A Dozen Uses for DIY Photo Clips
A Dozen Uses for DIY Photo Clips and How to Make Them
Today I want to share a tutorial for DIY photo clips. I love these things! You can use them for SO many things. I have a few clipped on to my chicken wire memo board I made. I also like to make them to use as gift tags and magnets, or you can even add a magnet on the back and stick it to your refrigerator to hang your child’s artwork. Here is how you make these adorable DIY photo clothespins.
How to Make Them
Time: 15 Minutes
Materials:
- Clothespins
- Wood Cutouts
- Photos
- Pen
- Scissors
- Mod Podge or White Glue
- Foam Paint Brush
- Hot Glue and Hot glue Gun
Instructions:
Clothespins and wood cutouts can be found at most craft stores like Michael’s or Joann for less than $1.00. The wood cutouts come in many great shapes as well.
- Print out your favorite photos on your printer. You may have to resize them to make sure they fit properly onto your wood cutout. Using a pen, trace the wood cutout onto your photo.
- Cut out your photo. It fits best if you cut just inside the traced line.
- Using a foam brush, glue on your photo with Mod Podge. If desired, you can place a coat or two of Mod Podge on top of your photo as well.
- Hot glue a clothespin to the back of your photo.
Use them anywhere you like, such as gift tags, party favor closures, memo holders, and magnets!
Uses for Clothespin Clips
- Use them as a gift tag with a recent picture of you and the recipient together.
- Clip them to a flower bouquet with a photo of grandma or mom for Mother’s Day or Father’s day.
- Attach one to a teacher gift with a photo of your child and their teacher, or of the whole classroom.
- Clip them to party favor bags with a photo of the birthday boy or birthday girl on it.
- Attach it to a wedding gift with a picture of the bride and groom on it.
- Print out a “thank you” design and clip it to favors for a baby shower or birthday party.
- Put a picture of each child in the household and use it as homework clips.
- Add a magnet to the back and use them for memos on a refrigerator.
- Use them as personalized place card holders at a dinner party and your guests can take them home as a party favor.
- Put a picture of you and your Valentine and clip it to a box of chocolates.
- Add a picture of the family on in their Sunday’s best and clip it to the Easter baskets.
- Put a family Christmas picture on it and attach them to the Christmas stockings.
You get the picture! Get it…“Picture”? Ha!
Here is the video tutorial I made as well. I hope you like it!