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Clothespin Dragonfly Craft

Today, we’re sharing a summer craft that’s great for older kids. Because tweens and teens like to craft, too. In fact, this quite lovely, and rather simple, Clothespin Dragonfly Craft would be a great summer decoration hanging in their room.

Clothespin Dragonfly Craft

Of course, you could make this craft with younger kids, as well, but they would need supervision and some help both taking the clothespins apart, as well as using hot glue. But they could definitely get in there to paint them and make their dragonflies their own.

Clothespin Dragonfly Craft

Summer Clothespin Dragonfly Craft

All you’ll need for this dragonfly craft are regular wooden clothespins, acrylic paints in white and three different shades of whatever colors you choose, as well as a glue gun.

Craft supplies needed.

Clothespin Dragonfly Craft Supplies Needed

  • Wooden clothespins
  • Acrylic paint – white, three different shades of whatever colors you choose
  • Glue gun

Dragonfly Clothespin Craft Step by Step Directions

Begin by gathering 10 full size regular wooden clothespins for each dragonfly.

Remove springs from clothespins.

Remove the metal spring from each clothespin. 

Glue clothespins together.

For each dragonfly, attach six clothespins together flat side to flat side with a glue gun and glue sticks. Leave the other four clothespins as two separate pieces. 

Glue 2 clothespins together for the long body. Arrange wings.

Next, glue two of the attached clothespins together for the dragonfly body. Line up each wing as follows on your work surface: half, full, half, half, full, half. Attach the wings together evenly at the base with a glue gun and glue sticks. You can use the photo as your guide.

Glue wings to body.

Glue the wings to the right and left side of the dragonfly body, using the photo as your guide. Hold the first wing in place until the glue completely sets, and then attach the second wing.

Paint with white acrylic paint.

Next, paint the front and all sides of both clothespin dragonflies with white acrylic paint. Let dry completely. 

Paint body clothespins with darkest paint shade.

Paint the dragonfly bodies with the darkest shade of your chosen paint colors with a paintbrush. We’re using purple and blue. Set aside to dry.

Paint wings the medium shade of paint.

Apply the lightest shade of your paint color to the dragonfly wings with a paintbrush. Let dry.

Paint tips darker shade and feather in.

Paint the tips of the dragonfly wings with the medium shade of your paint color, feathering the edges in to blend the colors. Let dry.

Embellish with dots in the different shades of paint.

Finally, embellish the dragonfly body with polka dots in the medium shade of your paint color by dipping the end of a paint brush in paint and dotting on the surface. Repeat this polka dot accent with the darkest shade of paint on the end of the wings.

Clothespin Dragonflies Craft

You could create a rainbow assortment of Clothespin Dragonflies to hang in a room, either from the ceiling or as garland. You could also affix them to the wall with some command strips for a gorgeous summer decoration.

Clothespin Dragonfly Craft

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More Dragonfly Crafts for Kids

Looking for more dragonfly crafts? Check out our Nature Stick Dragonfly Craft, Easy Pipe Cleaner Dragonfly Craft, Cardboard Roll Yarn Wrapped Dragonfly Craft, Craft Stick Dragonfly Craft, and our Shiny Pipe Cleaner Dragonfly Craft to name just a few of our many summer crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!

Clothespin Dragonfly Craft

Clothespin Dragonfly Craft

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Active Time: 25 minutes
Additional Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Difficulty: Medium

A gorgeous summer dragonfly craft made by gluing together wooden clothespins

Materials

  • Wooden clothespins
  • Acrylic paint – white, three different shades of whatever colors you choose
  • Glue gun

Instructions

  1. Begin by gathering 10 full size regular wooden clothespins for each dragonfly.
  2. Remove the metal spring from each clothespin. 
  3. For each dragonfly, attach six clothespins together flat side to flat side with a glue gun and glue sticks. Leave the other four clothespins as two separate pieces. 
  4. Glue two of the attached clothespins together for the dragonfly body. Line up each wing as follows on your work surface: half, full, half, half, full, half. Attach the wings together evenly at the base with a glue gun and glue sticks. Use the photo as your guide.
  5. Glue the wings to the right and left side of the dragonfly body, using the photo as your guide. Hold the first wing in place until the glue completely sets, and then attach the second wing.
  6. Paint the front and all sides of both clothespin dragonflies with white acrylic craft paint. Set aside to dry. 
  7. Paint the dragonfly bodies with the darkest shade of your chosen paint colors with a paintbrush. We're using purple and blue. Set aside to dry.
  8. Apply the lightest shade of purple and blue acrylic craft paint to the dragonfly wings with a paintbrush. Set aside to dry.
  9. Paint the tips of the dragonfly wings with the medium shade of your paint color, feathering the edges in to blend the colors. Set aside to dry.
  10. Embellish the dragonfly body with polka dots in the medium shade of paint by dipping the end of a paint brush in paint and dotting on the surface. Repeat this polka dot accent with the darkest shade of paint on the end of the wings.

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