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You can also use it to secure rugs to the floor so they don't slide around.

We used velcro when my daughter was a toddler as a baby lock on doors she wasn't supposed to open (especially sliding doors). Black velcro on our dk brown woodwork blended in a lot better than a white plastic commercial baby lock (that usually need to be screwed in)

Put one piece of the fuzzy end on the door near the edge, preferably out of reach of the child, and another next to it on the frame or other door. Then use a piece of the hook side across them both. This way to open the door, she is pulling at 90 degrees to the velcro which is the hardest way to open velcro. No screws in woodwork, (velcro glue to remove later a smaller problem) and it is easy for adults to open when you need to, (unlike wrestling with the baby locks).

We also used it inside drawers and cupboards. This means the velcro is holding them shut face to face, so it is easier to open and only works as a deterrent if the child is determined - so we used it on places like the saucepan drawer I didn't want her playing in, but wouldn't be the end of the world if she managed to get it open (ie not the cupboard with the cleaning products, or the knife drawer).

This obviously wont be enough for the determined "swing off the curtain rails" or "post fridge magnets in the disk drive" kind of child, but was luckily enough for our girl (whose determination was focused on other ways of making chaos ;)).