Fun-to-Use Clothes Pins

Here’s a fun way to spend some time on a weekend. Throw your kids some clothes pins, magazines or scrapbook paper, paint & brush, scissors, and glue, and task them with making attractive clothes pins. You’ll be using them for years to come, and you’ll smile each time you use one.

Cut out the paper to cover the two sides of a clothes pin. If you want, you can first paint the clothes pin in a coordinating color, but it isn’t necessary. Then apply your paper, trimmed to size, on each side of the clothes pin using smoothed out/brushed on glue. After it is dry, smooth/brush on an outer coat to help protect it.

Now you’re ready to use them! Use them to close chip bags or whatever other uses you have for them. You can also apply magnetic strips to one side for a strong and useful refrigerator or markerboard magnet.