 What
a creative bunch we have here! Our visitors submitted many good ideas. We're saving a few
for the Spring but here's one of my favorites from Ronda of Trooper PA. This valentine card display can also be adapted for
larger Christmas or birthday cards. Here's some of the other great ideas that were
submitted...Ideas using Flat
Slotted Clothespins:
Duty Charts
Make duty charts and have a clothespin with each participants name it.
--Pat, Ontario, Canada
Christmas Decorations
Use vey small plaster of paris mold to make seasonal shapes and glue them on the spring
clothespins for tree ornaments or card holders to clip to garland.
--Tricia A., Pasadena, CA
Bunny Magnets
Lay the clothespin flat on the table with the "head" of
it at the bottom. The two long parts are the ears. Glue two small wiggle eyes on close to
the top of the "head". Cut four 2 in. lengths of white thread for the whiskers.
Put a dab of glue just under the eyes and lay the center of all lengths of thread in the
glue. Put a small, pink pompom on top of the thread for the nose. Glue two slightly larger
white pom poms right under the nose. These are the cheeks. Glue a magnet on the back.
--Brenda, Iowa
Wrestlers
Draw you favorite wrestlers on two flat slotted clothespins. Place rubberband around
center of clothespins, then twist like winding a propeller. When tight, set them in the
floor and watch them "wrestle".
--Darlene, Oakley, CA
Felt Banners
Tape two clothespins together -- prongs together. Cut a sheet of felt in half. Wrap felt
around clothespins once and glue in place. Decorate using scraps of felt, fun foam,
glitter glue, sequins.
--Liz, Littleton, CO
Angel
Make a set of wings from foam and glue to the back of the clothespin. Make a face
with fine point markers. Glue on yarn for the hair. Make a halo out of a strand of pearl
beads and glue to the top of the head.
--Anonymous
Snowmen
Just paint a tiny face on the front and put a small piece of material
around the neck and put it in a clothespin holder.
--Janice, Waunakee, WI
Clothespin Dolls
Decorate with yarn and cloth and wiggle eyes to make dolls.
--Geralyn, Irwin, PA
Flower Plant Pokes
Paint the tops a light color for the flower center and the bottom green for the stem. Then
use colored paper to cut out petals and glue them around the flower center. Paint a cute
smile face in the center for a funny poke, or paint in a few dots for a more real looking
one.
--Mrs. H.
Window Treatments
Hang laundry line across the top of the window. Use painted clothespins to hang matching
dishtowels for curtains.
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Ideas Using
Spring Clothespins:Butterflies
Paint a large sized coffee filter and a clothespin. Gather the filter in
the center and clip the clothespin on to make the body of the butterfly.
--Jolie, PA
Mitten Holders
Glue them to a piece of wood and make mitten holders.
--Dan
Airplanes
Take one apart and throw out the hinge. Glue it to the top cross ways and make a wooded
plane.
--Dan
Necklaces
Dip them in paint. Let dry. String and wear as a necklace.
--Jessica, Saskatchewan, Canada
Refrigerator Magnet
Glue clothespin onto a jumbo craft stick. Paint and decorate. Will hold papers, recipes
securely.
--Anonymous
Cardholder Wreath
Paint 21 clothespins dark green and 21 clothespins medium green. Open up a wire coat
hanger and shape it into a circle. Thread the clothespins on the hang alternating the
colors and adding a pony bead between each clothespin. Close the circle with a loop for
hanging and tie on a big bow where it joins.
--Carol Jean, Hewitt, New Jersey
Chick Note Holder
Paint a clothespin orange for the beak. Paint
a 2" Styrofoam ball yellow for the body. Thread a 3" piece of pipe cleaner
through the clothespin. Glue the clothespin to the top of the Styrofoam ball. Push the
pipe cleaner ends into the ball to secure it. Glue a 1" yellow pompom to the top of
the clothespin for the head. Add some feathers for a crest. Make two small feet from pipe
cleaners and glue to the bottom of the body. Glue feathers on the side and back for a tail
and wings. Tie elastic string to beak behind head to hang your bird from. Open beak and
put in a note!
--Teri, Jonesboro, IL
Caterpillar Bag Clips
Glue pom poms along the clothespin for the body. Add a 2" piece of pipe cleaners for
antennas. Finish with wiggle eyes.
--Anonymous
Name Tags
Write child's name on a shape cut out of fun foam and attach to a clothespin. These
are reusable and safer for younger children.
--Jan, North Olmsted, Ohio
More Name Tags
Color the clothespin with markers and glue on dry alphabet macaroni to spell out the
name.
--Anonymous
Tongs
Decorate two jumbo sized craft sticks. Glue one to each side of the clothespin and make
toaster tongs for getting stuck bread out of the toaster.
--Gina, Westminster, MD
Art Center
Hang a piece of clothesline in your children's room where they can hang their artwork with
painted clothespins.
--Terri, Claremont, NH
Artwork Holder
Decorate a small piece of cardboard and have child write on it "Look
What I Made!". Attach a clothespin to the front and a magnet to the back.
--Caitlin B
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