Last time I was at Art Mart I spotted some clothespins that were covered in some pretty paper and of course I thought "I want to make that!" When we first put up Nash's art wall in his room, he and I painted a bunch of clothes pins, and glued some buttons on them. There were a few left over and we've been using them as chip clips and I glued magnets to the back of a few and stuck them to the fridge to hold grocery lists. They are great to have around and fun to make!
This blog post is meant to be a tutorial, but to be honest, there isn't much to it! Here's the tutorial section (don't blink, you might miss it): My clothespins measure 3.25" by 3/8". I found my paper scrap stash, and used my paper cutter to cut to size. I dabbed on a little rubber cement... and that's about it!
As I was working on my clothes pins, I realized my surface resembled something else I work with day and night - utensils! So I had to work some printing magic on them too.
I started looking at these on Etsy after I finished my little project and realized there are a million of these out there. There are glitter clothespins and hand painted clothespins and washi tape clothespins. They are so pretty! Maybe if I have a little extra time I'll let the kids make a few packages for the craft show I am doing at their school next month. They are fun and quick to make. Wouldn't it make a cute display for your holiday cards?
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