Craft a Clothespin Bride and Groom

The clothespin groom and bride.

       Our 1970's bride, Susan, and groom, Dave, look like their ready to dive into matrimony. He wears a white tuxedo coat with tails and matching bow-tie and cummerbund in coral pink. The bride wears a short veil, a simple strand of pearls, a full length lace gown and carries a multi-colored daisy bouquet.

Supply List:

• wooden clothespin
• acrylic paints: black, white, flesh colors
• chenille stem for the doll arms
• lace trims for the wedding dress
• ribbon for the groom's bow tie
• yarn for the couple's hair (optional)
• tiny ribbon flowers for the bride's bouquet

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Paint the groom's tuxedo pants black, his coat white, and his head flesh colors
2. Paint the bride's torso and legs white and her head a flesh colored paint.
3. Shred the cotton balls and roll on a layer over the chenille stem for the clothespin doll arms. I attached the grooms arms right away because I chose to paint these. However, I wrapped the bride's cotton covered wire arms with lace for her gown. Then I glued these in place.
4. Cut the arms to size and glue these directly inside two holes on either side of each pin. Make these holes using a sharp tack or nail.
5. Let the glue dry.
6. Using a needle and thread cut and shape tiny yarn wigs for each doll or twist and roll cotton batting into cords to glue directly on top of the clothespin heads. 
7. Paint the cotton wigs in any color you like, if you use this option.
8. Cut a collar for the grooms tuxedo coat.
9. Paint his bow tie and cummerbund the same color. 
10. Glue on a tiny corsage to his left lapel. 
11. Paint his tiny shoe tops onto a stand in black and the rest of the stand white.
12. For the bride, sew a tiny veil to hot glue on top of her wig.
13. Roll layers of lace from the tip of her feet upward along with a generous amount of glue to hold this applied skirt onto the clothespin. 
14. Glue additional lace around the collar too.
    
15. Sew a lacy bouquet holder and hot glue tiny flowers to it.
16. Then hot glue the bouquet to her wire hands if you don't want to misplace it eventually.
17. Dot on tiny white pearls around her neck.
18. Paint both doll's facial features using the tip of a pin dipped into paint.
    

Detail photos of bride and groom, Dave and Susan.