4th of July Clothespin Wreath

I can already hear fireworks at night going off through the neighborhood, the colors red, white and blue are showing up everywhere and the planning of BBQ’s is in the air; this going to show that the 4th of July is right around the corner! Take if from me, it’s not too late or very hard to get festive.
It seems like the last few days I have either been preparing for Sara and her family to come stay with us (cleaning, shopping, etc.) or working on up coming things for this blog. This has left the 4th of July as a major after thought! However, after seeing this clothespin wreath floating around Pinterest I knew I wanted to at least do that.
I scoured Pinterest for the original link to the clothespin wreath and never found it so I decided to go ahead and make my own and share the exact “what ya need” and “how to” with all of you.
The supplies for this project are pretty basic and cheap; all of which I was able to get a the one-stop-shop of Walmart.
– 12 in wreath frame
– 2 packs of clothespins (This wreath takes 60 clothespins to make but there are only packs of 50 at Walmart which are $1 each.)
– Glitter Stars foam stickers
– red, white and blue paint (acrylic or spray)
– paint brush
Start by dividing out your 60 clothespins. For mine I painted 15 blue, 22 white and 23 red. Next step is to paint them. I did it the hard way and painted each one by hand using acrylic paint. Surprisingly and a little bit to my embarrassment I didn’t even think about spray painting them until afterwards. It would have been MUCH easier.
But if you are going to paint them by hand I’ll let you know what I did. I used the foam brush and painted everything but the back and part of the sides. Then I took a smaller brush to get the inside of the clothespin where it would show. In the picture above you can see kind of how I went about the “lazy” way of painting them.
Once all the clothespins are dry stagger them on the wreath frame doing all the blue clothespins together then 4 reds followed by 4 whites. Lastly, at the foam stars to the blue clothespins and hang!
To add a little more to my 4th of July decor I spray painted some stars on our front lawn using some white field spray paint and hung up our flag.
See! Three very simple and easy ways to get in the patriotic spirit; all which can be done in an afternoon for under $20!
Sara and I hope you all enjoy your 4th of July! We know we will be and are SO excited that we get to be spending it together!

~ Hanna

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http://elizabethjoandesigns.com/2014/06/designs-time-no-16/
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http://www.bravenewhome.com/diyers-link-party-7/

68 thoughts on “4th of July Clothespin Wreath

  • Danielle
    Commented 5 years ago

    The kids made it all by themselves following your instructions. Turned out great!

  • Kelly Murray
    Commented 5 years ago

    I just read this blog and your awesome instructions. Wanted a wreath that wasn’t hard to store, that I could actually make. I believe I found it! Let you know after finished how it went

  • Jan
    Commented 5 years ago

    I’ve been reading some of the comments not sure why people are having such a problem I did it just the way you described and it came out beautiful the pins don’t fall and it hangs nicely I did use a 14″ wire wreath, so I had to use a few more pins than you but I’m very happy thank you!

  • Commented 5 years ago

    Did you clip the clothespins to the under side of the wire wreath or to the domed side? It seems like if you did the domed side the clothespins would not lay flat.

  • Vicki Westereng
    Commented 6 years ago

    This is what I am making for crafts.

  • Doretta Davis
    Commented 7 years ago

    This was made using a 18 inch wreath!!!

  • Doretta Davis
    Commented 7 years ago

    Correction:
    Actually it needs to be 30 White and 34 Red. ]
    Put 5 Red after the blue, then 5 white, 5 red, 5 White, 4 Red, 5 White, 5 Red, 5 White, 5 Red, 5 White, 5 Red, 5 White, and 5 Red [representing the 7 red strips on the flag and the 6 white stripes]

  • Doretta Davis
    Commented 7 years ago

    Easier way to make:

    I used 1 pack of 100 clothespins (This wreath takes 90 clothespins] from Walmart
    Glitter Stars foam stickers
    Red, white and blue paint (acrylic or spray)
    Optional – Gloss Clear Cover to seal

    I pinned the 26 clothes pins to the wreath and sprayed the blue spray directly on it [already in the place I wanted them to be on the wreath wire]
    Got two wire hangers and put 32 on each hanger. Took them outside and sprayed one red and the other white.

    When dried put both the red and white on wire wreath and followed up with a clear coat spray. Final touch was adding the stars and ribbon to hold the wreath on the door.

    I have pictures of the stages I did this process, if you want the photos.

    Thank you for posting this idea, I have enjoyed making it!!!

  • Kristy
    Commented 7 years ago

    I’m going to start this wreath tomorrow. I guess I didn’t read thoroughly, but just assumed they were hot glued, and was planning to do it that way. Hot glue is your best friend, dear!

  • Marilyn Tuttle
    Commented 8 years ago

    This looks like so much fun. Can’t wait to get started. Thank you for sharing and with complete instructions.

  • Karen
    Commented 8 years ago

    I just took it all apart. May give it another shot after awhile; and if I do I will try adding as many pins as necessary to make it as tight as possible because it kept flipping over. Cannot even “man handle” or gently try to hang it.

    Will let you know outcome. I think the wire should be covered with something so the clip pins would have something to actually hold on to?

  • Hanna
    Commented 8 years ago

    Oh bummer Karen, that is weird! I didn’t have that problem and it has even been man handled quite a lot and the clothes pins don’t move. I didn’t glue them or anything. Did you rotate doing the clothes pins, pinning one on the inner 2 bars and then the next on the 2 middle bars? I also pushed the pins in as far as they could go to make them have a tight hold. I don’t know if any of that makes sense but let me know if you have more questions! I really hope that helps!

  • Karen
    Commented 8 years ago

    I thought this was so cute, so I bought all the supplies and made it. Went to hang it up and the top pins fall over! It looks like I made it exactly the same way you did. Same 12″ wreath, same number of clothes pins. Maybe I should try hot glue gun? I was going to add more pins to it but that doesn’t help. So unless you have a trick to keeping these top pins from flipping over, I just wasted my money. Disappointed because I really liked this idea!

  • Commented 10 years ago

    Yay! You commented 😉 Thanks! You should totally make one though! There is nothing like painting clothespins while watching a movie, right?!

  • Commented 10 years ago

    Thanks Emily! We always love visiting your linky party! Thanks also for the feature!

  • Commented 10 years ago

    Welcome Whitney! Thanks for stopping by and becoming our newest follower! Of course I had to go check out your blog and I totally loved the post about making your house a home! That’s so sad that you lost a lot of your older posts. That is my biggest fear!! You can believe though we’re following you back!

  • Commented 10 years ago

    Thanks for stopping by Emily! I just checked out your blog and you have a beautiful house!

  • Commented 10 years ago

    This is so cute!! Just found your blog from the Work it Wednesday blog hop! Excited to be following you along via Bloglovin 🙂

  • Commented 10 years ago

    Stopping by from Work It Wednesday… Love your wreath!!! Just pinned 🙂

  • Commented 10 years ago

    Hanna, this is adorable. Love it! Thanks for sharing with us at Your Designs This Time!

  • Commented 10 years ago

    I love this wreath! SO CUTE!

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