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10 Fun Crafts to Do With Wooden Clothespins

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Wooden clothespins are practically ubiquitous in the U.S. household. And if you are one of the few families that doesn't have any, they're cheap and plentiful in home supply stores. Here are 10 wooden clothespins crafts for you to try.

Clothespin Caterpillars

Here's one for the kids. Lay out a selection of differently colored pom-poms and let your kids choose which to stick on a clothespin. Add some googly eyes and you've got yourself some clothespin caterpillars.

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Clothespin Mermaids

These are great for an ocean-themed birthday party. All you need are some clothespins, paints and tiny, cut-out tiaras. Paint your mermaid design on the clothespin and top with a little crown.

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Clothespin Cars

Rainy day outside? No problem. Gather together all your spare cardboard and make a city for some clothespin cars. All you need to make them are some buttons for the wheels, clothespins for the chassis and toothpicks for the axles.

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Clothespin Dragonflies

Get some shiny metallic pipe cleaners in various colors and bend them into loops for the wings. Then paint some stripes along the clothespin bodies and finish off with some googly eyes.

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Clothespin Bunnies

As with the mermaids, this one makes use of a clothespin's natural shape. Using the separated ends as the ears and the together ends as the face, paint on a cute bunny design. Repeat to make as many as you like.

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Clothespin Cake Topper

Look at a wooden clothespin side-on and the two halves kind of look to be kissing where they meet at the end. Paint them as a bride and groom, and use this as a low-cost, rustic wedding cake topper.

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Clothespin Notice Frame

Do you have a beautiful frame lying around without a picture to go in it? Here's an idea to use it as a notice board. Simply zig-zag some string inside the frame and attach notices with wooden clothespins.

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Clothespin Mirror Frame

Wooden craft projects don't get much easier than this. Simply get a circular mirror without a frame and peg around its circumference with clothespins to create an eye-catching frame.

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Clothespin Hanger Shelf

Gluing or nailing clothespins along the length of a shelf can make for a low-cost coat hanger. You might be surprised at the weight they can handle (although thin garments are probably best).

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Clothespin Mini-Foosball

Homemade wooden crafts can be plenty of fun, and not just while you're making them. You can make a mini-foosball table using clothespins as the fixed-position foosballers, controllable from the sides with wooden rods.

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