For those who like to be creative, I would like to offer a project for making three original crafts from ordinary wooden clothespins. This simple material, once from the clothesline into your skillful hands, will be transformed beyond recognition and will become the subject of admiration for many contemplators.
Butterfly
By the way, a kindergarten-age child can make such a butterfly!
To make it you will need:
- - a package of paper handkerchiefs
- - felt-tip pens
- - watercolor paints
- - glue for attaching antennae.
Manufacturing process:
Take a paper handkerchief, unfold it and pinch it in the center. Attach the clothespin as shown in the picture. For example, I decided to make three butterflies.
Using a black felt-tip pen, draw the face of a butterfly (eyes, mouth, nose and eyebrows).
Using a brush, color the butterfly wings with multi-colored paints or felt-tip pens.
Make mustaches. To do this, tear off or cut a small piece of paper scarf, paint it and twist it with a flagellum.
Bend the flagellum in half and glue it to the top edge of the clothespin.
All! The butterfly is ready!
Ballerina
To make it you will need:
- wooden clothespins
- white felt, batting or thin foam rubber
- wire with colored pile
- beads.
Manufacturing process:
Disassemble the clothespins by separating the wooden pegs from the metal clip.
Cut it out with scissors.
Take a sheet of cardboard, bend it in half and, attaching a template, draw a hedgehog. Moreover, the bottom of the hedgehog should be on the curved part of the cardboard.
Cut with scissors top part hedgehog, grabbing two sides of the folded cardboard.
Place the product on the work surface, first placing a container or covering it with an old sheet of paper. Paint the hedgehog in the desired color. My daughter decided to make a multi-colored hedgehog, so she used paints of all the colors of the rainbow.
I made a lot of hedgehogs and colored them in brown different shades as shown in the picture.
Attach 5-7 wooden clothespins to each hedgehog.
All hedgehogs are ready!
You can use clothespins to make many decorations for your room.
For example, a beautiful candlestick, a heart for the day, as well as the decor of a flower pot.
The manufacturing process is very simple, and the things turn out to be quite unusual and cute.
Today we will tell you how you can make many different home accessories from ordinary wooden clothespins with your own hands. Some of these crafts will be functional and truly useful, while others will be simply beautiful.
Wooden clothespins make really interesting things. Some of them will be appreciated by your children, others will be useful as gifts, and others will delight the eye every day. The main thing we need to master is the decor of clothespins, and our imagination will do the rest for us.
As a rule, wooden clothespins are always purchased in whole sets. There are 30 or even 50 of them in one package. But you have to take it all, although you will need 5-10 - no more. So it turns out that a small part of the clothespins goes into use, and most of them remain in the closet.
What do we need (not all at once, we can take one thing from the list)?
- paints
- colored tape with patterns
- glitter and glue
- markers
- stencils with small patterns
- any decorative elements
- wood varnish
Decorating clothespins
You can take glue and dry glitter. In this case, you will get very elegant accessories. In this case, you can look for colored sparkles: blue, red, black, etc. In addition, there are special paints that consist entirely of glitter. They are very good for tree decoration.
If there is no glitter, you can just paint the clothespins. It is better to take special paints for wood. If you don’t have these, paint with regular paint, but in this case, coat the finished product with varnish so that it doesn’t stain your hands. We paint with a brush, dry on parchment or hang.
Clothespins can be painted using markers or pencils. Various inscriptions and the simplest patterns look beautiful.
If you don’t want to tinker with the decor for too long, just stick narrow tape with patterns on the clothespins. Such adhesive tapes can be found in any craft department - there are ones for every taste.
There you can also find various stencils in small patterns. If you first paint a clothespin one color, let it dry, and then paint it another color using a stencil, it will turn out very cool.
What to make from clothespins?
The simplest craft made from clothespins is a wreath. There are no tricks here: just attach the clothespins to the wire. Additionally, you can attach artificial flowers, ribbons, shells, ready-made cuttings, etc. to it. Here are some options.
Clothespins make excellent lamps and flower pots, as well as containers for storing small items (we already told you how to make a basket from clothespins).
Another idea is to make a family reminder calendar. Just attach clothespins to horizontal parallel boards, make a kind of panel and paint it in bright colors.
If you take the clothespins apart and glue them together, you can use them to make furniture for a dollhouse. If you have a little girl in your house, she will be delighted. For boys you can make a wooden airplane. There are no instructions here: just look at the drawing and repeat, everything is clearly visible. When making this, also use popsicle sticks.
