Inspirational Clothespins

Last updated on March 6th, 2021 at 11:56 pm

Inspirational Stamped Clothespins

by Jane Lake

Practical and pretty too – that’s one way to describe this easy, but inspirational, craft project. Just decorate clothespins with stamped words – or try one of the other creative ways to use clothespin words for inspiration, education or just plain delight.

Image Source: AFC reader, Daize Zumfelde, kindly sent in this photo of her clothespin words.

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Craft Supplies:

Project Instructions:

Simply use the letter stamps to print words onto the clothespins. The sample was made using a black ink pad, but you could use any color that suits your decor.

To turn the clothespin into note holders for the fridge, glue a small magnet or magnet strip to the back of each clothespin.

Variations:

After receiving Daize’s submission, I became curious about how other people had used clothespin words.

The following awesome projects all use clothespins as the base for some very creative organizing and word-making.

Clothespin Word Game

Imperfect Homemaking blog had a nice photo tutorial of a simple Clothespin Word Game but, alas, it seems to have disappeared. However, you can get a good idea of how it works from the photo.

Create specific word index cards using large, clearly written words and, ideally, a picture of the word either printed out or cut from a magazine. You can laminate the index cards, or not, depending on how interested your child is in playing this game and how long you want the cards to last.

Use a permanent marker to place one letter of the word on a clothespin, then repeat for the remaining letters.

This is a matching game so encourage your child to match the letters on the clothespins to a word written and illustrated on an index card. They will be learning their letters (and word recognition) while they play this easy matching game.

The laminated word cards look bright and colorful, but you can also write the chosen word on a paint stick and pin the matching clothespin letters over that.

Clothespin Organization

If you’re like me, and the author of Clothes Pins Rule! then occasionally you find yourself at the back of your computer wondering which wire goes where. Put clothespins to the rescue and you’ll always know.