Clotheshanger Projects
James & Shinn
1979
What, you ask, can you make with these glooooorious clothes hangers? According to the book cover, “101 Fun and Useful Things!” Such as? Check these out:
That goofy woman’s face-thing on the far left is calling to me. Or how about one of these:
Thank you, anonymous submitter, for this simply dazzling volume.
Holly
24 responses so far ↓
marykelly48 // November 2, 2009 at 2:32 pm |
All I can think of is the Joan Crawford Bio pic where she yells “no wire hangers!”
Sandy // November 2, 2009 at 2:36 pm |
NO MORE WIRE HANGERS EVER!
HeyJude // November 2, 2009 at 2:49 pm |
I’m rushing to K-Mart right now to look for those orange plastic coated hangers.
Bee // November 2, 2009 at 3:59 pm |
I chuckled at those projects until I scrolled down and saw that ping-pong ball holder. That is GENIUS! I just might have to make one.
Deb // November 2, 2009 at 4:19 pm |
The only place I have seen wire hangers in a long time is the dry cleaners–and generally the bar across the bottom if made of cardboard not wire. This book reminds me of a lot of craft books from the 1970s–I had one that used pop-tops from soda cans.
I know I’m dating myself with that reference, so you’ll have to excuse me, I’ve got to macrame a pot holder.
moklspa // November 2, 2009 at 10:15 pm |
I feel your pain! I too remember pop tops. I too have macrame, I even have (gasp) a little face thing like the picture shows that I made in college. It’s a PJ holder and my kids think it’s hysterical.
Wordweaaverlynn // November 3, 2009 at 12:02 am
I’m older than that. I remember soda cans that had to be opened with a church key. I can taste the Franks grape soda just thinking of it, and feel the weight of those heavy cans.
jamisings // November 2, 2009 at 5:32 pm |
You know, I think we did the Jack-O-Lantern one in elementary school. I know we also did a witch one that involved a wire coat hanger and a pair of our moms’ old nylons.
Jeannie // November 2, 2009 at 6:35 pm |
To the right of that pic, holding the caddy: man or woman?
jamisings // November 2, 2009 at 9:46 pm |
It’s just Pat!
Alison // November 2, 2009 at 7:10 pm |
I wouldn’t weed this! I love wire hangers and am sad that they’re hard to come by. They’re great for making your braids stand out, Pippi Longstocking stlye, on Halloween. And you can make sock blockers out of them if you’re a sock knitter. And you can use one to reach down the toilet if it’s clogged. Oh, and unlock your car door (though not much anymore, I imagine).
Fiona // November 2, 2009 at 7:15 pm |
LOL Love your blog!
I wonder if they have included a certain craft idea that my second grade class made in 1979? We tied lots and lots of strips of green and red cellophane to our hanger to make christmas decorations!
Jack Kingsley // November 2, 2009 at 7:18 pm |
I agree that the example were much better than I would have expected. The person the above commenter is asking about is most definitely a woman.
TF // November 2, 2009 at 7:34 pm |
Is this book actually for real? I see no real purpose for this book, either in 1979 or today!
MoxieHart // November 2, 2009 at 11:23 pm |
That thing with the face looks really angry, whatever it is.
ZZZZZZ // November 3, 2009 at 3:12 pm |
You know how there are dreamcatchers? I think the face is a nightmare inducer.
Nessa // November 3, 2009 at 3:35 pm |
I think this is cool, I would read it.
aria // November 4, 2009 at 2:21 am |
Can you imagine what these people’s houses must look like??
mojo repair shop // November 5, 2009 at 10:43 pm |
The tree on the front of the book is made of clothes hangers,how nice.
Actually, I made a “craft” with a coat hanger. We used to bend a hanger into a weird shape,like the letter C,then bend back the ends to form a loop. Then we’d stick two rubber bands between the loops. So they’d be strung tightly between the loops. Then we’d add a one inch washer or larger. And wrapped it within the rubber bands, and then you wind it up and sit on it,and then when you lifted your leg, it sounded like a fart!
Well it works,it sounds like one! So it’s more like 102 useful ideas!
Fluffy Bricks Miniatures // November 6, 2009 at 3:37 am |
How about a pulled out to a circle wire hanger, then strips of plastic bag plastic tied onto it with knots, as many as would fit around it pushed tightly together- fake wreath!
Jill // November 11, 2009 at 10:13 pm |
What a great example of recycle. I mean the book, not the hangers.
Jill // November 11, 2009 at 10:14 pm |
I mean recycling
Cygnata // November 12, 2009 at 8:21 pm |
I recently used wire coathangers for a project, actually. I stripped off the plastic coating, unbent them, and then formed them into coils. The coils went into cardboard tubes, which became the arms and legs of a new scarecrow.
It added a LOT of structural stability to said arms and legs, even if it was a PITA feeding the coils into the tubes.
sanabituranima // November 17, 2009 at 11:44 am |
Somebody needs to look up the words “useful” and “fun” in a dictionary.