Clothespin Crafts For Kids – A child’s education is something that you give to your child to stay with him for a lifetime, and involving a child’s tremendous energy in something productive is the best way to get your desired results. Positive thoughts come from positive activities which can be anything like learning new things related to art, gardening activities on the small lawn of the house, or helping others. I can tell you the super fun after-school activity, clothespin crafts will bring long-lasting joy and happiness to their faces, and at the end, they will have some self-crafted stuff for their home décor. This is as much interesting as a kid cannot say to get involved in it.
This is completely customized and innovative, you can involve their own rooms in it and after a couple of minutes, you will see they will start suggesting to you their ideas. It seems that they can involve themselves in it for hours and you don’t need to worry at all anymore for them. Isn’t it enough relaxing?
I agree, let’s make a list of clothespin crafts ideas for your brilliant kids, no need to give them a hard time or no need to have the expertise, just decide, grab a few crafty things and get set to go…
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Top Listed Clothespin Crafts For Kids
Puppet Clothespin:
The fascination for puppets is equal for kids and adults; to have long-lasting fun, make some colourful puppet clothespins, and ask your kids to help you with this. Funny, Scary, cute, and clumsy, they are so many…
Objects required:
- Clothespins
- Cardboard paper/A4-sized paper Glue stick
- Glitters
- Color pens / Markers / Pencils / highlighters Led Pencil
- Yarn
- Woolen or soft cloths type stuff
- Googly eyes
- Scissor
Steps to follow:
- Make some small funny, crazy, or spooky faces with a Led pencil on the A4sized paper.
- Color those faces with bright and sharp colors or highlighters; you can add outlines for a detailed look.
- Stick googly eyes with glue if needed.
- You can add the pompoms to make puppets’ hair.
- Tie the Yarn evenly to make a strong bonding.
Final Round:
Here you have your Puppet Clothespin ready to show up; open and shut the puppet’s mouth by pinching on the clothespin. To add more fun and excitement, make your puppet double-sided. You can start a meaningful conversation between two puppets. It a great fun… are you enjoying it?
Pro Tip
Characters can be anything from your mind or completely as per a kid’s idea, and also, you can choose to draw some easy cartoon characters.
Superhero Clothespin
A superhero is an inspiration for each child these days. Having one or more favorite superheroes is common among kids; why not encourage them to create some superheroes Clothespin and have fun playing with them? It can make them feel like being with their favorite superheroes and playing their favorite shows.
Objects required:
- Clothespins
- Formic sheet
- Glue
- Glitters
- Color pens / Markers / Pencils / highlighters
- Led Pencil
- Googly eyes
- Scissor
Steps to follow:
- Grebe some clothespins and let them wear your favorite superhero costume using markers. Give them nose, ears, and even hands are drowning using markers.
- You can stick small googly eyes using glue; if your Clothespin is very small, draw eyes using markers.
- Cut the formic sheet into detailed costumes and add them to the Clothespin with glue.
- Let the pins get dry.
- Add Letter “S” in bold that refers to Super Hero.
Final Round:
Get ready to enjoy a superhero-themed party tonight, as you have created enough of them to have fun.
Pro Tip
Superheroes are predefined characters they can be from their favorite cartoons, enemy series, or movies; you need to focus more on their costume for a good resemblance. You can also create a self-assumed superhero.
Bee Shaped Clothespin
One of the cutest clothespin crafts I have ever done for kids is Bee Shaped Clothespin. Shaping it is so simple, and the color of the bee is so bright; adding some glitters can enhance the effects of beauty.
Objects required:
- Clothespin
- Wooden clothes pegs
- Proper pipe cleaners
- Craft foam
- Glue
- Glitters
- Paint
- Googly eyes
- Scissor
Steps to follow:
- Take some Clothespin and paint them with yellow paint.
- Let the paint get dried.
- Highlight stomach lines with black paint.
- Add googly eyes with glue to make the bee goofy.
