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| Clothespin groom and bride. |
’70s bride Suzanne and groom Dave look like they’re ready to plunge into marriage. He wears a white coat with tails and a coral pink bow tie. The bride wears a short veil, a simple string of pearls, and a full-length lace gown, and carries a multicolored bouquet of tulips.
Support list:
- Wooden clothespins
- Acrylic paints: black, white, flesh colors
- Chenille stem for the doll’s arms
- Lace appliques for wedding dress
- Ribbon for the groom’s tie
- Yarn for the couple’s hair (optional)
- Small ribbon flowers for the bride’s bouquet
Step by step instructions:
- Paint the groom’s tuxedo pants black, his coat white, and his cape in flesh colors
- Paint the bride’s torso and legs white, and her head flesh-colored.
- Tear off the cotton balls and roll them to a layer over the stem of the chenille for the arms of the clothespin doll. I attached the bridal arms right away because I chose to paint them. However, I wrapped the cotton-lined, lace-covered arms of the bride for her dress. Then I glued it in place.
- Cut the arms to size and stick them directly into the two holes on either side of each pin. Make these holes with a sharp nail or nail.
- Let the glue dry.
- Using a needle and thread cut and form small strand wigs for each doll or twist and loop cotton batting into ropes to stick directly over the heads of clothespins.
- Paint the cotton wig any color you like, if you use this option.
- Cut collar for a tuxedo bridal coat.
- Paint his tie and tie the same color.
- Attach the small corsage to the left lapel.
- Paint the tops of his little shoes on the swatch black and the rest of the swatch white.
- For the bride, sew a mini veil with hot glue over her wig.
- Roll layers of lace from the tip of her feet upwards along with a generous amount of glue to secure this skirt applied to clothespins.
- Glue the extra lace around the collar, too.
- Sew a lacy bouquet holder and mini flowers with hot glue.
- Then glue the bouquet onto her wire hands if you don’t want to misplace them at the end.
- Dot on a small white pearl around her neck.
- Draw the features of the doll’s face using the tip of a pin dipped in paint.
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| Detailed photos of the bride, Dave, and Susan. |