Stars and Stripes Patriotic Clothespin Wreath: DIY Dollar Tree Tutorial

How to Make a DIY Fourth of July Patriotic Clothespin Wreath

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

Spray paint the clothespins red, white, and blue

Lay the clothespins out on a large piece of cardboard or plastic and apply 2 coats of paint to each side, allowing to fully dry between each coat. Once they have all been painted red, white, and blue, lay out in the sun to dry for about 15 minutes on each side. Here are the number of each color clothespins you will need to make this wreath:

• Red – 28
• Blue- 20
• White – 32

I would suggest painting a couple extra of each color so you have some wiggle room. Alternatively, you could dye the clothespins with RIT dye, although I don’t believe that’s an option for the white.

Spray paint the wooden stars white

Apply 2 coats of paint to each side, allowing to fully dry in between.

Pin the blue clothespins to the first section of the wire wreath form

Starting with the first section, pin a blue clothespin onto the two inner layers of the wire form. Next pin another blue clothespin onto the middle two wire layers. Then blue on the inner row, blue on the middle two.

Continue this pattern until you covered the first section of the wire wreath form.

Pine the red and white clothespins to the remaining sections of the wire wreath form

Use the same pattern of middle two/inner two and pin 4 red and then 4 white clothespins. Then 4 red, 4 white, and so on.

Alternate red and white all the way around the wreath form.  Once you have covered the entire wreath form in clothespins it should look something like this…

Hot glue the white stars to the blue clothespins

You can stagger them as I did, or you can line them up. You can also use more stars that are smaller. Get creative!

Hot glue the American Flag “In God We Trust” Star sign to the center of the wreath from the back

Flip the wreath around and use plenty of hot glue to secure the sign across the top backside of the clothespins. It helps if you hold it in place and see what it looks like from the front first, before securing it with glue.

Hang your wreath to show your American Pride!

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 for others to start asking you where you bought your Patriotic Clothespin Wreath. For as cheap and easy as this clothespin wreath is to make, it comes out just beautiful!

Once you have successfully followed this DIY Clothespin tutorial, you’ll be able to make one in any theme you can dream up.  You can make one for every occasion, like this “Hello” Sunflower Clothespin Wreath we made to welcome the beginning of summer!

We’d love to see your beautiful DIY Fourth of July Patriotic Clothespin Wreath. 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.