- Use scissors to cut the wings using craft foam and add them to the clothespin using glue.
- Use proper pipe cleaners to make antennas.
- To enhance the visuals, add some glitter.
Final Round:
Many bees are ready to play with; for more fun, you can draw a background of a bee’s nest for your show. Or let your child speech this time to make the game more exciting.
Pro Tip
Bee is a character who comes with different costumes and styles in different series and shows; this time, your innovative ideas can win the game. Let your mind think freely to have more ideas.
Dragon / Unicorn Clothespin
One-horned features and starry eyes make the unicorn unique and fascinating, most famous among girls. The Curtness of a unicorn has no match. However, Dragons are famous among boys because of their Scary dragon looks and design.
Objects required:
- Clothespin
- Chart Paper
- Colour Pencils/markers
- Glue Scissors
Steps to follow:
- Draw a unicorn and dragon faces on chart paper.
- Color the faces using pencil colors and markers; give them detailed features for the face.
- Cut the chart paper into two sections, one upper jaw and the second lover jaw for Dragon/Unicom.
- Glue the faces into two sections on a clothespin with the best glue, the lover’s jaw will overlap the upper jaw and make a proper shape of a closed or open month.
Final Round:
Scary Dragon stories are ready for display, get your kids in the blanket or make creepy background music to enjoy the fun of Scary Dragons. Similarly, the unicorn’s beauty can make your day, light up your day and start fun activities with unicorn family time.
Pro Tip
There is no hard and fast rule to drawing the dragon or Unicom; make your set edges and curves, give those details as you feel like, and fill them with great colors to make them glow. Adding glitter can enhance beauty, and your clothespin is no more a clothespin. Now it’s a walking talking dragon.
Shark Clothespin
I know many shark lovers, scary, cute, grumpy, and spooky sharks. They are so many. Kids have their shark families, and they love to watch shark series and movies all day long.
Objects required:
- Clothespin
- Cardboard/chart paper
- Glue
- Scissors
- Googly eyes
- Coloured Marker
- Colour Paints
Steps to follow:
- Draw some shark patterns on cardboard or chart paper, and color them with standard shark colors with a marker or paint.
- If using paint, let them dry.
- Paste googly eyes to make them realistic.
- Draw open jaws for scary sharks, creepy eyes for creepy sharks, etc.
- Paste some sharp teeth under the jaws to give detailed looks. You can add some red color to your teeth if you would like to make it Halloween scary sharks.
- Give the final touch by detailing it using a marker.
Final Round:
It can be a Halloween night party with talking scary sharks, or you can be the director of your own story. Let your children enjoy and have fun.
Pro Tip
Kids can get scared; make sure their bravery level.
Penguin Clothespin
Nothing can be cuter than a penguin on this planet; what about adding him to the clothespin crafts list for kids? Are you thinking the same as me? Let’s give him a chance with Clothespin.
Objects required:
- Black and white color paint
- Clothespin
- Scissor
- Glue
- Googly eyes
- Orange sharpie
- Pipe cleaner
Steps to follow:
- Paint the Clothespin from the edges with black paint.
- Paint with white on the front.
- Let the clip dry.
- Draw the penguin’s eyes take a black sharpie, or use googly eyes.
- Draw beak and feet with an orange sharpie.
- Carve out a small piece of sparkly pipe cleaner to tie it around the penguin’s neck to give a scarf look.
Final Round:
Like the craft? Time to play and laugh; let your child act like a penguin and enjoy their freedom of speech as a cute penguin.
Pro Tip
Penguins are so cute and innocent, and these Clothespin Crafts can be kept in kid’s rooms as a decoration. Or let them use these as their stationary to clip the papers.
Little Mermaid Clothespin
Drawing a mermaid is not as easy as a penguin if you can draw, it’s great, but if you cannot, just take a printout and customize it. Mermaids are a sign of beauty and love.
