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Christmas Card Clips Craft

Hang Your Christmas Cards on the Banister with Care โ€“ and These Cool Clips!

By Kate Finlay Zimmerman, Publisher, Macaroni KID Pasadena December 12, 2024
This craft is super easy, fun, and functional!  Decorate plain wooden clothespins with all the sparkle and holiday creativity you and your kids can muster.  Then use your new clips to attach all the Holiday cards you receive to a beautiful wide ribbon wrapped around your banister, railing, mantle or doorframe.  One year (when living in a tiny apartment), I even hot-glued a ribbon around the edges of a decorative mirror then clipped our Christmas cards all around.  It makes a beautiful display, and if you make the clips with your children, you’ll cherish them for years to come!

Supplies:
  • Wooden clothespins
  • Craft Glue
  • Various Holiday Decorations – felt, glitter, plastic gems, dimensional stickers, washi tape, pom-poms, and whatever fun   doodads you can find




Instructions:
1. gather your supplies.  
2. summon your creativity
3. optional: cover the front side of all or some of the clothespins with a little craft paint or washi tape
4. glue your most festive and   sparkly craft doodads to one end of each clothespin.
5. let dry
6. wrap your banister or other chosen display area of your home with decorator ribbon
7. clip cards onto the ribbon as they are received

Have Fun!