“Hello” Summer Sunflower Clothespin Wreath: The Simplest Tutorial Yet!

How to Make a DIY Summer Sunflower Clothespin Wreath

Follow the below easy steps to make a beautiful Sunflower Clothespin Wreath.  Remember, you can mix it up with color and style to make it your own and the below basic steps will still apply.

Dye the clothespins with RIT dye

Follow these detailed steps to dye the clothespins.  If you are more of a “wing it” type, than just follow the directions on the back of the RIT dye package and soak the clothespins in the dye bath for about 30 minutes.  Lay out in the sun to dry for about 1 hour on each side. Here are the number of each color clothespins you will need to make this wreath:

• Yellow – 41
• Blue- 20
• Orange – 21

I would suggest dyeing just a couple extra of each color so you have some wiggle room. Alternatively, you could spray paint the clothespins, although I find dyeing them gives better results.

Pin the dyed clothespins around the wire wreath form one section at a time in the pattern you choose

Starting with the first section, pin a yellow clothespin onto the two inner layers of the wire wreath form. Next pin an orange clothespin onto the middle two wire layers. Then yellow on the inner two, orange on the middle two. (Don’t mind the picture below I alternated blue/orange in the same section as a test but I didn’t decide to keep that pattern).

Continue that pattern until you reach the end of that section.  Once you reach the next section, just switch out the orange clothespins on the middle sections for blue. (Again the below picture is just to show you the positioning of the clothespins on the wreath form. I decided to keep all of the orange/blue clothespins on one section and alternated color between sections.)

Continue this pattern of one section orange, one section blue, with yellow going continuously around, until you have the entire wreath form covered in clothespins like you see below. Take note that for this particular clothespin pattern, there will be no clothespins on the outermost wire, only the 3 inner layers will have them.

Hand paint the “Hello” wooden sign

Paint the first two letters, H-e, orange, and the last three letters, l-l-o, blue. You will want to apply at least 2 coats of paint, allowing to dry between each, to get the best brightest color.

Once the 2 coats of paint are fully dry, use a small paint brush or Q-Tip to make small white polka dots on the blue letters. If you’d like, you can paint white partial border outlines of the orange letters as well.  I think these details help to give it dimension but it’s totally up to you.

Hot glue the sunflower heads to the clothespins

You can arrange them in a grouped fashion as I did, or you can spread them out alongside of each other. You can add more sunflowers, or less. Get creative!

Hot glue the “Hello” to the clothespins

Use plenty of hot glue to secure the sign across the bottom of the wreath.  If you’d like, you can add a smaller sunflower to the “O” of “Hello”.

Hang your wreath for all to admire!

You can hang the the outer wire rim right on a nail so you don’t even have to add string to hang.

Get ready to be flooded with compliments. In fact, I’d be willing to bet you get tons of requests from others asking to make them this same “Hello” Summer Sunflower Clothespin Wreath!

Once you have successfully followed this DIY Clothespin tutorial, you’ll find that the possibilities are endless.  You can make one for every occasion, like this Patriotic Clothespin Wreath we made for the 4th of July.

We’d love to see your beautiful DIY Summer Sunflower Clothespin Wreaths. Snap a pic and post them over on our Facebook page and tag me @Mandapandaprojects.  And don’t forget to Pin this post for later so you can make a Clothespin Wreath for every occasion.