How To Make Snowman Clothespin Ornaments Tutorial

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How to make these Snowman Clothespin ornaments for your Christmas tree. These cute handmade ornaments are easy to make and perfect for your rustic holiday decor.

Made with simple wooden craft clothespins, they are simple to make and cost less than a dollar each since they only require a few supplies. And best of all, they are fast to make and easy to do.

So easy, the kids will love helping to make them too.

So if you are looking for cheap Christmas craft ideas and handmade ornament ideas, I’ve got you covered.

How to Make Snowman Clothespin Ornaments for Christmas

Supplies:

• Craft Doll Pins (3.75 inches long)
• Miniature Top Hats
• Matte Acrylic Paints in: Red, White and Black
• Bakers Twine (Red-White stripe)
• 20 gauge – Copper Wire in Black

Tools:

• Hot Glue Gun
• Glue sticks
• Craft Paint Brush
• Foam Brush
• Wire Cutters

STEP 1:

Start by using the foam brush and paint clothespins white with Acrylic paint. Don’t worry, this is easy to wash off and dries quickly.

I normally put 2 coats on since I don’t want the wooden clothespin to show. Let dry between coats.

The bottle says 1 hour between, but it dries much faster than this, normally within about 15-20 minutes.

STEP 2:

Now is time to pants his “striped pants.” Using a craft paint brush and the red acrylic paint, lightly put a bit of paint on your brush and begin with first stripe at the bottom.

Leave a space the width of your brush and paint another stripe. End paint stripes at the top of the groove.

Do this for both legs, lining up stripes. These only need 1 coat. Let dry.

NOTE – of course, I use red for Christmas colors, but you can be creative and use any color you like. It does not have to be red.

STEP 3:

And now you’ll put on his shirt and shoes.

SHOES –

Next, using black acrylic paint, paint the space below the first stripe on his pants both inside and out, this creates his shoes.

SHIRT –

Now, with the “end” of the paint brush, carefully dip the “TIP” into black acrylic paint and carefully but lightly, touch the tip to the clothes pin where his buttons and eyes will be.

TIP: I dip my brush tip into paint for EACH black dot this keeps them looking closely the same in size.

Let all this dry for 1 hour.

STEP 4:

Holding the clothes pin tight, wrap the black copper wire around his neck leaving a couple inches on each side. This gives him some arms.

Next, using your craft paint brush, carefully wrap the copper wire around it and then slowly pull it out. Create his “spiral arms.”

STEP 5:

Using Baker’s Twine cut a piece 6-7 inches long. Starting in the middle, wrap copper wire around his neck twice, ending in the front.

Tie a knot to hold in place. This gives him his red and white scarf.

Glue on black top hat.

STEP 6:

Cut more bakers twine to the length you like for a hanger, tie it off and then glue to the back of his neck onto his scarf.

And that’s it! You are done! See how easy it is to make a handmade Snowman Clothespin ornament.

And now you have made your own DIY wood ornament or wood snowman ornament using just simple clothespins.

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