A perfect craft to make for the Easter or Christmas Season
>Make your own Clothes Pin Crucifix (part 1)
>Use it as a “stamp” in a Bible Journaling project (part 2) Click for Part #2
Follow Jackie Mattingly’s step-by-step directions to make this unique craft and stamp.
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Your Crucifix will be a little smaller than 3 times the length of your clothes pins, a 1″ clothes pin will result in a 2-7/8″ Crucifix.

The Crucifix that I am using for an example started with clothes pins that are 1-7/8″ which resulted in a crucifix 5-1/4″ tall.
The supplies you will need, no matter what size crucifix you are going to make include:
- 8 clothespins 1″ TINY Clothespins, 50/$3.95 OR 1-3/4″ MINI Clothespins, 24/$3.27
- Wood Glue – Easiest to apply with a tooth pick Titebond Wood Glue 16 oz for $2.17
- Protection for your work surface
Optional item:
- A soda pop pull tab to use to hang your crucifix
Preparation:
Glue together pieces:

Glue 2 pieces, flat side together for the body. I also put glue over the little hole that will end up being in the middle of his chest.

You should now have: 5 pair of 2 – side by side; 1 pair, flat sides together and 4 singles to use for the arms and legs.
Assembling the cross:

Lay the two pair of pins together fat end to fat end and glue. They will need to lay in position until the glue is dry.

Make sure you overlap of the middle and bottom sections of the cross to leave enough room that the legs have a little room below the feet.

Use plenty of glue on the cross bars since that glue also secures the top and middle section of the cross.
Positioning the body:

Put glue on the edge of the clothes pin that fits up against the body, as well as the back side of the arms.
Finishing:
This step “could be” left off if you were going to move your Crucifix before it would have time to dry, but it definitely makes it look nicer and less likely to break.

After your Crucifix has had a chance to dry, use a paint brush to put a heavy coat of wood glue over entire Crucifix.

This coat of wood glue will help reinforce all of the joints. It should be as thick as possible without drips.

After the front has dried (overnight) put a heavy coat of glue on the back. If you want to hang your cross on the wall, you can bend a soda pop pull tab and glue it on the back.

When the thick layer of glue dried it will be slightly shiny and will reinforce the structure of the Crucifix.

Using standard 2-3/4″ clothes pins, the dimension of my finished Crucifix is 8″ tall x 5-3/4″ wide. A very nice size to hang on the wall.
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Make your own Clothes Pin Crucifix (part 1)
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