DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more!
Once upon a time, a along time ago, I had a clothesline, but alas it is gone and all that remains is a bucket full of clothespins.
So what’s a girl to do with all these wooden clothespins?
Craft with them of course!
There are many simple clothespin crafts you can do. Remember the reindeer made with clothepins from elementary school? Or how about the crazy bat clothespins?
Here are a five more clothespin crafts that can be updated for adults.
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Hi there! I'm Becky Striepe, a green crafter and vegan foodie living in Atlanta, Georgia with my husband and two cats. My mission is to make eco-friendly crafts and vegan food accessible to anyone who wants to give them a go.
Hello! My name is Bonnie Getchell and overall, I'm a craft nerd! I love making crafts, re-doing furniture, and anything along those lines. I especially love creating items that are from recycled materials like toilet paper rolls, bottles, etc. There are so many items that can be transformed and repurposed into something beautiful!
If you would like to see more of my work, I also have my own craft blog called Revolutionaries (http://bonniegetchell.blogspot.com).
I'm the lucky momma of two little blonde daddy-clones--we spend our days doing elaborate art projects, trashing the house, eating cheese cubes and oranges, and waiting for my partner to get home from his day job so we can pester him. When I'm off-duty, I drink coffee and make junk out of other junk. Why buy my kid a pair of panties for $3 when I can spend four hours figuring out how to make it out of an old T-shirt I got for free? Trust me, it really is fun. Visit my blog at www.craftknife.blogspot.com or my etsy shop at www.pumpkinbear.etsy.com for more of my awesomeness.
Kelly covers visual arts in and around Washington, DC for DCist and is editor of Crafting a Green World. Kelly has also been published by Bust Magazine and you can find her byline at Indie Fixx and Etsy’s Storque and has taught in Etsy’s virtual lab on the topic of green crafting.
Kelly helps organize Crafty Bastards: Arts and Crafts Fair, one of the largest indie craft fairs on the east coast and has served on the Craft Bastard’s jury since 2007. Kelly is also co-founder of Hello Craft a nonprofit trade association dedicated to the advancement of independent crafters and the handmade movement. Kelly resides in Washington, D.C. and believes that handmade will save the world.
Check out my sculptures made out of wood clothespins:
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I like the memo rack! Somewhere I saw an idea where the clothespins were decoupaged with pretty paper. I think I’ll combine the two ideas. Hm. Maybe my girls can make one for Granny too.
I like the memo rack! Somewhere I saw an idea where the clothespins were decoupaged with pretty paper. I think I’ll combine the two ideas. Hm. Maybe my girls can make one for Granny too.
i have a project that has to do with propaganda and we have to use a tiny clothespin (just one) to make a creative product and we have to sell it with propaganda