Original and useful things can be done with your own hands from the most banal at first glance materials. Have you ever tried making clothespins? We bring to your attention a selection of interesting ideas and workshops on the transformation of these simple household appliances.
Simple clothespins turn into decorative clips
How often do you leave notes at home or temporarily post fresh photos in the interior? An interesting and affordable alternative to whiteboards is an organizer made of clothespins. The fastest and easiest to execute version of this craft is a garland. Take a
decorative cord, braid or ribbon. Now is the time to make original crafts from clothespins - beautiful clips. Paint them with paint, decorate with painting, you can glue ready-made decorative figures. Try to make jewelry yourself, for example, using the applique technique of fabric or colored paper. Glue the finished clothespins with one part of the moving eye to the base. Once the resulting garland dries, you can attach it to the wall. Clothespins perform the role of holders in this design. With their help, you can fix printed photos, notes, children's drawings and other necessary paper. In a similar technique, you can make an organizer for paper little things on the basis of the board. Simply stick the clothespins in random order onto a pre-decorated blank of cardboard, chipboard or plastic panel. The base can be glued with a
self-adhesive film, wrapping paper, cloth, wallpaper or painted with paint. Hang the finished panel in a conspicuous place.
Boxes and flower pots
You can make interesting and unusual crafts from wooden clothespins with your own hands if you first disassemble them into halves. Paste the resulting blanks on a small cardboard box, and you get an original wooden box or box for small items. Tip: the height of the walls should be such that the halves of the clothespins completely cover the upper edge. In the same technique, you can make original barrels, planters or pencils. Take a round blank: an old flower pot or a suitable jar. Paste it on the outside with halves from clothespins. In addition, decorate with a beautiful ribbon or other decorative elements.
Universal constructor
Wooden clothespins are popular with many needlewomen because they are easy to disassemble. By removing the metal spring, you can get two bars of the same length with specific recesses. From such elements you can collect a wide variety of objects. Try to make original crafts from clothespins with your child. Just disassemble the whole package of accessories needed in the household into halves, and invite the baby to collect something from them. Do not be surprised if the child asks you not to glue anything at all, but to leave the resulting constructor in toys. From halves of clothespins it is convenient to assemble furniture for Barbie dolls and their analogues. Boys will surely like castles and entire cities from this material. Some craftswomen make incredible clothespins from clothespins with their own hands, pre-sorting them into halves. These are openwork lampshades, candlesticks, decorative vases and frames.
Simple clothespins toys
Of the usual wooden clothespins, you can make a whole table theater. To make such crafts, you will need paints, colored paper and cardboard. Place the clothespin sideways, we will decorate the end of the product. Toys with moving jaws look especially interesting. To make them, you need to paint or decorate with the paper using the technique of application the ends of the clothespins, which are bred by clicking on the "ears". In this technique, you can make absolutely any animal - a dog, dinosaur, fish or bird. Parts for the upper and lower jaw are cut separately. Glue the parts to the base so that they connect when the clothespin is closed. Improve your craft - let your teeth or tongue stick out when you open your mouth, or maybe even some kind of food. By this principle, you can make other no less original crafts from wooden clothespins. Instead of an animal's face, make an application in the form of an egg or a gift box. When you open the clothespins, let a chick or a bright gift appear inside.
Useful crafts for the kitchen
Using clothespins as the main material, you can make not only funny toys, but also useful things. In minutes you can create an original stand for hot. Disassemble the clothespins into halves. Fold the correct circle from the resulting parts, combining the finer ends ("ears") in its center. Fasten the structure with transparent glue. Another piece of clothespins halves is an original napkin holder. Glue the parts in pairs so that the curly parts look to the sides, and the flat ones are adjacent to each other. Collect the fan from the resulting blanks and fix with glue. It is necessary to make two such blanks. For the base, connect the 4 halves together so that you get a plate with pointed ends, flat on one side. Now we begin assembly, we glue two fans to the bottom of the stand symmetrically, leaving a free space between them.
How to make crafts from clothespins with your own hands: photo decor for the holidays
By the New Year, you can make original snowflakes with your children. To do this, remove the springs from the clothespins and glue the halves in pairs in the same way as they were connected. Glue the prepared workpieces into five pieces together. The sharp edges of the rays should look out. Ready-made snowflakes can be painted and decorated with sparkles. Do not forget to attach loops for hanging. Crafts from clothespins can be done at any time of the year. Children really like to make colorful butterflies. Take clothespins and paper napkins. Flatten a sheet of paper and pull it in the middle with a thread. Place the paper blank in the clothespin under the spring. Spread the side edges; they can be painted with paint or felt-tip pens. On the clothespin itself, draw the “face” of the butterfly. You can glue the antennae out of wire or thin strips of black cardboard.