Learn how to make a clothespin clock to decorate your home!
If you want to make a cute clock from scratch, this is a fun project.
Keeping that in mind, its a very simple project.
Just to see what you could make?
I just recently had that throw in of experience withclothespins.
There wereclothespin butterflies, thenclothespin trivets, then anapkin holder.
Then after that, there were STILL more clothespins!
So what happens when you have more supplies you dont know what to do with?
And then you make a clothespin clock!
I feel like this clock is good for a variety ofhome decorstyles.
I can see it simply stained in a farmhouse setting.
I can also see it spray painted orange for a bit of mid-century style.
This project actually resides in an office, but I think it would be fun in thekitchen.
Or a living room.
And its simple to make.
Make a Clock with Clothespins
Youre going to make this clothespin clock in four easy steps.
Youll remove all the clothespin clips, then glue the pins together to form a circle.
Then youll paint everything.
Finally, youll attach the circles and insert your clock movement.
Adding a clock movement to just about anything is easier than you think.
The movements come in kits with hands, and instructions for putting it all together.
Basically youll just need a hole for the movement to go through, and then the hands attach.
Are you ready to start?
Begin by twisting the two half of the clothespin and removing one side.
Then youll easily be able to remove the clip from the other half.
Youll start by gluing flat sides of clothespins together.
Youll need 32 of these pairs, which are 32 clothespin halves.
Now youre going to create the clock base.
Place glue on the side of a clothespin, and then sandwich another clothespin to it .
Continue working your way around the circle, gluing clothespins together and holding.
Continue working around the imaginary circle in the middle, gluing the pins to make your clothespin clock face.
Once you finish, your clock should look like this, and you should let it dry completely.
Use the spray paint to several light coats.
Youll want to do several light coats since you have so many small areas on the clothespin clock.
Let dry and then tilt as needed to get all the areas covered.
you might use any key in of spray paint!
it’s possible for you to even paint with craft paint.
Once youre done spray painting, this is what you have.
Attach the Circles and Movement
Glue one of the wood circles on the back in the center.
This is how it will look from the front.
Place glue on the movement, then place the clock face down onto the movement.
Attach the hands, and life is good!
Because now you’ve got the option to tell the time.
WHICH if you want to add numbers or dots to your clothespin clock in some way, you might.