Objects required:
- Blue color paint
- Clothespin
- Scissor
- Glue
- Googly eyes
- Red sharpie
Steps to follow:
- Paint the wooden clothespin and cut the fins and tails for a mermaid.
- Stick the fins and tail to the clip.
- Paint or draw with a sharp pen the elegant features of a mermaid.
- An iconic mermaid has a sparkly dress; you can use glitter to make that look.
Final Round:
This time, add more fun by sketching and coloring one background for your mermaid. Drawing and painting the sea is not much hard job. Finally, the fun has no boundaries. Make your short story with your Little Mermaid Clothespin.
Pro Tip
Mermaid’s stories are inspiring, and most kids like to have hair all day. These stories can be informative or moral regarding the physical appearance of the self-made mermaid character.
Snake Clothespin
Dangerous objects and toys can look creepy, but they are cute too.
Objects required:
- Black and white color paint
- Clothespin
- Scissor
- Glue
- Googly eyes
- Red craft paper
Steps to follow:
- Mark the body and place the springs on the clothespin to ensure the perfect folds.
- Add googly eyes to make the eyes look prominent.
- Cut and paste a red-colored craft paper to make the tongue.
- Pinch the clothespin to open the mouth, and you will see the tongue come out.
Final Round:
Good luck with your snake fun. Scary things can be fun, too, when it comes to craft.
Pro Tip
Try your innovative art to make a perfect skin style; this is nothing but a pattern of lines and dots.
Minion Clothespin
Minion madness can’t get out of kids ever; a super easy decoration piece to craft at home for these charismas. One of the best craft ideas from the clothespin crafts for kids list, let’s try and have fun. I am excited to start crafting them.
Objects required:
- Colorful paint
- Clothespin Scissor
- Glue
- Googly eyes
Steps to follow:
- Paint the clothespin half yellow and half blue.
- Paint twice for better results if you are using water base color.
- Stick googly eyes at the yellow portion to represent the head side.
- Don’t forget to add a smile.
Final Round:
The beginning of anything is difficult, but you will feel easy as you go into that. These minion clothespins are cool for fun activities at school or in your home. Let chit-chat minions and enjoy the moments.
Pro Tip
You can add glitter to the blue side, most of the time minions come without glitters.
Fish-Shaped Clothespin
To draw a fish is as easy as a kid without any instruction can complete the drawing; almost all the kids know how to draw a fish shape and which colour to be filled.
Required: Required:
- Colorful paint
- Clothespins
- Scissor
- Googly eyes glue
- Art paper
Steps to follow:
- Paint the pattern of the fish. Fill with colors of your choice; they can be red, blue, orange, or multicolor.
- You can even use glitter to enhance the beauty effects.
- Cut the fish into two horizontally.
- Paste the upper half of the fish at the upper portion of the clip and the half to the bottom part of the fish.
- Let your craft get dry.
- Add googly eyes and let the glue dry again.
Final Round:
Fishes can swim into the artificial sea if you like to add some details to the background area and enjoy making your own character stories with these fishes. Give those scripts and direction of best moves, and here you are, a movie maker.
Pro Tip
Be care full once you cut the fish into two halves; the random cut will not give you the desired results.
Clothespin Caterpillars
It is more fun as I will show you the most colorful craft from the list of clothespin crafts for kids. You only need to spend a few minutes creating this craft.
Objects required:
- Clothespins
- Glue
- Colorful Pompoms
- Googly eyes
- Mini magnet
Steps to follow:
- Place a line of glue at the top of the clothespin.
- Let your kid place the pompoms onto it (use multicolour pompoms. It will look more attractive).
- Let the glue get dried.
- Paste a magnet at the bottom of the clothespin.
Final Round:
An instant magnetic caterpillar clothespin is ready to perform. You can stick this craft to any surface which can support a magnet for decoration. Try at your end. It’s really easy.
