You will be surprised how much you can do from clothespins. If they are lying on a shelf idle and are not used for their intended purpose, rather get out the glue and gladly create practical gadgets or original decor items. And you can please the kids with fun toys and educational games.
Practical use
Unnecessary clothespins can be adapted for small household needs. We bring to your attention 14 practical ideas:
- On pieces of wood you can wrap pieces of thread, ribbon, fishing line, wire.
- Use to store headphones, chargers and wires. Put 2 clothes pegs on top of each other and fasten together with glue. Use the holes as wire clips. Now they definitely will not get confused.
- If you attach a small flashlight to a clothespin, you can read books at night without attracting attention. Just attach the flashlight to the top plate with hair bands.
- Using a clothespin is very convenient to fix books on the desired page. For example, for homework or for cooking a recipe.
- A clothespin will help keep the pan lids ajar.
- With its help, you can build a simple apron by hooking a towel to your pants or skirt.
- Clothespins can mark linen and fabric cuts. Write the relevant information at the top.
- From a clothespin and a piece of foam rubber (sponge) you can make an excellent “brush”.
- Plastic products can serve as toothbrush holders.
- And if you pinch a nail with a clothespin, you will never hit the finger.
- Use the items as fabric clips during sewing.
- Or close the opened packaging with products. For example, with cereals.
- Of 6 clothespins and 1 handle, you can whip up a phone stand. Now it will be convenient for you to watch movies.
- Unwanted clothespins can be used in tandem with a hanger. They will keep pants, skirts, scarves and any other clothes perfectly.
We create decor items
Wooden clothespins are an indispensable thing for decoration. You can cover them with a stain, paint them in different colors or use them in a natural way.
For gluing pieces of wood together, it is best to use wood glue or household PVA.
What you can do with your own hands:
- Stands for hot and napkin holder. Before starting work, remove the staples. Then the halves of the clothespins are glued together by opposite sides. In order not to hold them with your hands, press the pieces of wood with rubber bands. When they dry, you can collect the design - a circle, a rectangle or 2 half circles for a napkin holder.
- Chandelier or table lamp. You will need a mesh frame (you can do it yourself from a garden grid). Next, clothespins are pinched on it, and the whole structure is suspended on a lamp. For the manufacture of the lamp will have to work with glue. Disassemble the products and glue 4 rectangles from the pieces of wood. Connect them together and cover the desk lamp. Creative lamp is ready!
- Decorative wall clock or mirror. From clothespins it turns out a very interesting round frame for a mirror or watch. For the manufacture you need a dense cardboard. Cut the base out of it and firmly fit the white-colored clothespins on it.
- Photo frame. There are many variations of photo frames from clothespins. You can hang the pictures on the frame plate. To do this, drive nails into the board, wrap pieces of twine (15–20 cm) on them, and tie clothespins to the end. Another interesting idea is to make a photo frame from an old window profile.Paint it, nail on the edges of the cloves, stretch the twine. Pinch the pictures on a rope, and hang the frame on the wall.
- Cache-pot. For crafts, you need a frame - a can of preserves - and a pack of clothespins. Pinch them close to each other. For strength, the joints can be coated with glue. To make the flowerpot look original, decorate it with pebbles, buttons or paint it in different colors.
- And here is how clothespins can serve for a wedding decor:
Crafts for children
Children like to make something with their own hands together with their parents. Options for crafts from clothespins:
- Funny toys. For the manufacture of crafts, you will need a clothespin and an image of the face of the animal on thick cardboard. You can draw a picture yourself or print and cut. Next, the picture is cut in half. One part is glued to the top plank, and the other to the bottom (side). If you click on the toy, the image will move.
- Furniture for the dollhouse. Wooden clothespins make excellent doll furniture. Saw nothing. Arm yourself with glue and assemble tables, chairs, a bed from pieces of wood in the manner of a designer. Be smart or use the idea in the photo.
- Jewelry for girls. Little fashionistas will be delighted with do-it-yourself beads and earrings. To make it you will need the Moment glue, paints, different beads, laces, earring hooks and clothes pegs themselves. First you need to disconnect the metal staples. Wooden parts should be glued together, as in the photo below. Then you need to pierce the holes with the awl at the edges and insert the lace. Now you can color the necklace to your taste. How to make earrings from clothespins, shown in detail in the photo.
Creative activities and games
Children 1-2 years old can use small clothespins to develop fine motor skills. Opening them and attaching is already a difficult task for the baby. And to learn it was more interesting, you should decorate the woods in different colors. The place of attachment can be a taut rope, a pot, a sheet of colored cardboard. Show the baby how to do it, and he will certainly want to repeat it.
Game "Learn the colors"
You will need:
- 12 clothespins
- thick cardboard
- compass,
- pencil,
- 12 sheets of colored paper,
- glue,
- scissors.
Draw cardboard into 12 small circles and 1 large, cut. For small circles, cut circles of colored paper of the appropriate size. Glue them together, and then attach to the top of the clothespins. Now divide the big circle into 12 sectors. Cut and glue 12 multi-colored stakes of colored paper. Done! The task of the baby is to attach a clothespin of the desired color to each sector. During the game, colors should be clearly and legibly named.
The game "Who Eats What"
Materials:
- 1 sheet of white cardboard
- 12 clothespins
- 12 pictures with faces of animals,
- 12 pictures of the food they eat
- pencil,
- ruler
- scissors,
- glue.
Muzzles need to be glued on top of clothespins, and a large circle should be cut out of cardboard. Using a ruler and a pencil, divide it into 12 parts. Stick a different feed on each part. Now attach the muzzles of the animals with the child to the food that they eat. Tell who eats what. When the baby understands the principle, he will be able to play on his own.
There are many such educational games. By pasting numbers on the plates and making a tablet with a different number of circles, it is very easy to learn the score. And you can learn letters with kids. To do this, on a cardboard there are images of various objects starting with A, B, C, D, etc., and letters are written on clothespins.
A clothespin is not a thing that you can just throw away. She is always useful in the household. And if not, pieces of wood can be used as material for crafts and room decor. Take on our ideas or come up with your own version of interesting and functional application.