In addition, you can decorate a small mirror with clothespins. It often happens that a small round mirror falls out of a woman’s powder compact. If you hate to throw it away, just glue it onto a round piece of cardboard and attach colorful clothespins to the sides. This will make a very cute accessory.
Well, another simple idea is stickers. For any holiday, you can select appropriate stickers and pictures, stick them on clothespins, and then decorate your house with them. Here's an idea for one that many of you are probably already preparing for.
This is not all that can be made from ordinary wooden clothespins. Use your imagination and you will come up with truly wonderful things and beautiful accessories!
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The first clothespins appeared back in the Stone Age and since then have served mainly household purposes. But if you have a handful of unnecessary (at least temporarily) clothespins, they will be useful not only for drying clothes - after all, you can use them to create a lot of interesting things with your children! Toys, home decor, various useful little things - and all this is simple, quick and literally from nothing.
Making toys
Let's start with them, perhaps. Maybe clothespins don't make the most luxurious toys, but that doesn't matter - after all, the very process of creating them turns into a game.
We may need plastic and wooden clothespins, paints and felt-tip pens, colored paper and cardboard, glue and scissors, an egg tray, popsicle sticks, toy “running” eyes (they can be made from tablets) and other little things that will be found in time. hands.
Clothespins just need a few details added to make them look like some kind of animal or airplane. And clothespins disassembled into halves can be used as construction parts and assembled from them, say, doll furniture, a dinosaur skeleton or an entire fortress.
Little comical scenes depict a chicken emerging from an egg and a gift emerging from a box; while the toad catches a fly, the shark eats fish for breakfast... You can come up with plots yourself - everything is very easy and does not take much time.
For work we will need pencils, cardboard and glue. We cut out any shape from cardboard at our discretion. You can even cut out a ready-made template from a book or magazine), then glue both parts onto a clothespin - and have fun with “theater” on clothespins
Make cute little animals on “stilts” - paper cut out figures with paws made from clothespins. Here you can draw, paint, and rustle with scissors - and then help your drawings “stand firmly on their feet” in three-dimensional space. Simple and convenient!
It will be useful on the farm...
A hot stand is always a relevant and necessary thing in the house! For these purposes, it is better to use wooden clothespins, since the plastic may accidentally melt under a “dusty” frying pan or pan. The manufacturing technique is simple: help the child remove the springs from the clothespins, and he can easily glue them together into a fan himself.
Such a napkin holder would look good in the company of a samovar: there is something Russian in it that makes it similar to carved wooden towers... Just think - and just recently it was clothespins!
Great idea for crafters: spool clothespins. It is very convenient to clamp the end of the thread so that it does not unwind.
Homemade watch
Quite an interesting way to plan your day: thanks to clothespins, you can easily change your “schedule”, rearrange items and use the main cards for a long time. We connect the clock mechanism from an old alarm clock to a plate, on the edges of which you can draw numbers or simply rely on the prompts of clothespins.
Frame for collage
We have a universal design for pictures, notes, memorable little things, as well as a reusable frame for holiday decor. It’s not at all difficult to do something similar: we take a set of wooden clothespins, as well as a couple of meters of tape and the future frame - a wooden hoop or photo frame. We collect everything that will please the eye and begin to loosely attach it to the base with clothespins. The main thing is not to overdo it and endure color scheme. Now we pass a ribbon through our “wreath” and tie a big bow, and you can hang it - either on the wall or on the door.
Mirror frame
For eco-style decor, in addition to the mirror itself, we will need wooden clothespins. You can simply attach them to the edges, or you can make your life more difficult and, by removing the springs from the clothespins, thoroughly “blind” the frame using mirror glue, thick cardboard and acrylic paint.
Pots for greenery
It looks fresh and original: a flat tin can (from sardines, caviar, some kind of whiskey) and ordinary clothespins turn into a cute pot (or a cup for pencils).
The tin must first be thoroughly washed and dried, and the paper label, if any, must be removed. Now we tightly place wooden clothespins on the edges of the jar (plastic ones do not form an even wall, but will stick out to the sides). You can place small house plants or cut flowers in a glass inside.
More light!
You can make it from wooden clothespins stylish lamps. In the photo on the left, a piece of mesh twisted into a cylinder is used as a base. On the right is a large spiral of wire. Clothespins are attached to any type of frame in a matter of minutes, and the craft is ready! The finished lamp gives beautiful and soft shadows on the floor and walls.
