Items needed:
Wooden Clothespins (as shown in the photos)
Pliers
Eye screws, size #216-1/2 in.
White acrylic paint
Paint brush
Small wiggly eyes
Scrap felt - red, yellow, white or off white
Scrap fabric
scissors
glue - I used Clear Gel Tacky Glue, but Quick Tacky glue works good too.
4. Allow to dry. See note*
5. Tie on a hanger and you are done! Optional. You can also use metal Christmas hooks.
*NOTE: Use Christmas ornament hooks to hang the clothespins to dry. I used a thin rod, but you can get creative too. I stacked some berry baskets and ran a thin wire through it to hang dry mine. You could also use cheap shower curtain hooks to hang them to dry.
Wooden Clothespins (as shown in the photos)
Pliers
Eye screws, size #216-1/2 in.
White acrylic paint
Paint brush
Small wiggly eyes
Scrap felt - red, yellow, white or off white
Scrap fabric
scissors
I recommend micro-scissors to cut the felt.
Toothpicks and craft tweezers may help in the process
optional: for the eyes I used 4mm googly eyes, but you could simply use a black seed bead or even dot them on with a black permanent marker
The pattern for the pieces is found in this book. Check your local library for it. I decided to use this project for using scrap fabric and felt, and the fun search for the book through a local library and help encourage to help keep them open.
The pattern for the pieces is found in this book. Check your local library for it. I decided to use this project for using scrap fabric and felt, and the fun search for the book through a local library and help encourage to help keep them open.
50 clothespin ornament crafts / Jeffrey David Montanye.
1. Hold the eye screw with the pliers and turn the wood clothespin to screw it into the top of the clothespin (the wood is pretty easy to hand screw this into it). You could also wait until they are completely made and glue a hanger to the top, or using a needle and thread, thread a hanger on through the comb of the chicken.
2. Paint the clothespins white and allow to dry. See note* After these dried I painted on a clear top coat to seal the paint, and allowed them to dry.
3. Trace pattern from the book, and cut pieces out. Glue them to the clothespin as shown. I had to get a bit creative when holding things together to dry. The apron is from scrap fabric, and the rest from scrap felt.
1. Hold the eye screw with the pliers and turn the wood clothespin to screw it into the top of the clothespin (the wood is pretty easy to hand screw this into it). You could also wait until they are completely made and glue a hanger to the top, or using a needle and thread, thread a hanger on through the comb of the chicken.
(as you can see, some pieces are very small)
3. Trace pattern from the book, and cut pieces out. Glue them to the clothespin as shown. I had to get a bit creative when holding things together to dry. The apron is from scrap fabric, and the rest from scrap felt.
4. Allow to dry. See note*
5. Tie on a hanger and you are done! Optional. You can also use metal Christmas hooks.
*NOTE: Use Christmas ornament hooks to hang the clothespins to dry. I used a thin rod, but you can get creative too. I stacked some berry baskets and ran a thin wire through it to hang dry mine. You could also use cheap shower curtain hooks to hang them to dry.
