Wooden clothespins and ice-pop sticks transform into stylish ski bunnies. Add these cross-country cuties to your Christmas tree!
Christmas Crafts: Clothespin Skier Ornaments
This brigade of cute skiers would make anyone giggle. They’re so simple, you can make a clothespin ornament for every member of your family.
Here’s what you need: Burcu Avsar
Wooden clothespins
Ice-pop sticks
Bow-tie-shaped sticks
Paint and paintbrush
Glue
Markers
Optional supplies for accessories: patterned and colored washi tape, eye hooks, yarn, pom-poms, wire and cutter, hot-glue gun and glue sticks, buttons, needle and thread, scissors
Here’s what to do:
Paint the clothespins and ice-pop sticks in a variety of desired colors; let dry.
Glue ice-pop sticks to clothespin’s open side for skis; use bow-tie-shaped sticks to make snowboards, if desired.
Draw eyes, nose, and a mouth on your skiers.
Decorate skier and skis with patterened washi tape, if desired.
For the knit hat, hand-screw an eye hook into the skier’s head. Wrap the base of the eye hook with yarn and glue end to secure. Glue a pom-pom on top.
For earmuffs, cut a short length of wire and bend it around the head of the skier. Sandwich wire between the side of the clothespin head and the side of your small button; do this on each side. Hot-glue into place.
For the pom-pom hat, pull a thread through the eye of a needle and double it up. Push the needle through the center of the pom-pom, but don’t pull the thread all the way through. Leave the two open ends on one side and tie a knot on the other; double knot and snip the needle off. Hot-glue pom-pom to skier’s head. Use this thread to hang your ornament, or tie a decorative string to the threads to hang.
For all skiers, thread decorative thread or twine through their “hat” or head accessory of choice, then knot at the top. Hang proudly from the tree for a fleet of slick skiers!
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