But these candlesticks are made using the same technique as plant pots: they will decorate the ceiling with bright spots of light in the form of stars.
Decorative clothespins
Why not just decorate your boring household clothespins? Some creative craftsman has decorated them with stylish fabric flowers... If you don’t really like flowers or seem too troublesome, let your child simply decorate them with buttons and rhinestones. But you shouldn’t paint clothespins with paints or felt-tip pens - if you are still going to use them for laundry, of course.
But you can also use such elegant clothespins for decoration, as well as pinch gift wrapping with them or add them to a card. In this case, the clothespin can be decorated with fabric, wrapping paper, strewn with beads - in a word, let your imagination run free.
Colored (painted) clothespins with inscriptions in marker can serve as bright and original “reminders”, complement notes on the refrigerator and generally bring a little humor into our everyday life. In our photo, for example, multi-colored “motivators” advise you to make good decisions and correctly, remind you of the need to be yourself and call your mother.
As you can see, clothespins can be useful for many things - and even if hand-made decor does not fit into the interior of your home, then clothespins are always welcome in children's creativity!
The first clothespins appeared back in the Stone Age and since then have served mainly household purposes. But if you have a handful of unnecessary (at least temporarily) clothespins, they will be useful not only for drying clothes - after all, you can use them to create a lot of interesting things with your children! Toys, home decor, various useful little things - and all this is simple, quick and literally from nothing.Making toys
Let's start with them, perhaps. Maybe clothespins don’t make the most luxurious toys, but that doesn’t matter - after all, the very process of creating them turns into a game.
We may need plastic and wooden clothespins, paints and felt-tip pens, colored paper and cardboard, glue and scissors, an egg tray, popsicle sticks, toy “running” eyes (they can be made from tablets) and other little things that will be found in time. hands.
Clothespins just need a few details added to make them look like some kind of animal or airplane. And clothespins disassembled into halves can be used as construction parts and assembled from them, say, doll furniture, a dinosaur skeleton or an entire fortress.
Little comical scenes depict a chicken emerging from an egg and a gift emerging from a box; while the toad catches a fly, the shark eats fish for breakfast... You can come up with plots yourself - everything is very easy and does not take much time.
For work we will need pencils, cardboard and glue. We cut out any shape from cardboard at our discretion. You can even cut out a ready-made template from a book or magazine), then glue both parts onto a clothespin - and have fun with “theater” on clothespins
And here are cute little animals on “stilts” - figures cut out of paper with paws made from clothespins. Here you can draw, paint, and rustle with scissors - and then help your drawings “stand firmly on their feet” in three-dimensional space. Simple and convenient!
It will be useful on the farm...
A hot stand is always a relevant and necessary thing in the house! For these purposes, it is better to use wooden clothespins, since the plastic may accidentally melt under a “dusty” frying pan or pan. The manufacturing technique is simple: help the child remove the springs from the clothespins, and he can easily glue them together into a fan himself.
Such a napkin holder would look good in the company of a samovar: there is something Russian in it that makes it similar to carved wooden towers... Just think - and just recently it was clothespins!
Great idea for crafters: spool clothespins. It is very convenient to clamp the end of the thread so that it does not unwind.
Homemade watch
Quite an interesting way to plan your day: thanks to clothespins, you can easily change your “schedule”, rearrange items and use the main cards for a long time. We connect the clock mechanism from an old alarm clock to a plate, on the edges of which you can draw numbers or simply rely on the prompts of clothespins.
Frame for collage
We have a universal design for pictures, notes, memorable little things, as well as a reusable frame for holiday decor. It’s not at all difficult to do something similar: we take a set of wooden clothespins, as well as a couple of meters of tape and the future frame - a wooden hoop or photo frame. We collect everything that will please the eye and begin to loosely attach it to the base with clothespins. The main thing is not to overdo it and maintain the color scheme. Now we pass a ribbon through our “wreath” and tie a big bow, and you can hang it - either on the wall or on the door.
Pots for greenery
It looks fresh and original: a flat tin can (from sardines, caviar, some kind of whiskey) and ordinary clothespins turn into a cute pot (or a cup for pencils).
The tin must first be thoroughly washed and dried, and the paper label, if any, must be removed. Now we tightly place wooden clothespins on the edges of the jar (plastic ones do not form an even wall, but will stick out to the sides). You can place small house plants or cut flowers in a glass inside.
