Paint a cute bookworm clothespin organizer

Make a bookworm clothes pin organizer that is adorably cute. The wall hanging can be a great teachers gift or to create a special place in your home for school papers.  A back to school project featuring a bookworm clip made from recycled materials like a paint stir stick and clothes pins is cheap to make and fun to create.

Supplies for bookworm clothespin organizer :

• Wooden paint stirrer stick
• Wooden shapes: 2-1/2” circle; 3/8” circle; 1” circles, four; 1/2” teardrops, eight
• Wooden clothespins, four
• Wiggle eyes, two
• Adhesive-back magnets, 1/2”, four
• DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paints: Festive Green, Sour Apple, Bright Red, Tangelo Orange, Primary Yellow
• Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue
• paintbrushes, sanding block, soft cloth, pencil, paper plate, black marker, newspaper (to cover work surface)

Instructions for bookworm clothespin organizer

1. Lightly sand wooden items and wipe with soft cloth.

2. On covered work surface, paint wooden items as follows: paint stick and 2-1/2″ circle Festive Green; teardrop shapes Sour Apple; 1″ circles Bright Red; clothespins Primary Yellow; 3/8″ circle Tangelo Orange. Let the paint dry and squeeze small amount of Tangelo Orange paint on paper plate; use eraser on pencil to dot paint stick (bookworm body). Let paint dry.

3. Outline shapes with black marker. Adhere eyes on 2-1/2″ circle (head) and use black marker to draw glasses for bookworm. Adhere 3/8″ circle (nose) below eyes. Draw simple facial features and smile.

4. Use glue to adhere pieces in following order: two teardrops (leaves) onto each 1″ circle (apple); apples onto each clothespin; clothespins onto bookworm body; head onto bookworm body. Let dry.

5. Adhere magnets onto back of bookworm body, spacing equally apart. Spot glue magnets to secure. Display bookworm on magnetic surface to hang.

 

 

Tip to change-up the organizer

1. Instead of using magnets, add a sawtooth hanger onto back of bookworm or wrap sisal cording around each end and display on the wall or a handy hook.

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