Winter Animal Clothespin Dolls

Decorate old fashioned clothespins with poms, foam sheets, paint and other craft materials to create whimsical wintertime friends!
Materials
- Paint Brushes Triangle Handle
- Acrylic Paint Jars, 24 Assorted colors
- Craft Glue
- Foam Sheet (black, orange, brown)
- Scissors
Instructions
Step 1. Gather your supplies.
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Step 2. For the reindeer, paint the clothespin white and brown with Acrylic Paint. |
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Step 3. Use black Acrylic Paint to paint on a face and hooves. Cut a fuzzy stick so that you have (2) pieces that each measure 1 1/2 inches. Twist into antlers. Glue on the antlers and then finish with a tiny brown pom on the top of the head and a second one as a tail. |
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Step 4. For the polar bear, paint the body white with Acrylic Paint. Paint on a face and paws with black Acrylic Paint. |
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Step 5. Glue (2) tiny white poms to the head as ears and (1) the the back of the polar bear as a tail. |
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Step 6. For the penguins, paint the body black and the belly white with Acrylic Paint. Paint (2) white circles for the eyes and then place a dab of black paint in the center of each eye. |
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Step 7. For the beaks and the flippers, cut out orange foam sheet shapes and glue to secure. |
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Step 8. For the seal, paint the body with grey paint. Add flippers at the sides and facial details with black Acrylic Paint. |
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Step 9. Finish the seal by cutting out flippers out of black foam sheet and glue to the bottom of the clothespin. |