Should I give confiscated student items back?

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Not returning the notebook and letting the student face the consequences
2. 2
   Returning it secretly to see the student's reaction
3. 3
   keeping items in a drawer until the end of the day, week, or school year
4. 4
   sending confiscated items to the school office or administrator
5. 5
   requiring parents to come to the school to pick up the items
6. 6
   throwing the items away or putting them into a prize chest

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.