How to Float a Paperclip

What would happen if you try to float a paperclip in the water? It would sink of course but we managed to float it.

How did we do it?

Well, we needed a paperclip, a piece of tissue and a pencil.
We floated the tissue on the water then we very carefully placed the paperclip on it.  We got a pencil (the back end) and gently pushed the tissue paper so it sank, leaving the paperclip floating.  Magical!!