Ballerina Christmas Ornament Craft

Instructions

STEP ONE

Gather all supplies. Remove the metal spring from the wooden clothespins. For each Ballerina, line up one full clothespin on your work surface, to create a body shape.

Attach the wooden clothespin pieces together with a glue gun and glue sticks, using the photo as a template.

TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry. This may be a suitable option if younger kids want to stick the clothes pegs together.

STEP TWO

Paint the front and all sides of the clothespin Ballerinas with flesh tone acrylic craft paint colors of choice.

Set aside to dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

STEP THREE

Paint a leotard on the Ballerinas with bright red and green acrylic craft paint, covering the front, sides, and back.

Paint on hair with yellow and dark brown acrylic craft paint, covering the front, sides, and back. Add polka dot cheeks by dipping the end of the paintbrush into pink acrylic craft paint.

Add eyes, a mouth, toe shoes, and crisscross laces with a black permanent marker. Set aside to dry. 

STEP FOUR

Slide a pearl bead onto the red and the green tinsel chenille stems (also known as pipe cleaners). Bend into and oval and secure closed by twisting the stem onto itself.

Attach the Ballerinas’ arms onto the back of the clothespin using a glue gun and glue sticks. Make sure that the pearl bead is at the top.

STEP FIVE

Place circle template onto three layers of white quilt batting and trace the outline of the 2 ¼” circle with a marker. 

Carefully cut out circles, cutting inside the traced lines for a clean, finished project.

STEP SIX

Fold three circles of quilt batting in half and cut a small slit in the center with scissors. 

To finish, insert the Ballerinas into their quilt batting tutus. Since the wooden clothespins are rough, there is no need for glue.