Clothespin Butterfly Craft

 We've been doing a lot of crafts recently since we're home so much. My girls frequently ask me for new crafts and one day they wanted to make butterflies. So, we present to you our Clothespin Butterfly Craft!

Clothespin Ornaments

Last week I had a bunch of girls from our church over to make ornaments for the tree at church and these are what I came up with…clothespin ornaments: I was really pleased with how they turned out and how easy they were to make…

Santa just requires the bottom 2/3rds of the clothespin to be painted red. Cut out a thin strip of black felt for the belt and draw on black buttons. Cut out a white felt beard and a red felt hat. Add some eyes and you’re done! Clip it to your tree.

The reindeer needs to be painted brown first. Then hot glue on a small red pom-pom, paint on some eyes (or add some googly eyes), and hot glue a pipe-cleaner folded into antlers on. My boys insisted my reindeer needed to be a bit more feminine with a pretty little flower.

For the snowman, paint it white. Then use a toothpick to add dots of black for the buttons, mouth and eyes. Paint on a carrot nose. Hot glue a felt hat and you’re done!

I’ll be linking up to: Works For Me Wednesday,  Mom’s Library, Let's Hear it For the Boy! Clever Chicks Blog Hop,Share it Saturday, Fine Craft Guild,Share Wednesdays, TGIF. Kids Get Crafty, The Mommy Club

Clothespin Airplanes

Make cute, simple airplanes with your kids using things you likely have on hand already…

All you need is a clothespin and 3 popsicle sticks.

Cut 1/2 inch off of the end of one of the popsicle sticks and cut the rounded end off the other side. Have your kids paint the popsicle sticks and clothespin.

Hot glue the two whole popsicle sticks near the opening of the clothespin to form the wings. Glue the shorter rectangular popsicle stick on the back and if your kids really, really, really have to have a tail with the part standing up, glue the 1/2 inch piece on standing up.

This is a perfect craft when you’re stuck indoors due to rain, snow, or extreme summer heat! Thank you iCraftGifts for the fun idea.

I’ll be linking up to Kids Get Crafty, Works for Me Wednesday, Look What We Did, Mom’s Library, What are little boys made of? Clever Chicks Blog Hop, Share it Saturday, and Fine Craft Guild.

Caterpillar Crafts

I know it's still frigid in many parts of the country, and bugs are scarce, but here's fun craft for your little ones to do while they're stuck indoors: Popsicle stick caterpillars or clothespin caterpillars.

This was a simple craft for my boys, but they loved making their own patterns. All you need is either Popsicle sticks or clothespins, pom poms, googly eyes and glue. We used hot glue, but school glue could work too. You can glue googly eyes to the front, or glue little pom poms on the head.

Have fun! Thanks We Made That for the fun idea.

Handmade Ornament Round-Up

If you're looking for some cute gifts or fun craft projects to do with your kids, try making some of these ornaments this year!

Follow the links below to see how we made each one:

1. Popsicle Stick Reindeer Ornament

2. Felt Mitten Ornament

3. Bottle Cap Snowman Ornament

4. Felt Light Saber Ornament

5. Popsicle Stick Snowflakes

6. Hand print Snowman Ornament

7. Popsicle Stick Tree Ornament

8. Clothespin Ornaments

9. Owl Ornament

10. PokeBall Ornament

11.Silhouette Ornament

12. Popsicle Stick Nativity

13. Popsicle Stick Sled Ornament

Or you can visit this ornament round-up for more ideas!