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these cool pins are easy to make and jazz up an old boring bag for example!

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  • How to make a safety pin brooch. Make Cute Safety Pins - Step 1
    Step 1

    First of all get your blu-tac and press on to worktop.
    Put a safety pin on to the blu-tac and take a ribbon a poke through the pin and neatly tie a bow..

  • How to make a safety pin brooch. Make Cute Safety Pins - Step 2
    Step 2

    <-- So it looks like this.
    Make sure its tight enough and trim off any longer bits of ribbon..

  • How to make a safety pin brooch. Make Cute Safety Pins - Step 3
    Step 3

    You can then add beads and more ribbons - up to you!
    (Careful, don't put so many on that you can't shut the safety pin again!)

  • How to make a safety pin brooch. Make Cute Safety Pins - Step 4
    Step 4

    Once you like this side of the safety pin flip over(don't use blu-tac this time!)and get the piece of thread and tie a knot on the safety pin and wind around it like this...

  • How to make a safety pin brooch. Make Cute Safety Pins - Step 5
    Step 5

    If you would like to wind another thread round it tie a knot and then do the same with the other thread until you reach the end of the pin. Cut off any long threads and...Voila! you have your very own decorative safety pin which you can attach to bags, clothes, hairbands,even make a bracelet out of them which is what I'm doing at the moment! Enjoy making these cool and creative pins, hope you like them! :D

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Juanita  C.
Juanita C.
Super, duper idea-- like you say, sweetie, for all kinds of things----Yes-- thanks--- will do
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Pink Custard
Pink Custard · 1 project
aw thank you guys Happy glad you like them even if there only a little something <3
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Jet H.
Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects
very pretty!
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Virginia
Virginia · 2 projects
Love the safety pins! So cute. Happy Might trying to make a bracelet out of these.
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