Clothespin Gift Toppers

As the holidays draw near, it’s time to think about wrapping gifts. Clothespin gift toppers add visual appeal to wrapped gifts and they can double as holiday ornaments—they pin right onto Christmas tree branches. I initially thought these gift toppers would take a lot of time to make but I was mistaken. These are so quick and simple to create that I wish I had bought more clothespins.

Clothespin Gift Toppers

Materials to Make Clothespin Gift Toppers

• Plain wood clothespins
• A set of miniature alphabet letter stamps ( I found a set at Michael’s for less than 2$)
• A rubber stamp ink pad in the color of your choice
  

Directions to Make Clothespin Gift Toppers

1. Use your alphabet stamps to spell out different holiday-themed words onto your clothespins. I chose LOVE, PEACE and JOY. If you are spelling the same word on multiple clothespins, JOY for example, you can save time by stamping all the pins with J, then doing all the O’s, and then the  Y’s.
   

Bonnie Thomas

Bonnie Thomas works as a child and family therapist in southern Maine and is also an established artist and author. She has published several books with Jessica Kingsley Publishers, including Creative Coping Skills for Children: Emotional Support Through Arts and How to Get Kids Offline, Outdoors, and Connecting With Nature.

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