Clothespin Dinosaur Craft

Clothespins make perfect chomping jaws for this fun dinosaur craft. While dinosaurs are often more appealing to boys, I’m sure there are plenty of girls out there that will love this too! So, pull out that bag of wooden clothespins and spend an afternoon making these fun Jurassic characters. Then sit back and watch them come to life with your kids’ fingers!

I’ve created a printable dinosaur pattern for you, it’s linked in the supply list below. There are four different dinosaurs in this craft that kids will recognize. You can use this opportunity to teach them more about dinosaurs.

Related – try our coffee ground fossils with your dinosaur lovers!

• Triceratops (meaning: three horned face)
• Velociraptor (meaning: swift robber)
• Brachiosaurus (meaning: arm lizard)
• Tyrannosaurus Rex (meaning: tyrant lizard king)

When you’re done, if you find that they really liked this dinosaur craft, head over to Fun Family Crafts where there’s a large selection of dinosaur and fossil ideas. Plenty of crafts and activities for your budding archeologist! And if you’re looking for dinosaur birthday parties, there are 30 ideas here to get you started. While it’s not dinosaur related, girls and boys alike will love learning how to make a rubber band car!

Clothespin Dinosaurs

• 4 wooden clothespins
• Paint: black and white
• Felt: green, brown, gold and gray
• Dinosaur pattern
• Tools: paintbrush, toothpick, black marker, hot glue gun

Lay clothespins on their sides and paint the closed half black.

Use a toothpick to add white teeth to the black clothespins.

Cut dinosaurs from felt using the patterns provided.

Carefully glue the felt dinosaur head to the side of the clothespin.

Add eyes by dipping the handle end of a paintbrush in black paint. Add a small white dot with a toothpick. Eyebrows can be added with a black marker. I think this would be a super fun birthday craft too! Great as a make and take. While I’m sure girls will like these too, I have a feeling that boys will be crazy for them! And if you’re looking for birthday ideas, I found these awesome birthday cake ideas for boys!

More clothespin crafts

I’ve made several other things using clothespins. Here are some of my favorites.

Snoopy Clothespin Airplanes

Clothespin Christmas Soldiers

Clothespin Art Center

Clothespin Birds on a Branch

Print Project

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Clothespin Dinosaur Craft

Supplies

• 4 wooden clothespins
• Paint: black and white
• Felt: green brown, gold and gray
• Dinosaur pattern
• Tools: paintbrush toothpick, black marker, hot glue gun

Instructions

• Lay clothespins on their sides and paint the closed half black.
• Use a toothpick to add white teeth to the black clothespins.
• Cut dinosaurs from felt using the patterns provided.
• Carefully glue the felt dinosaur head to the side of the clothespin.
• Add eyes by dipping the handle end of a paintbrush in black paint. Add a small white dot with a toothpick. Eyebrows can be added with a black marker.