Clothespin Crafts for Kids

2 min read September 13, 2026 Jamie Bare
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Create 5 adorable clothespin crafts for kids with these easy DIY projects! Kids will love making cute birds, flowers, superheroes, dragonflies, and hedgehogs using clothespins. Have kids display finished crafts on a cork board, fridge, or hang them up on a string with other artwork. 

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Flower Clothespin Craft

Create beautiful blooming flowers using clothespins. Cut paper flower shapes from Colored Cardstock then adhere them with hot glue onto Green Sparkly Clothespins. Embellish your clothespin flowers with Buttons to finish!

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Bird Clothespin Craft

Create bright, happy birds from red, blue and yellow clothespins! Cut mini beaks and webbed feet from Orange Foam Sheets. Glue tiny Googly Eyes and Bright Colored Feathers on Red, Blue and Yellow Clothespins. Add a beak and webbed feet to create mini clothespin birds!

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Hedgehog Clothespin Craft

How cute is this spiky clothespin hedgehog?! Download the free hedgehog pattern here to cut a large and small hedgehog from Brown Cardstock Paper. Glue a Black Button onto each hedgehog shape for the nose and add Googly Eyes. Draw a black line to make your hedgehogs smile. Add Clothespins down the back of each hedgehog for the spikes and you're done!

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Dragonfly Clothespin Craft

Create sparkly dragonflies with clothespins and a few other supplies! Begin by bending White Chenille Stems into two sets of wings. Glue the wings between the clothespin on the top of Silver Sparkly Clothespins and Gold Sparkly Clothespins. Add bright colored buttons to the top to create the dragonfly's head. To finish the dragonfly, add black seed beads for the eyes. Attach with glue.

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Superhero Clothespin Craft

Superhero clothespins are such a fun craft for both boys and girls! Cut out your own superhero capes from Bright Colored Foam Sheets. Add a Superhero Sticker on the back of the cape. Glue the foam superhero cape around the top of a Red, Blue, or Yellow Clothespin. Add a mask from the foam sheets, and glue on two tiny Googly Eyes. Finish off by adding a colored strip with foam sheets or markers, a mouth and some cool designs!

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