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Clothespin Crafts: Birds on a Branch
Supplies
3
wooden clothespins
Paint: blue
free, pink, orange, white, black
Feathers: red
yellow, orange
12-
inch
wooden dowel
Tools: paintbrush
white craft glue, toothpick
Instructions
Paint the clothespins, one each: blue, pink and green.
use the handle end of a paintbrush to dot on white for the eyes. When dry, use a toothpick to dot on the black part of the eyes.
Use a toothpick dipped in orange pant to add the beaks. Add claws at the bottom of the clothespins with orange as well.
Glue feathers to the clothespin birds, one small piece on top of the head and two for the wings on each clothespin.
Let everything dry then attach the birds to your dowel.
Optional: You can paint the dowel drown to look like a branch. You can also add string to hang it from the wall or attach with wall putty.