We love seeing how a plain sheet of cardstock can be completely transformed into something different and even useful.

And of course having a cutting machine, like our Cricut Maker makes precision cuts a breeze.

The smallest if details like the pumpkin stem is cute perfectly cut to size and shape!

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Silly Monster Rock Painting

Seems we have a thing for colorful monsters!

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How to Make These Halloween Clothespin Crafts:

Gather all the supplies needed.

Paint all sides, applying an additional coat of paint as needed.

Put aside to dry before assembling.

Painted clothespins with Halloween images on top.

Open Cricut Design Space.

tap on the + sign to start a new project, opening up a blank canvas.

hit the Upload button from the toolbar to insert the downloadedHalloween SVG fileonto the canvas.

Painted clothespins with Halloween images on top.

Maintain sizes for all halloween images.

Move to the color sync tab to see all the pieces sorted by color.

Adjust if you like to match the colors of your sheets of cardstock.

Completed pumpkin and witch’s hat clothespin crafts being used to hold papers together.

With the machine set to Cricut Maker, select Make It in Design Space.

Set material throw in to Medium Cardstock, choosing the appropriate weight based on your paper.

When the cut is complete, unload the mat from the machine.

Completed pumpkin and witch’s hat clothespin crafts being used to hold papers together.

Repeat for the remaining Halloween pieces and papers.

Layer the cut pieces starting with the bottom layer working upward.

For the pumpkin, the black piece is the base piece.

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Silly Monster Rock Painting

For the witchs hat, place the black band piece across the purple hat and glue together.

Allow glue to dry before using.

And thats it, the halloween clothespins are complete!

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Do you have a favorite?

Mine is the witchs hat.

Pin it for later!

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Monster Paper Clips

Clothespin Crafts for Halloween

Materials

Instructions

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Materials needed for clothespin crafts for Halloween including card stock, Cricut machine, paint, glue and clothespins.

Materials needed for clothespin crafts for Halloween including card stock, Cricut machine, paint, glue and clothespins.

Gathering the supplies needed to make clothespin crafts for Halloween.

Gathering the supplies needed to make clothespin crafts for Halloween.

Painting one of the four clothespins green.

Painting one of the four clothespins green.

Painting another clothespin black.

Painting another clothespin black.

Painting a third clothespin orange.

Painting a third clothespin orange.

Painting the last clothespin white.

Painting the last clothespin white.

Uploading the Halloween images into Cricuts Design Space.

Uploading the Halloween images into Cricuts Design Space.

Maintaining the sizes of the Halloween Images in Cricut Design Space.

Maintaining the sizes of the Halloween Images in Cricut Design Space.

Preparing to cut the image in Cricut Design Space.

Preparing to cut the image in Cricut Design Space.

Loading white card stock into the Cricut machine.

Loading white card stock into the Cricut machine.

Laying the cut Halloween images down next to the painted clothespins.

Laying the cut Halloween images down next to the painted clothespins.

Cut jack-o-lantern pumpkin card stock.

Cut jack-o-lantern pumpkin card stock.

Laying the cut jack-o-lantern over black card stock.

Laying the cut jack-o-lantern over black card stock.

Gluing a black band on the purple witch catch.

Gluing a black band on the purple witch catch.

Gluing the cut ghost image over grey card stock.

Gluing the cut ghost image over grey card stock.

Adding glue to the black painted clothespin.

Adding glue to the black painted clothespin.

Gluing the cut bat onto the painted clothespin.

Gluing the cut bat onto the painted clothespin.

close up image of the witch’s hat Halloween clothespin completed craft

close up image of the witch’s hat Halloween clothespin completed craft

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Painted clothespins with Halloween images on top and text overlay explaining the clothespin craft for Halloween including a free SVG file.

Painted clothespins with Halloween images on top and text overlay explaining the clothespin craft for Halloween including a free SVG file.

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