Patriotic Clothespin Wreath 🇺🇸

Have you been thinking about making a new patriotic wreath for your front door? This clothespin wreath is really easy to make and could be a fun project to do with the kids.

The base of my wreath is a 12-inch flat wooden wreath form. You’ll also need wood clothespins, 1-inch wood star cut outs, and acrylic paints in red, white, and blue.

I started out by clipping the clothespins around the wreath to figure out how many I would need – I needed 68 to fit my wreath. Then to mimic the 13 stripes on the USA flag, I set aside 28 clothespins to paint red and 24 to paint white (4 for each stripe). That left me with 16 to paint blue. Depending on the size of the wreath form you choose, just adjust the number of clothespins you’ll need for each section.

I painted the wreath form white, along with 24 clothespins and 10 stars. Then I painted 28 clothespins red and painted 16 blue. I used two coats of paint on everything. You could also use spray paint which would cut down the time to create this wreath quite a bit. I had the acrylic paint in my craft stash so I just used what I had on hand.

After everything is dry, simply clip the clothespins on the wreath creating the stripes by using 4 red alternating with 4 white. Add the blue clothespins and glue the stars to the blue section. I used E6000 clear adhesive to glue on my stars. I finished the wreath with a couple coats of a matte sealing spray.