Monday Made It Linky Party: How to dye clothespins

How to make clothespins prettier!

I've seen so many bloggers prettying up their clothes pins with dye or washi tape. I use clothespins for everything from classroom management to organizing copies. So why not make them cute?

I bought these at Kmart for about 4 bucks {they're also 99 cents at my local 99 cent store} and the dye was about 2.68. 

I grabbed one of those throw-away containers, filled it with water and poured in the entire bottle of Rit dye. 

I tossed in 48 of these little guys. 

I stirred them up pretty good!

They're dyeing themselves. Word to the wise: don't shake them up. The lid does leak and I may or may not have learned the hard way. I was going out of town for the night so I let these soak and let the dye do its magic!

The dye does stain so I set the pins on a paper towel that I placed on a plate {not pictured} and a plastic lid that was leftover from baking. They took a few hours to dry. I had guests coming over so I sped up the process by laying these in the sunshine. 

After/Before

Stay tuned to see how I'm going to use these!

Thanks to 4th grade frolics for hosting another Linky party!  Check it out to see more DIY crafts other fabulous teachers are working on!

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