Clothes Pin Magnet
Refrigerator magnets made with pinch clothes pins
If
you have grade school children in the house, it is a sure bet the
outside of your refrigerator is doubling as an art gallery. Holding up
the assortment of watercolors and drawings is usually the job of kitchen
magnets. Ever popular, coming in a variety of shapes and sizes, these
magnets are often used to decorate the refrigerator, even if there is no
artwork to hold up.
A clipping
magnet is especially useful for securing grocery lists or messages. This
fun project will enable the youngster to create a personalized magnet to
give to that special adult, or keep for themselves, to use for securing
and displaying future art projects.
Materials needed:
"Pinch" type wooden clothespin
White glue
Magnet (large enough to hold up the weight of the clothes pin with
paper)
Popcorn (un-popped)
Thin cardboard
Photograph or picture from magazine (approximately 2" x 2")
Scissors
Directions:
1. Glue the magnet onto one side of the clothespin, in the center.
2. Allow to dry completely.
3. Choose the picture or photograph you wish to use, glue it onto the
cardboard. Allow to dry.
4. Cut a shape around the cardboard mounted photograph or picture. It
might be a circle, heart, square; whatever looks best with the picture
in its center.
5. Use the glue to secure the popcorn along the edge of the cut out,
creating a popcorn frame.
6. When this dries, decorate the clothespin by gluing picture onto the
side of the clothespin, which does not have the magnet. The part of the
clothespin that *bites* should be at the bottom of the picture.