Giant Clothespin

Another quick and easy Mod Podge craft. Would make a great gift or to keep. I use mine to hold recipe cards in the kitchen, Christmas cards in the living room and business cards in the office. Could also just be used to hold pictures. My kids would love this on their desk.

Materials needed:
6", 9", 12" jumbo clothespin
Paint
Mod Podge, gloss or matte
Scrapbook paper
Sandpaper
Embellishments like stickers and distress ink

Of course you can get all these supplies at PinSupplies.com. We offer a lot of different options for Mod Podge crafts, like wood letters and wood blocks.

Here are the different size options for clothespins. The small one on bottom is the normal size than 6", 9" and 12".

If you are painting them it looks best to take the clothespin apart first. It just looks a lot cleaner. Remember how you took them apart and it is pretty easy to put it back together.

You only need to paint the area that will not be covered by paper.

Trace the image and cut out with scissors or exacto knife. Put a good layer of mod podge on the clothespin and then apply the paper. Make sure you put the paper on in the right direction with the wide end as the bottom. After 20 minutes sand down the edges and apply a layer of mod podge on top. 

After sanding the paper down you can also apply Distress Ink for a more vintage look.

You can add another layer of Mod Podge to the top if you want. Or you can you embellishments. Sometimes I just can't resist those adorable scrapbooking stickers but I don't have a place to use them. I made these double sided so I can flip them depending on the season or my mood. I like change.

Here is the 6" clothes pin. 

This shows the different look of painted and unpainted. Both look nice it just depends on your preference.

I used the Broken China Distress Ink on this one. It gives it a unique look.