How to Make Clothespin Christmas Ornaments

These miniature clothespin people make a charming addition to your Christmas tree. The ornaments are easy to make - the whole family can help.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Brushes
• Doll Hair
• Ribbons
• Scrap Lace
• Small Doll Hats
• Acrylic Paints
• Cardboard
• Clothespins
• Felt
• Glues
• Scrap Fabrics
• Superglue
• Yarns
• Acrylic Paints
• Cardboard
• Superglue
• Cereal Boxes
• Scissors
• Scissors
• Small Thumbtacks
• Craft Wire
• black, fine-line permanent markers

1. Purchase enough wooden clothespins with rounded heads to make the desired number of ornaments.

2. Draw faces onto the round portion of your clothespins with a black, fine-line permanent marker.

3. Use fabric scraps or brightly colored felt pieces to fashion clothing for your clothespins. Turn a strip of felt into a scarf. Create a cape fashioned from a glued-on piece of fabric. Make hats and other accessories out of fabric scraps.

4. Make a clothespin angel ornament by gluing lace scraps onto the ornament for clothing. Paint tiny cardboard wings white and add glitter; glue these to your angels. Fashion a halo with thin, glitter-covered craft wire.

5. Give your ornament hair by affixing doll hair or strands of yarn to the top of the clothespin.

6. Use a variety of acrylic paint colors to embellish your clothespin ornaments.

7. Take a 5-inch or 6-inch piece of ribbon and knot the ends. Glue the knot onto the back of the ornament, and allow the glue to dry.

8. Hang your clothespin ornaments or set them among the branches of the tree.

Tips & Warnings

• You can use the pinch-type of wooden clothespins for ornaments, too. Just make sure to cover the top portion of the clothespin ' the place where the two pieces of wood meet ' with glued-on yarn for hair or a doll-sized hat.
• Use thin cardboard from a cereal box to make angel wings or other accents for your ornaments.
• Use small thumbtacks to affix ribbon to the back of the ornament. Insert the tack very gently into the clothespin head so the wood won't split.

Resources

• Mail Santa Claus
• Christmas Recipes

[elaina0124]

on 10/15/2009 Excellent article, I'm going to make some angels!

on 11/22/2005 For the angel's dress, use kinked decorative paper packing material (found in gift baskets). For her halo, use a metallic garland with small stars. Cut cardboard wings edged in gold, or fold wide ribbon to make wings.