Pro Tip
Applying glue at the top and bottom will take some extra time to dry,
Dragonfly Clothespin
Make the dragonfly clothespins shiny and sparkling, and put in some extra effort. It’s is fun to have a dragonfly in your room, fly and fly high in the sky…
Objects required:
- Clothespin
- Glue
- Scissor
- Pipe cleaner
Steps to follow:
- Paint strips on the clothespin or lets your child do it.
- Add googly eyes with glue
- Take a pipe cleaner; bend both its edges to the middle, and then twist. Make two for each.
- Now you have to crisscross them and place them well inside the clothespin.
Final Round:
Fun time is the best time, dragonfly craft is ready to display, and your innovative coloring will make them more attractive and playful.
Pro Tip
Don’t use hot glue; normal glue can work well without damage.
Zombie Clothespin
Are you sure? Can a zombie be cute too? Yes of course! Let’s try one and check. This DIY I did several times and still I am enjoying donning it again.
Objects required:
- Clothespin
- Glue
- Marker
- Craft paper
- Scissor
Steps to follow:
- It’s easy to draw if you don’t have a printer facility available at your home.
- Cut the zombie’s head and now draw the brain.
- Stick the upper half part of the brain at the top portion of the clip and the bottom to the lower part of the clip.
- Stick the bran at the back facing towards the front.
- Pinch the clip to let the brain come out of the skull.
- Stick googly eyes.
- Draw sharp teeth in the broad mouth.
Final Round:
Zombie comes with Halloween and kids are impatient when it comes to Halloween. Dress your kid in a Halloween dress and let him show up as a Halloween storyteller of spooky and scary zombie clothespins.
Pro Tip
Many different zombie arts is available on the internet, or you can buy some zombie stickers online.
Butterfly Clothespin
Have you ever tried catching butterflies? I am sure your answer will be yes… It’s fun. Butterflies’ clothespin will take you down to your memory lane; enjoy those moments again.
Objects required:
- Clothespin
- Glue
- Cupcake liners
- Googly eyes
- Scissor (optional)
Steps to follow:
- Color the clothespin to your favorite colors.
- Open the fold of the cupcake liner and fold them again in halves. (you can make wings with the help of scissors too).
- Glue them from the fold to make it like a bow tie. Stick the clothespin at that bow.
- Add some glue to the top surfaces or the clip and sprinkle some sparkling, pretty shiny glitter or sparkling objects
- Stick some string for the antennas at the top of the head.
- Give a cute smile to the butterfly.
Final Round:
Start running behind your child, caring for those butterflies in his hands. Catching a butterfly is still a fun game.
Pro Tip
Running in the house is not recommended most of the time. It’s not allowed kids to run in rooms, go in your garden area it will also give a natural feeling.
Wrap Dolls Clothespin
Something this list of clothespin crafts for kids has, especially for girls, would you like to enjoy this DIY hack? Let’s get started.
Objects required:
- Wooden clothespin
- Embroidery threads
- Starts (optional)
- Hot glue
- Scissor
- Paint
Steps to follow:
- Paint your clothespins with your favorite color. Create some unique dresses using embroidery thread.
- Try placing threads and strips to add some more excitement to their wardrobes. Stick hairs with the help of hot glue; embroidery threads will work well for hair.
Final Round:
Hello, girls. Invite your friends and enjoy playing with self-crafted dolls. They are unique in their design and special as you have created them on your own.
Pro Tip
You can also design their outfits with a formic sheet; it depends on your ideas and innovation.
Ballerina Clothespin
Something that can’t be ignored is Ballerina Clothespin; I love ballerina because of her dance moves. Even though it is hard, they can manage it; Let’s create a ballerina clothespin craft.
Objects required:
- Flat Clothespin
- Paint
- Glue
- Sharpies
- Crafted clothes
- Craft paper
- Glitter
- Shiny small objects, start or circle shapes.
Steps to follow:
- Get the flat clothespin.
- Paint it well
- Let it dry
- Include creating eyes, lips with smile, nose, and ears to let them dry again. You can use some artificial jewelry to enhance your looks.
