Children’s Crafts With Clothespins – Parenthood

Now that all families are isolated at home, many activities are offered to the little ones during this quarantine. One of those activities that they enjoy the most is, without a doubt, making crafts. They are passionate about being able to create, imagine, paint or paste at the same time.

The material necessary for the creation of the crafts that we offer today is the one that everyone has at home, since it is an object of usual use. We are talking about clothespins, which in today’s article will help us create fantastic toys for the little ones.

In this way, and with these crafts, we will achieve two objectives: to entertain the children during their creation and to enjoy the creation through the game once it has been created.

Children’s crafts with clothespins

Means of transport

The means of transport attract a lot of children’s attention. That is why from several clothespins you can make one: the airplane. To do this, you will need the following materials:

• As many clothespins as there are planes you want to create.
• Ice cream sticks.
• Glue.
• Painting.
  

The clothespin will serve as the basis of the plane, while the ice cream sticks will be the corresponding wings and propellers for this means of air transport. If you don’t have ice cream sticks, you can use other materials such as cardboard, foil, cardboard, and even play dough to create these items.

In the front part of the clamp, where it is tight, you will need to glue one of the sticks in the upper part and another in the lower part. Then you will have to place one in the front part, which will act as the front propeller, and another in the rear part.

You can paint this craft with any colors you want and swap them between the different planes you create. A quick and easy craft for kids that will give them lots of play in the future.

A picture frame

The time we live in is marked for life. For this reason, and for the memory, you can make a photo frame and take a photo so that you never forget this time. To do this you will need:

• Five clothespins.
• Glue.
• Painting.

It is recommended that the first of the steps should be performed by an adult, as you need to divide the clamp into two halves. To do this, you just have to remove the iron that connects them.

Once we have the ten separate sticks, you can paint them in any colors you want; in this way, we will have achieved the second step. The third and final will be to glue the clamps together once they have dried.

To create a more playful effect on the frame, we advise you to glue the clips in opposite directions. And now you can include your photo!

More children’s crafts with clothespins

Sirens

One of the fantastic beings that children love the most are mermaids. This is due to the relationship they have with the sea and, therefore, with water, one of the favorite elements of most children.

Therefore, another children’s craft with clothespins that we offer is the creation of mermaids. To do this you will need:

• You will create as many clothespins as there are mermaids.
• EVA rubber.
• Cardboard.
• Glue.

The clamp will be the body of the mermaid. With the EVA rubber and cardboard, you will create all the additional elements of the mermaid, such as the hair or the tail. All this to your liking.

Towards

Creating animals will delight the little ones because they love them. Therefore, one of the easiest animals to create will be worms or caterpillars. To do this you need:

• Colorful pompoms.
• As many clothespins as there are animals you want to create.
• Glue
• Eyes in motion.

The first step will be to glue the pom poms in line on one of the sides of the clip. You can choose the color combination of the pom poms as you like.

This way you can create explosions of color that the little ones will love. Finally, and to give more liveliness to our characters, we will also glue the moving eyes with the glue.