Last weekend we sat down with 5 children ages 7 to 13 years of age to make these super-easy Easter Bunny refrigerator magnets from wooden clothespins. Each one will cost you less than .50 cents to make if you buy your supplies from Dollar Tree. We picked up the acrylic paints, paint brushes, and wooden clothespins from our local DT store in the craft aisle. You’ll need glue (we used a hot glue gun) and ribbon (or yarn) for the neckline bow…and heavy duty magnets that we purchased from Amazon.

Pop the metal spring off of the clothespin and glue the two halves together. Paint the entire thing front to back with 2 coats of white acrylic craft paint allowing for 30 minutes of drying time between coats. Once dry have the kids paint on the bunny’s facial features, pink ear stripes, and a little black for his toes (see photo). If you’re working with young kids…paint markers would be a better option than traditional paints and a brush.

Note – The one shown in our photograph was made by a 9 year old girl who did a fabulous job!

For magnets…I recommend buying commerical grade magnets. Cheap magnets aren’t strong enough to keep them from sliding up and down the refrigerator door when open and closed. We buy them in a large (affordable) pack from Amazon. You only need 1 of these magnets glued onto the back. We use these on the majority of the refrigerator magnet projects you see featured on this blog. HIGHLY recommend them!

To finish up you’ll want to use scissors and cut a piece of satin ribbon, baker’s twine, jute, or yarn. Tie it around the neck and into a bow. That’s it, you’re done! The kids really enjoyed making this easy project.

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