DIY Clothespin Turkey Magnets and Place Card Holders

Craft: Clothespin Turkey Magnets and Place Card Holders

tiffanytallent1981
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November 4, 2018

Clothespin Turkey Magnets and Place Card Holders - magnetic turkey on door I came across an adorable clothespin turkey craft on Pinterest and I had to make some. The nice thing about these is that every one can be unique. They are fairly simple to make and are perfect for Thanksgiving. I decided to turn mine into dinner name place card holders and magnets. I'll definitely be making some more before turkey day! They are my favorite decoration so far and I think the family will love having the holders on the table!

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 4 turkeys

Source: Pinterest

Supplies:

4 clothespins (2 regular and 2 no-roll)
1-4 different color craft paint (optional)
paint brushes (optional)
1-4 different color markers
2 small white cards (business card size)
2 craft magnets
8 small wiggle eyes
card stock (1/4 sheet of orange and red)
12+ craft feathers (not pictured)
hot glue gun with sticks

Steps:

If you want your clothespins to be colored, use the markers or paint and allow to dry. If you prefer the natural wood, go to step two.

Clothespin Turkey Magnets and Place Card Holders - paint or color the pins with markers if desired

Cut out a beak from the orange paper and a snood (the thing hanging over the beak) from the red for each clothespin. Use hot glue to attach those, along with wiggle eyes. I simply cut out triangles for the beaks and teardrops for the snoods.

Clothespin Turkey Magnets and Place Card Holders - cut out beaks and snoods from red and orange paper, attach with glue and add eyes

Hot glue feathers to the back top of all clothespins. Also hot glue magnets on the back of the two no-roll clothespins. You might have to add another magnet if the feathers weigh the turkeys down. Display them on your fridge or other magnetic surface. I decided to move my favorite to my front door, which you see in the main photo.

Clothespin Turkey Magnets and Place Card Holders - glue feathers to the back of the pins and magnets to the back of the clip pins

Clothespin Turkey Magnets and Place Card Holders - fronts after the addition of the fethers

For the two name place cards, write a guest's name on each. Clip a clothespin to each card, displaying the names. Place them at the table!

Clothespin Turkey Magnets and Place Card Holders - place card holders

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Comments

Linda Hagelstien

November 9, 20200 found this helpful

This is very cute and looks very simple as well. Thanks for sharing!