Just a friendly #parenthack, #lifehack or whatev, in case you find yourself in the same predicament I was in this morning. The rounded end of a bobby pin will pop these little locks open, easy peasy.
How To:
Stick the rounded end of the bobby pin into the lock.
Give it a little turn or jiggle.
It should slide the lock right open.
Now you know!
it did not work!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you using a bobby pin on a simple diary lock? I’m sorry you’re having trouble. I assure you if you just keep twisting and wiggling it WILL pop right open. Sometimes it takes a bit. Hopefully you can get it if you give it another try. Best of luck!
It worked!!!!!!!!
That’s so good to hear!
It didn’t work u lie
I lost me key and now locked out e diary
I most certainly did not lie, that’s not how I roll. This method absolutely works. Have patience Daniel-san. Let’s remember who lost the key (that’s you) and ask them to take a deep breath, and carefully try again. I believe they can do this.
It worked thank you
Your write I just kept shaking and it worked
Yeah! That’s so great to hear. Thanks for coming back to update me on this.
It worked I’m so proud
Sweet!
why would you invade your child’s privacy like that? I’m sure you wouldn’t like if someone hacked into say, your phone and looked at all of your personal things.
This was certainly not an invasion of privacy; however I do have thoughts on the fine line between invasion of privacy and ignoring warning signs or safety issues, especially while my children live under my roof. The predicament we were in was my daughter had locked and then tucked her key INSIDE of her treasure chest, for safe keeping. She had no way of opening it without the key, so we had to get creative to get it open. It was something we did together.
Well, this post isn’t just read by parents. I usually lose my key within the first week, so this was quite helpful. (Besides, since when do parents respect their kids privacy?)
True
Thanks
You’re ever so welcome!
Am I the only one who could not get it to every work??
Oh no, I’m sorry! Just keep wiggling it and hopefully it’ll pop right open.
I will try a bit more tomorrow and will tell you how it goes. My hand is starting to hurt a bit and late.
I will try a bit more tomorrow and will tell you how it goes. My hand is starting to hurt a bit and it’s late.
I couldn’t get it to work because the lock was too small. I put one side of needle-nosed pliers in and popped it open easily.
It may depend on the size of lock. Great tip!
It worked on my first try!
🙃
Thank you so much for this tip!0
That’s great!
It didn’t work i tried to many times ugh this is never gonna open and now how do i write in my diary
Do you have the same type of lock? If so, just be patient and keep working with it.
Actually idk i have the same type of the lock and i tried too many times but still and if i was kinda mean im srry
it doesn’t work!!!!!!!!!
Try again, a gentle wiggle/turn is all you need.
what type of bobby pin? I couldn’t do it. The lock is the same as the one on the image
I just used a standard bobby pin found at a dollar store or Wal-Mart. I see this is an older comment, I hope you were able to get it open.
OMG, you’re right. I was trying to open an antique diary of my mother’s. And this method worked. But I had to keep trying. The lock had a button that had to be pushed toward the lock, so I pushed that, worked the lock with the bobby pin, and pulled on the part I was trying to unlock. It worked. 🙂 Thank you!
Yeah! I am so glad this worked for you! Thank you for letting me know.