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Pom Pom Clothespin Pushpins

By: Laura Bray from laurabraydesigns.com

"I love having a cork board hanging over my desk. I use it as an inspiration board and I also load it up with reminders. I prefer to use clothespin push pins instead of regular thumbtacks. By simply gluing a flat, basic thumbtack to the back of a spring-loaded clothespin, I create a way to hang my papers without poking holes in them. Of course the added bonus is that are about a million ways a girl can decorate that clothespin. Lately, I've been gluing small pom poms onto the end of mine. Felt leaves make it look like a little flower. It's a quick and easy project that really makes my cork board bloom."

Primary TechniqueGeneral Crafts

SeasonSpring

Materials List

  • Wood, spring-loaded clothespins
  • Folkart Paint in various colors
  • Yarn in varous colors to match your match paint
  • Clover Pom pom maker-small size
  • Felt
  • Aleene's Original Tacky Glue
  • Thumbtacks

Instructions

  1. Paint one side of the clothespin. Set aside to dry.

  2. While clothespin is drying, Make pom poms following the instructions for your pom pom maker.

  3. Cut leaves from green felt.

  4. Glue felt leaves and a pom pom onto the painted side of the clothespin.Allow to dry completely.

  5. Glue 1-2 thumbtacks onto the back (unpainted) side of the clothes pin. Allow to dry.

  6. Press finished clothespin pushpin into your corkboard. Open clothespin to clip papers in place.

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