Thanksgiving Leaf Garland Craft

I've seen leaf shaped garland before, but what I like about this simple idea is gluing the clothespin on the back to hang up with ease. Visit the link below for more.

Crystal and Co.

Easy Preschool Thanksgiving Turkey Motor Skills activity

This is a great motor skill activity for preschoolers, kidergarteners, and any toddlers. Make a simple dumb bell shaped turkey and let kids clip on colored clothespins for tail feathers. It could also become a counting activity. Visit the site below for the full details.

Dirt and Boggers

Clothespin Thanksgiving Turkey Utensil Holder Craft

Use a clothespin to make a cute turkey utensil holder like this for Thanksgiving dinner. Visit the awesome site below for the tutorial on this and a whole of Thanksgiving-themed dinner set kids can make.

Friskars

Easy Father's Day Pen Holder Craft

Here's a colorful and practical Father's Day craft for Dad. Take apart several wooden clothespins, paint them and glue around a cup to make a cute pen holder for Dad's desk. Simple and fun to make, follow the link for more details.

Mujer 2 (Spanish)

Easy Easter Lamb Clothespin Craft

Add cotton and clothespins to this lamb cutout to make a cute lamb for Easter. Simple and fun to make, this is a perfect preschool or kindergarten activity. Click on the link below for the tutorial and free template on this and loads of other great Easter craft ideas.

Squidoo

Father's Day Clothespin Dog Craft

Dads love practical gifts. Use a few Clothespins to make this cute doggy pen holder craft for Father's Day. It'll look great on Dad's desk. Go to the site below for the full step by step tutorial.


Spoonful

Giraffe Clothespins Craft

Here's an adorable giraffe craft simply made from 3 clothespins, an oval paper body and head. Follow the link below for this craft and other giraffe ideas.

Infant Bibliophile

Easy Thanksgiving Paper Plate Turkey Craft

Here's a Thanksgiving Day Paper Plate craft that is easy, messy, and fun.

Materials:

• brown paint
• paper plate
• paintbrushes(if you want, fingers are better)
• various colored paints or markers
• brown and yellow construction paper
• scissors
• pen or google eyes
• glue
• clothespins

Directions:

1. Give child a paper plate and brown paint. Let them go to down and aint all over with their fingers. Allow to dry.
2. Trace a simple head and neckfrom brown paper and a beak from yellow.
3. Glue the head and beak onto your paper plate.
4. Draw an eye or add a google eye.
5. Color the clothespins with paint or markers.
6. Clip the clothespins to thepaper plate for tail feathers.
7. If you want, add a brown paper wing on the side.

Source: No Time for Flash Cards

Clothespin Airplane Magnet Craft

This clothespin airplane magnet craft will look awesome on your refrigerator and useful as a note holder, too. Or the kids will just fly it all over the house.

Materials:

• clothespin
• 2 craft sticks
• 1 mini craft stick(or a regular one broke in half)
• craft foam
• paints and brushes
• glue
• strip magnets

Directions:

1. Paint the craft sticks and the clothespin the colors of your choice and allow to dry. It looks better if the body and wings are contrasting colors.
2. Glue the long craft sticks on the top and bottom of the clothespin for wings and the short one for the tail.
3. Cut a little triangle from craft foam and glue on the tail.
4. Add strip magnets on the bottom and place on the refrigerator.

Variation:

I saw one idea where you glue a third craft stick in the middle of the clothespin to make a tri-plane.

Source: Parents.com

Clothespin Caterpillar Magnet Craft

 This is a cute and easy craft to make a note holder magnet for the refrigerator. It's simple and made from a clothespin, pom pom and a magnet strip.

Materials:

•  clothespin
• small colorful pom poms
• google eyes
• pipe cleaner
• magnet strip(the kind you can cut and with adhesive if you have it)
• glue

Directions:

1. Glue some pom poms onto a clothespin.
2. Glue on google eyes at the end.
3. Use a short piece of pipe cleaner to make antenna and glue on. Let everything dry.
4. Cut a narrow piece of magnet strip and adhere to the back of the clothespin. Put on the refrigerator as a cute note holder.

