Clothespin Christmas Advent Wreath Craft
Make this fun Clothespin Christmas Advent Wreath Craft with the kids! With only a few supplies that can be found around the house this is an easy advent calendar to make for Christmas!
Christmas is right around the corner and it’s time to start counting down until the magical night with your kids! This easy Clothespin Advent Christmas Wreath craft is easy to make with just a few supplies and something you can use every year.
We love to grab little treats to clip in the clothespins so the kids have something fun each morning. Grab these at the dollar store to keep this activity inexpensive.
Grab your supplies and have fun creating this quick and easy Christmas craft!
Supplies Needed
- Wire coat hanger or thick jewelry wire
- 24 glittered clothespins (available in packs of 12 at Hobby Lobby)
- Jumbo jingle bells (available at Hobby Lobby and Amazon)
- Christmas Ribbon
- Hot glue
- Candy, cards, or other small treats
The first step to straight the coat hanger out if you are using that. Then twist the wire into a circular shape to form the wreath.
Thread the wire through the spring of each clothespin and cup of each jingle bell, creating a pattern. We did a red and green clothespin and then a bell for our pattern, but you can do whatever pattern you’d like! The goal is to end up with about 24 clothespins for your countdown.
When the pattern is complete, twist the wire together to secure it into a wreath shape.
On the back of the wreath, use a small amount of hot glue to secure the clothespins and bells so they do not spin around the wire.
When the glue is dry, flip the wreath over. Tie the ribbon into a bow and attach to the wreath at the top where the wire is twisted together with hot glue.
Place a small treat on each clothespin.
Each day, remove the treat to countdown to Christmas.
Tips and Tricks!
Add a number to each clothespin to make it easy to countdown until Christmas.
Grab fun little treats at the dollar store to keep this craft and Christmas countdown inexpensive.
Store it in your Christmas décor so you can use it over and over again. It will quickly become something the kids love to dig out every year and starting down to Christmas with!
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Clothespin Christmas Advent Wreath Craft
Ingredients
- Wire coat hanger or thick jewelry wire
- 24 glittered clothespins available in packs of 12 at Hobby Lobby
- Jumbo jingle bells available at Hobby Lobby and Amazon
- Christmas Ribbon
- Hot glue
- Candy cards, or other small treats
Instructions
- Twist the wire into a circular shape to form the wreath. You can use either a thick jewelry wire or a wire coat hanger that you straighten out.
- Thread the wire through the spring of each clothespin and cup of each jingle bell, creating a pattern. We did a red and green clothespin and then a bell for our pattern. The goal is to end up with about 24 clothespins or how many you’d like for your countdown.
- When the pattern is complete, twist the wire together to secure it into a wreath shape.
- On the back of the wreath, use a small amount of hot glue to secure the clothespins and bells so they do not spin around the wire.
- When the glue is dry, flip the wreath over. Tie the ribbon into a bow and attach to the wreath at the top where the wire is twisted together with hot glue.
- Place a small treat on each clothespin.
- Each day, remove the treat to countdown to Christmas.
- Optional: Add a number or date to each clothespin to help countdown.
