How to Make Baby Shower Pins

Baby showers are filled with games and traditions. One of these is the baby shower pin game. There are different variations of the pin game, but all basically involve each guest wearing a pin of some sort and trying to steal pins from another guest when that person says a special keyword. Making these pins is fun and easy, you can be as creative as you like.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Clothespins Acrylic paint Paintbrush Cotton fabric Ruler Pencil Scissors Fabric glue Computer Paper Printer Miniature safety pin

How to Make Baby Shower Pins

1. Paint clothespins according to the gender of the baby. If it's unknown then choose a neutral color. Be sure to paint the inside and outside of the pins.

2. Find a basic white piece of cotton fabric. With a ruler and pencil mark out a triangle with three 3-inch long sides. Cut out the fabric triangle. Repeat this step until the number of triangles equals the number of clothespins.

3. For each triangle, lay out the fabric so one point is pointed directly at you. Fold this bottom point upward and dab a bit of fabric glue on the inside. Hold the edge down so you have a flattened line instead of a point.

4. For each triangle, bring the two points on the side in toward the center to meet the piece you folded. Glue these in place. You now have a cloth diaper.

5. Type the baby's name or a phrase for the mom-to-be on the computer such as "Baby John" or "Christy's Baby Shower." Print these out on very thin strips of paper and cut out.

6. Take a miniature safety pin and pin it through the paper strip and to the diaper. Repeat for each diaper.

7. Glue each diaper onto a clothespin. Hold down firmly so it sticks.

Tips & Warnings

• Make extra baby shower pins in case one breaks or you have extra guests.

References

• Baby Shower Corsages