 Source: Lucky Me Blog

Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft

This is a simple and beautiful butterfly craft from coffee filters and pipe cleaners.

Materials:

• coffee filter(the flat round kind)
• markers
• spray bottle with water
• pipe cleaners

Directions:

1. Decorate your coffee filter in pretty colors with markers
2. Spray with water and let the colors bleed into each other. Allow to dry.
3. Pinch the coffee filter in the middle and tie with a pipe cleaner. Leave some extra at the end to make the antenna.

They can also be tied together on a string to make a mobile.

Clothespin variation:

Follow the directions above, but pinch in the middle with a colorful clothespin. Use a short piece of pipe cleaner to make antenna and pinch at the top of the clothespin.

Crafts for All Seasons

Easter Spring Lamb Clothespin Craft

Here's a cute Easter lamb craft using Q-tips and clothespins. It's great for a card holder at your next Easter or sprng party. This takes some manual dexterity and is better for older kids.

Materials:

• 1 oval from card stock, about 4 inches long for the body
• 1 small oval from card stock, about 1.5 inches long for the head
• lots of Q-tips(cotton swabs)
• 2 clothespins
• tiny ribbon
• glue
• scissors
• pen or pencil

Directions:

1. Beforehand, cut th tips off Q-tips about 2 inches long.
2. Put glue all over the boy piece and starting from the back, arange the Q-tips in a pattern as shown. Add more glue on the ends of each  layer as you go along. Leave a space at the end for the head.
3. Draw a face on the small oval.
4. Glue Q-tips and ribbon on the head as shown.
5. Glue the head on the body. Allow everything to dry.
6. Glue 2 clothespins on the back for legs.

Reindeer Clothespin Craft

This is a really cute and simple reindeer craft using 3 clothespins and a Popsicle stick.

Materials:

• 3 clothespins
• 1 Popsicle stick(craft stick)
• 2 google eyes
• 1 tiny red pom pom or red circle
• 1 tiny jingle bell
• short length of ribbon or pipe cleaner for a scarf
• brown paint and brushes
• glue

Directions:

Paint the clothespins and Popsicle stick brown. Allow to dry.

1. Glue two google eyes and red pom pom on the side of the clothespin as shown.
2. Assemble the pieces as shown and glue in place.
3. Tie a jingle bell around the reindeer's neck with a ribbon or pipe cleaner.
4. If desired, attach a string and loop and hang on the Christmas tree.

Crafts for All Seasons

 

Crab Paper Bowl Craft

You can use a paper bowl, some clothespins and some paint to make a cute crab craft.

Materials:

• Paper bowl
• 8 thin, 4" long strips of red construction paper
• 4 clothespins
• red tempura paint and brushes
• glue
• white paper or little white pom poms
• scissors
• black marker

Directions:

1. Before making your crab, paint the bowl and clothespins red and allow to dry.
2. Clip 1 clothespin onto the tail of another at an angle to make a claw shape. Glue in place.
3. Glue or tape the 8 leg pieces on the inside of the bowl so they stick out on the sides when you turn it over. Fold the legs in the middle so they look like they're bending.
4. Cut out two white circles for eyes with tabs on the bottom. Glue on to he bottom of the bowl so they stick up. Or use white pom poms. Don't forget to dot the eyes.
5. Clip on the clothespin claws.
6. Draw or glue on a mouth.

Fathers Day Clothespin Magnet Craft

With this simple idea, you can make a note holder for the refrigerator using a clothespin for a great Father's Day gift.

Materials:

1 clothespin(the fat, wide kind is better)
colored car drawing
glue
magnetic sheet(the plastic kind you can cut with scissors)

Directions:

Color and cut out a small car from a coloring page or other fatherly image.
Write the message, "Dad's Notes" on the side of the car.
Glue the car on the front of the clothespin.
Cut a square piece of magnetic strip and glue to the back of the clothespin. Put on the refrigerator.