December 8, 2020, 3:41 pm | Read time: 3 minutes
Christmas time is crafting time. How about making Christmas stars and snowflakes from clothespins? These are perfect as decorations for the Christmas tree and festive table, as gift tags, or winter coasters.
Clothespins are not just a useful household item. They can also be transformed into wonderfully decorative Christmas stars and snowflakes in just a few steps. The best part: You can start right away because you usually already have the crafting materials at home. The instructions are so simple that anyone can follow them. Children, under supervision, will also enjoy this Christmas crafting idea.
Making Christmas Stars from Clothespins – What Do You Need?
With just a few materials, you can craft what are probably the simplest wooden stars in the world in a few minutes:
Materials
- Wooden clothespins (at least 8 clothespins per star)
- Hot glue gun
- Craft string or similar
- Scissors
- Optional: Acrylic or chalk paint, gold spray, etc.
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Making Christmas Stars from Clothespins – Instructions
Neither lengthy preparations nor hours of finger acrobatics and a complicated guide are needed for this DIY idea. In just a few steps, wooden clothespins can easily be transformed into festive DIY decor pieces:
- Remove the metal clips to take apart the clothespins.
- Now glue two parts of the clothespin together at the back with hot glue.
- Glue a piece of string between two individual parts once per Christmas star. This will be the star’s hanger.
- Arrange the glued parts into stars or snowflakes as desired. Be sure to leave enough large surfaces for subsequent gluing!
- Fix the arranged shapes one by one with hot glue and let them cool.
- Optional: Paint or spray the stars with acrylic paint. If you like colorful stars but want to skip this step, you can use colored clothespins from the craft store.
- Finally, decorate the stars or snowflakes as desired.
3 Tips from the myHOMEBOOK Editorial Team
- Particularly beautiful stars are created when you slightly offset two of the crafted stars on top of each other. If you like, you can also place a smaller star on a larger one.
- If you use regular-sized clothespins, the stars or snowflakes can also be used wonderfully as winter coasters for pots or teapots.
- When crafting Christmas stars with children, use wood glue or craft glue instead of hot glue. These are safer and stick just as well.
You can also see the instructions in the video above in the article – have fun crafting the Christmas stars!