares
- Create a game of chance
- Carnival ring toss game
- What I am grateful for
- Sell organization tips
- Sell financial advice!
- Put on drinks and sale
- Paint the sticky notes
- Make wall decorations
- Make a paper megaphone
- Be someone’s assistant
- Background wall design
- Artwork, trade, resell
- Trade the sticky note
- Three positive traits
- Three negative traits
- Stop motion animation
- Sticky note Pinwheels
- Sticky note challenge
- Sticky note cellphone
- Start a fashion trend
- sell valentines notes
- Sell them as bandaids
- sell it on craigslist
- Sell each sticky note
- sell a scavenger hunt
- Note passing business
- Make valentines cards
- Make portable charger
- Make flyers for clubs
- Make campaign designs
- make a couple tik tok
- Custom made tote bags
- Create clothing line
- Sticky note key caps
- Sticky note confetti
- Sticky note backpack
- Sell thank you notes
- sell origami lessons
- Sell as Night Shades
- Rainbow sticky notes
- Power wash driveways
- Make a pattern chart
- Make a deck of cards
- Inspirational quotes
- Host a spelling bee.
- Fortune cookie paper
- Eyeshadow cut crease
- Create a paper straw
- Cleaning car windows
- Charms for bracelets
- Umbrellas that fold
- Sticky note fashion
- Start a go fund me.
- Spray paint patches
- Singing competition
- Sell raffle tickets
- Sell back old books
- Sample it to a beat
- Resell free clothes
- Real life spongebob
- Origami soccer ball
- Make paper flowers!
- Essay brainstorming
- Transition effects
- teach magic tricks
- Taro card reading
- Sticky note ladder
- Sell the paintings
- Sell palm readings
- Sell old textbooks
- sell kind messages
- Sell kids stencils
- Paper ball hitman
- Office decorations
- Make a request pad
- Flipbook challenge
- Eating competition
- Decorating service
- Coaster for drinks
- Cell phone charger
- teach calligraphy
- Sticky note shoes
- Sticky note props
- Sticky note jeans
- Small item holder
- Sell paper straws
- Sell for a dollar
- Recyclable plates
- Put Venmo info on
- Prop up table leg
- Patches for jeans
- Party decorations
- Outlet protectors
- Origami triangles
- Make lyric videos
- Make hydro labels
- Make a doll house
- Filter for camera
- Dance competition
- Crumble into ball
- Create board game
- Counterfeit money
- Backdrop for bugs
- Advertise service
- 50 yd. dash races
- Video storyboard
- Sticky note toys
- Sticky note bags
- sell magic shows
- Sell as a napkin
- Origami football
- Makeup oil paper
- Make a sculpture
- Instruction book
- Have a yard sale
- Forge signatures
- Flashcards study
- Designs for case
- Decorate beanies
- Connect the dots
- Cleaning service
- Camera blackout
- Basketball court
- Valentines card
- Valentine grams
- Tips for resume
- Thank you notes
- Sticky note gun
- Sticky note car
- Sell study tips
- Sell scrunchies
- sell it on ebay
- Make a flipbook
- Laundry service
- Homework ‘help’
- Glasses cleaner
- Favorite people
- Draw yoga poses
- Design previews
- Daily reminders
- Children’s book
- Block off light
- Beverage holder
- Become a notary
- YouTube Video
- Yoga tip guide
- Wrapping paper
- Trade on E-Bay
- Trade for cash
- Shoe protector
- Sell your car.
- sell sculpture
- Sell a lanyard
- self-portraits
- Recycled paper
- Rat stair case
- Raffle tickets
- Pocket journal
- Picture frames
- Origami laptop
- Origami hearts
- Origami cranes
- make sculpture
- Make a lanyard
- Make a blanket
- Graphic Design
- Garden divider
- Fortune teller
- Doodles of ppl
- Cupcake topper
- Basketball net
- Back scratcher
- Traffic cones
- Sleeping mask
- Shoe shining
- Sell stencils
- Sell as Paper
- Paper machete
- Origami games
- Movie tickets
- Mini calendar
- Make confetti
- Make a TikTok
- List of jokes
- Ladybug house
- Create a game
- Business card
- Toilet Paper
- Sticky balls
- sell origami
- Reminder app
- Paper straws
- Origami bird
- New currency
- Magic tricks
- Love letters
- Life lessons
- Firestarter
- Draw my life
- Cheat Sheets
- Board eraser
- 50/50 raffle
- Whiteboards
- Stock paper
- Recipe book
- Phone cases
- Ninja stars
- Movie night
- Motivations
- Lamp shades
- Invest them
- Instruments
- Holla hoop
- Drink cover
- Cord labels
- Compliments
- Cable label
- Bucket List
- Babysitting
- Tutor kids
- sell jokes
- Pull weeds
- Price tags
- Phone Case
- Paper bags
- Make blunt
- Make a map
- List maker
- Hand towel
- Crosswords
- Chopsticks
- Book marks
- Book cover
- Basketball
- Bake sell
- Wash cars
- Walk dogs
- Telescope
- Reminders
- Pawn them
- Newspaper
- Mow lawns
- Manicures
- Magazines
- Lunchbox
- House sit
- Flip book
- Fireworks
- Face mask
- Envelopes
- Card Game
- Car wash.
- calendars
- Bake sale
- Animation
- Airplanes
- Accordion
- 2d movies
- Notebook
- Make art
- GoFundMe
- Flipbook
- Earrings
- Dog toys
- Dog toy
- Confetti
- Charades
- Art work
- Alcohol
- 2d piano
- Tissues
- Tickets
- Pet sit
- Origami
- Napkins
- Lottery
- Hangman
- Flowers
- Roasts
- Puzzle
- Cuponk
- Condom
- Bop it
- Blade
- 3d art
- Story
- Notes
- Merch
- Goals
- Darts
- Cards
- Books
- Logo
- IGTV
- Food
- Bets
- Fan
- Box
- Art
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