Mirror frame
For eco-style decor, in addition to the mirror itself, we will need wooden clothespins. You can simply attach them to the edges, or you can make your life more difficult and, by removing the springs from the clothespins, thoroughly “blind” the frame using mirror glue, thick cardboard and acrylic paint.
More light!
You can make stylish lamps from wooden clothespins. In the photo on the left, a piece of mesh twisted into a cylinder is used as a base. On the right is a large spiral of wire. Clothespins are attached to any type of frame in a matter of minutes, and the craft is ready! The finished lamp gives beautiful and soft shadows on the floor and walls.
But these candlesticks are made using the same technique as plant pots: they will decorate the ceiling with bright spots of light in the form of stars.
Decorative clothespins
Why not just decorate your boring household clothespins? Some creative craftsman has decorated them with stylish fabric flowers... If you don’t really like flowers or seem too troublesome, let your child simply decorate them with buttons and rhinestones. But you shouldn’t paint clothespins with paints or felt-tip pens - if you are still going to use them for laundry, of course.
But you can also use such elegant clothespins for decoration, as well as pinch gift wrapping with them or add them to a card. In this case, the clothespin can be decorated with fabric, wrapping paper, strewn with beads - in a word, let your imagination run free.
Colored (painted) clothespins with inscriptions in marker can serve as bright and original “reminders”, complement notes on the refrigerator and generally bring a little humor into our everyday life. In our photo, for example, multi-colored “motivators” advise you to make good decisions and correctly, remind you of the need to be yourself and call your mother.
As you can see, clothespins can be useful for many things - and even if hand-made decor does not fit into the interior of your home, then clothespins are always welcome in children's creativity!
All you need to create it is a couple of clothespins, twine and a tea strainer.
Multifunctional hanger
In order to make it, you need not quite ordinary clothespins - elongated ones, with a hook at the end. But you can not only hang clothes, but also leave messages for your household.
Halloween decorations
All Saints' Day is approaching - it's time to think about decorating your home. Clothespins painted in traditional Halloween colors - black and orange - are perfect for this. Draw a devil, a pumpkin and other characters on them (or make them out of paper), and the toys are ready.
"Live" toys
To please yourself and your children, you can make toys from clothespins. Draw a shark on paper, for example. Glue one half of it to the bottom of the clamp, and the other to the top. As a result, by squeezing the clothespin, the shark will “open” its mouth.
Photo collage
To create such an original photo collage you will need a beautiful frame, rope, clothespins and the actual photographs. Stretch a string inside the frame and attach your favorite photos to it.
Wheel frame
You can also make an unusual photo collage using clothespins and an old bicycle wheel. The knitting needles will serve as a “support” on which you can pin photographs.
New Year card
Clothespins painted in white, with cute faces and cheerful scarves - a great addition to a New Year's card. Attach them to paper, and good snowmen will transform your congratulations.
Garland for congratulations
This is a great solution for congratulating colleagues in the office. Make such a “board of honor” with garlands of clothespins, and any employee can leave their congratulation note there.
Wedding congratulations
Typographic postcards are banal. Surprise the newlyweds with a clothespin card. To do this, paint one part of it white (the bride's dress) and the other part black (the groom's tuxedo). Don't forget about eyes, lips and veil. “Open” clothespin – lovers look into each other’s eyes; “closed” - merged in passionate kisses. Such an original congratulation will replace a thousand words.
Christmas toys
Two clothespins glued together and another one attached on top and Santa's reindeer is ready. All that remains is to paint the toy in a suitable color, draw eyes and attach a nose. In this design, Rudolf & Co look very cute on the Christmas tree.
Sweet butterflies
These “butterflies” with delicious filling are what you need for a children's party. Place treats in plastic bags and tie them with a butterfly-painted clothespin to create wings. Children will not only find it delicious, but thanks to the original packaging, it will also be interesting.
Candlestick or flowerpot
Using a tin can and wooden clothespins you can make two beautiful and useful things at once. If you attach clothespins to the edge of the jar and place a small candle in a glass cup inside, you will get a candlestick; and if you pour soil inside and plant flowers, you will get an original flowerpot.
Pac-Man
Making Pac-Man couldn’t be easier: cut a yellow circle in the middle, draw an eye on one half and glue it to the top of the clothespin, and the other, respectively, to the bottom. And to make it look completely realistic, you can also attach a figurine of a ghost.
Postcard holder
If you want your message to be noticed immediately, then do not put it down, but put it on the table. An ordinary clothespin will help you with this. True, it is better to use a clamp with wide “legs” - this way the holder will be more stable.
