Spoon gets all of his work shirts dry cleaned every couple of weeks, and when we get them back, there’s a white wire hanger on each one. We have accumulated more wire hangers than the clothes we have, so I started thinking about what could be done with them.
So far, all we’ve done with them involved cutting them and bending them to make stakes to hold down our Halloween decorations into the ground. They worked really well and none of our stuff blew away. Yay!
But hey – I still have a TON left, and more are coming. I did my homework – here are some fun and awesome things that you can make or do with your wire hangers. Yay!
Click on the photo to go to the tutorial.
Contents:
- Home Decor Tutorials
- Hanger Cover Tutorials
- Mobile Tutorials
- Toy Tutorials
- Baby Shower Tutorials
- Valentine’s Day Tutorials
- Easter Tutorials
- Halloween Tutorials
- Christmas Tutorials
Home Decor Tutorials:
iPod Dock from a Metal Hanger: Instructables
Hanger Lamp: Instructables
Make your own vintage Wire Basket out of Coat Hangers: Associated Content
Tissue Box Hanger: Instructables
Tissue Paper Butterfly: San Diego Zoo
Wire Hanger Lamps: Cut out and Keep
Coat Hanger Wine Rack: Guardian.co.uk
Wire Coat Hanger Toilet Roll Holder: Instructables
Lion Face: San Diego Zoo
Wine Glass Dryer from Coat Hanger: Instructables
Simple Book Light: Instructables
Ergonomic Laptop Stand Made from a Coat Hanger: Instructables
Dream Catcher: San Diego Zoo
Multi-Purpose Clothespin Hanger: Instructables
Make Your Own Razor and Shaving Brush Stand: Instructables
Recycled Wire Hanger Yarn Dog: Thrifty Fun
Denim Jeans Windsock: Craftbits
Wire Hanger Book Rack: Someday Crafts
Hanger Cover Tutorials:
Yarn Covered Hangers: Exploring Womanhood
Handsome Hangers: Family Fun
Braided Coat Hanger: All Free Crafts
Stylish Cardboard Clothes Hangers: Instructables
Coat Hanger Cover: Craftbits
Personalized Wire Hanger for Baby Clothes: Instructables
Mobile Tutorials:
DIY High Contrast Baby Mobile: Instructables
How to make a stable Airplane Mobile: How Stuff Works
Pac Man Paper Mobile: Instructables
Whale Mobile: Enchanted Learning
3-D Fruit Craft: Enchanted Learning
Butterfly Mobile: Craftbits
Toy Tutorials:
Make a Whirligig in a Box: ThinkingFountain
Baby Shower Tutorials:
Baby Shower Room Wreath: Craftbits
Baby Shower Announcement Wreath: CraftBits
Baby Shower Baby Towel Pram: Craftbits
Valentine’s Day Tutorials:
Wire Hanger Fabric Wreath: San Diego Zoo
Key to My Heart Hangup: Craftbits
Easter Tutorials:
Baby Bunny Baby Basket: Craftbits
Halloween Tutorials:
Making Halloween Corpse Hands: WetCanvas
LED Spiders: Instructables
Wire Hanger Pumpkin: San Diego Zoo
Ghost Halloween Decoration: Cut Out and Keep
Recycled T-Shirt Door Witch: Craftbits
Fall Scarecrow Decoration: Family Crafts
Bat Mobile: Family Fun
Butterfly Wings: Cut out and Keep
Halloween Fairy Wings: Knitting
Fairy Wings: Cut Out and Keep
Fairy Wings: Cut Out and Keep
More Fairy Wings: Cut out and Keep
Bat Wings: Cut out and Keep
Wire Hanger Bow: Instructables
Christmas Tutorials:
Wire Hanger Christmas Ornament Wreath: eddieross
Glow Ball Ornament: Instructables
Recycled Coat Hanger Christmas Tree: All Free Crafts
Coat Hanger Christmas Tree: Kaboose
Christmas Card Mobile: How Stuff Works
How to make a Christmas Coat Hanger Wreath: Do It Yourself
Make a Christmas Wreath: Little House in the Suburbs
Wreath from Recycled Bags: Craftbits
Wreath from Fabric Scraps: Craftbits
Coat Hanger Christmas Wreath: All Free Crafts
Candy Wreath: Family Crafts
Pine Cone Wreath: Family Crafts
Wire Santa Mini Wreath: Family Crafts
I <3 the vintage wire basket. I must try it!
And, OMG – the corpse hand is genius. I mean.. how freaking creative! I will definitely mess around with that project for next Halloween 
If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. As I’ve said above, I have hangers coming into the house every week, so I need to keep up with them in crafts – thanks!
Photo Credit: SilverFuture on flickr
