Making a Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration

Category Decorations

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - front view with all feathers glued in place

Transform a wooden spring style clothespin into a cute chicken. Use it to decorate an indoor plant or even as a gift tag holder.

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Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration

By 15mhhm15 [1,212 Posts, 2,614 Comments]

February 25, 2019

Add a touch of cuteness to your indoor plants with this cute chicken/bird clothespin craft. This would also be cute as a tag holder (i.e. if you are giving a plant as a gift, you can attach a card to this).

Total Time: 15 minutes

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - houseplant with the chicken clipped onto a stem

Supplies:

scissors
construction paper
clothespin
hot glue
feathers
washi tape
Sharpie

Steps:

Cut a triangular piece of paper - this will resemble bird's beak.

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - cut triangular beak from orange paper

Paint/color clothespin, or use washi tape like I did.

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - decorate the clothespin with paint, crayons, or washi tape

Glue on beak and draw on eyes.

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - glue on beak and draw eyes with a Sharpie

With parental supervision, use hot glue to secure feathers on the back of the clothespin.

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - glue feathers on the the inside of one of the top parts of the clothespin

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - red feather as seen from the front

Continue to add as much feathers as you desire.

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - adding additional feathers

Clothespin Chicken Plant Decoration - two feathers both at angles on back of pin

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