Clothespins-Batman
These are clothespins for real superheroes. Making them yourself won't be so easy (you'll have to get wings from somewhere), but you'll have the coolest superhero cape gadgets in the world.
Photo wall
This is another way to organize and store photos. Metal grate and clothespins will help free your favorite pictures from the dusty captivity of a photo album. Plus, you can change the exposure as often as you like.
pencil
10-15 wooden clothespins can be used to make a very cute pencil cup. It’s enough just to glue them together “in a circle.” And to make it even more beautiful, gild it and wrap it with a ribbon. But don’t forget about the bottom - it can be made of cardboard.
Clothespin pencil
Designer Bartosz Mucha tried to combine the incompatible. He “crossed” a pencil and other objects with a clothespin. The result turned out to be quite interesting - things went from ordinary to multifunctional. True, the practical feasibility of such transformations is questionable.
Wreath
From a metal hoop and a lot of multi-colored (or rather, painted in different colors) clothespins you can make a wreath like this for interior decoration. An undeniable advantage is that if you get tired of this decor, you can easily change it by coloring the clothespins differently.
Chandelier
To make such a designer chandelier you will need metal rings and mesh, a light bulb socket, wires, metal scissors and many, many clothespins. Detailed instructions for production see here. The result is a very atmospheric herringbone chandelier, comfortably scattering light throughout the room.
Labels
In order not to get confused in your own linen closet, you can make these funny labels. To do this, you need to stick beautiful pieces of paper on a clothespin and make the appropriate inscriptions: “towels”, “sheets”, “diapers”, etc.
Cat in a hat
This funny toy will appeal not only to children, but also to adults. After all, it's a cat! However, you can “dress up” any animal dear to your heart with a hat and bow tie. To do this, you need to find suitable pasta, glue it to a clothespin and decorate it.
Flower clip
You won’t surprise anyone with flowers in ordinary plastic packaging, but you can with a bouquet with a clothespin holder. The main thing is to find a larger clothespin (so that the stems fit into the “eye”) and decorate it a little.
Fridge magnets
By gluing magnetic paper (available in office supply stores) to one side of the clothespin and decorating it beautifully, you will get a bright and useful refrigerator magnet. Useful because you can attach photos, notes, etc. to it.
Little mice
Another cute little thing for children and their parents is mice made from clothespins. The ears, antennae and tail are made of felt, the eyes are purchased (although you can draw them). Making such a mouse will not take more than half an hour.
Wreath – photo holder
This is another wreath option for interior decoration. To make it you will need an old wire hanger, paint, ribbon and, of course, clothespins. They need to be painted in any suitable color, and then strung on a hoop made from a hanger. At the same time, the clothespins will retain their functionality - you can attach photographs of loved ones to them.
Kitchen hanger
It is difficult to find non-standard uses for household items such as clothespins. But it’s possible! For example, don’t use them to pin clothes together, but use them and a measuring tape to make a hanger for all sorts of kitchen items. Looks very bright.
Desk lamp
German designer David Olschewski likes to use household items for other purposes (for example, a shovel and fork as a clothes hanger). Sometimes it turns out really great. At least the table lamp made from clothespins looks impressive.
Mirror
To make such a frame for a wall mirror, you need: the mirror itself, clothespins, a glue gun, a “clip” fastening, a satin ribbon and... a tin can. The latter will be needed in order to glue the clothespins evenly in a circle.
Wedding accessories
Such beautiful delicate clothespins, decorated with artificial flowers, can be used to secure covers for chairs, tablecloths, canopies and others. decorative elements, used at weddings.
Photo surprise
Take this idea to heart if you want to throw a surprise to a loved one. A garland of photographs attached to a rope with clothespins is a bright and romantic way to remember your best moments together.
Whale and shark
Fans of marine themes will surely love the clothespin whale and clothespin shark. Such toys can be made by decorating the clips accordingly and attaching fins. The red felt tongue will “revive” even more sea giants.
Airplane
All you need to become an “aircraft builder” are popsicle sticks and a clothespin. Paint them in contrasting colors, glue them together, and the biplane is ready.
Yarn storage holders
This is a life hack for needlewomen. Handmade craftswomen often have a little yarn left over from balls of yarn. It’s a shame to throw it away, but it’s a hassle to store it. But clothespins will help solve this problem.
Hot stand
If you disassemble the clothespin, then from its parts you can make a very useful thing in the household - a stand for hot plates and pots. To do this, the parts of the clothespins need to be glued together at the ends to form a circle.