- Dress her well with craft paper.
- Draw ballerina shows at the bottom of the clothespin to complete the look.
Final Round:
Start your show with a ballerina dancing across the table, playing some background music, and having fun with your kids. It’s almost a free ballerina show you can enjoy.
Angel Clothespin:
It is the time to introduce the guardian angel to your child, don’t forget to tell the complete story and let your child describe it. Let’s craft an Angel clothespin.
Objects required:
- Formic small balls / Craft paper
- Glue
- Pompoms
- Yarn
- Pipe cleaner
Steps to follow:
- Paint the head of the doll and let it get dry. Give further detail by painting hairs.
- Draw nose, lips, ears, and eyes.
- Push the head to the closed side of the clothespin,
- Glue some yarn around the clip to dress up the angel.
- Color the bottom of the clothespin to create feet.
- Tie a knot at the back and make a tutu.
- Bend the straight end of the pipe cleaner a bit down, and get it glued to the back of the head like a halo
Final Round:
Small angel’s craft is ready to display; kids can also wear the angel costume to play. Angel clothespin craft is also best for school activities for your kids. Let them give a presentation about them on a school day.
Pro Tip
Perfection is unnecessary, but a guardian angel is hard to create.
Alligator Clothespin
Kids usually obsess about alligators, and hence in the list of clothespin crafts for kids, an alligator should be a must to create.
Objects required:
- Clothespin
- Glue
- Googly eyes
- Streamers
- Marker
- Chenille Stems
- Green paint
Steps to follow:
- Paint the clothespins green and let them dry.
- Add googly eyes with glue and let the glue dry.
- To make legs put some chenille stems
- Shape some green streamers that look similar to an alligator’s body.
- Point the nose dots at the head side.
Final Round:
Alligators are no scarier than the crafted alligator; are you ready to play with them?
Cute Bird Clothespin
Something that cures and is amusing and easy to create is a cute bird clothespin.
Objects required:
- Clothespins
- Paint
- Glue
- Googly eyes
- Orange chart paper
- Feathers
- Scissor
Steps to follow:
- Paint the clothespin as of your favorite bird, and let the paint get dry.
- Glue the small googly eyes and let them dry.
- Draw the nose with a marker.
- Cut a small piece of chart paper to make the bird’s beak and glue it.
- Add two feathers to give a unique cool look.
Final Round:
Adding all the things properly and making good arrangements gives you a good outcome. You can also use these birds to decorate by adding them to our walls.
Bunny Clothespin:
A cute bunny clothespin can make your day, live your child’s life again with your kids and create some cute and innocent bunny crafts.
Objects required:
- Clothespin
- Paint/markers
- Colorful strings
- Googly eyes
- Glue
Steps to follow:
- Paint the clothespin similar to the bunny.
- You can choose any pattern or color.
- Stick the eyes
- Draw whiskers and nose in black Draw ears in pink.
- Let it get dry
Final Round:
Nothing is beyond your skills and ability, give you and your kids a chance to be creative and make more and more masterpieces.
Caution:
- Superior quality glue is required to reduce the possibility of future headaches. (Be careful full working with kids, glue can be dangerous).
- Adult supervision is a must while using scissors.
- Small face dimensions should be accurate to add in the clothespin and measure before drawing.
- Let the glue get dry after each application.
- Improper use of glitter can ruin your craft. Be careful while using glitter. (Keep away from small kids), (An adult supervision is a must).
- Be care full once you cut anything, measure accurately before you do so.
- This craft contains more small/tiny objects to take for your babies.
- Allow kids to use a hot glue gun under your supervision only.
Conclusion:
This is all about clothespin crafts for kids. Don’t forget to write back to us if you and your kids have enjoyed these ideas, and which one you feel is the best. Kids love to be engaged with parents and especially for fun activities like this. Hence, DIY craft ideas are best for them to utilize their time in something creative and productive.