How Do You 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. Step 1 Purchase enough wooden clothespins with rounded heads to make the desired number of ornaments. Step 2 Draw faces onto the round portion of your clothespins with a black, fine-line permanent marker. Step 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. Step 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. Step 5 Give your ornament hair by affixing doll hair or strands of yarn to the top of the clothespin. Step 6 Use a variety of acrylic paint colors to embellish your clothespin orname