Materials Needed:
- Paint (acrylic is great), or crayons and markers
- Clean clothespins
- Paintbrushes
- Bowls
- Pencil or pen
- Small-width magnetic backing (and glue if it is not self-adhesive)
- **Remember newspaper (and even gloves)**
Instructions:
Great gift idea for anyone with a locker or fridge!!!
- Get all supplies ready.
- (If you are working with markers or crayons, you can ignore .) Their are 2 options to painting these:
- Put on plastic gloves (if you want to) and dip the clothespin into a bowl of paint. OR
- Use the paint brush to paint whatever design, like stripes, on it.
- Let dry. (*hint* They can be propped up with a pencil or paintbrush while drying)
- Write the name or nickname of who-ever is getting this magnet on one side with a pencil.
- Using a this paintbrush, paint over the pencil. Add any other designs that you want to.
- Let dry.
- Cut an appropriate length of the backing and place it on the opposite side (opposite from where the name was painted)
~Now you have a cute gift for someone to keep pictures and papers from falling!
