20 Pinterest crafting 'fails'

Oh, Pinterest. We love you, we hate you. You inspire us, and you make us feel terribly lame at the same time. But what we always love, without a fault, is finding examples of people who have tried, and failed, to create a Pinterest-inspired work of art. With that, our fave 'fails.' Original Pinterest inspirations on the left, crafting fails on the right - away we go… By Gina Cohen and Charyn Pfeuffer, MSN Living

‘C’ is for craft disaster.

Yes, it takes some above-average icing skills to pull off the Cookie Monster cupcakes on the left, but the use of a pastry bag would've helped keep this poor baker from turning their masterpieces into cookie-vomiting smurfcakes.

1 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Snowman ornament

Perfect snowman ornament from kid handprint on the left...super hot mess on the right.

Bing: Paint your own ornaments

2 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Anne Geddes pic

Oh baby. This Pinterest fail looks like an Anne Geddes photo-shoot gone awry.

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The concept is pure cuteness overload, but this sweet li'l pumpkin is also one sad li'l pumpkin. Not exactly a Hallmark moment...

3 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Melted crayon art

If you’re okay with ruining your glue gun and removing the paper wrappers from crayons, it is possible to create a beautiful rainbow of melted crayon art. Or this.

Bing: Melted crayon art

4 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Cotton candy drink

Looking for a fun, kid-friendly drink? Make mocktail magic with sparkling water and cotton candy.

Video: Cool cotton candy flower design

Stick to a single color or else your beverage will end up an unsavory shade like this poor Pinterest fail.

5 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Star Wars pancakes

This mom gets props for trying to make chocolate chip pancakes healthier by using pecans, but there are no words to describe the final product. Well, except perhaps "skinned Chewbacca face." Don't think these will make the menu at IHOP anytime soon.

Bing: The best pancake ever

6 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Barbie cake

We’ll give this Pinterest fail mom a pass – working with fondant is tricky. That said, this cake looks like a walk-of-shame version of Mattel’s most perfect figure.

7 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Santa ornament

We love kid-crafted holiday ornaments, but a mom intervention may have saved this Santa version from looking like a fringed sock puppet.

8 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Bouncing rubber ball

Kids’ science projects are super cool, but we seriously don’t think this two-ingredient 'bouncing' ball is going anywhere. Except into the garbage bin.

9 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

Pinspiration: Yarn eggs

With just three items – glue, yarn and balloons – what could go wrong? This impatient Pinterest fail crafter not only used the wrong ingredients, she put the yarn egg on a paper plate to dry, thus rendering it not remotely egg-like.

10 of 21 Photos: Pinterest.com

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Dec 13, 2012 4:38AM

LOL. So long as they had fun. That's all that matters.

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SilentBoy741

Dec 13, 2012 8:08AM

Snide comment for slide #16: "Someone needs to use spellcheck (or hire a copywriter) before they’re allowed to operate a Bedazzler™."

Headline for slide #18: "Snowman Doughtnuts".

Glass houses, MSN. Glass houses.

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Jenise

Dec 13, 2012 6:12AM

I would have liked to read about these crafts gone wrong but there was a RAM TRUCK AD IN THE WAY THAT I COULD NOT GET RID OF. THANKS ALOT!!

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Eòin f

Dec 13, 2012 4:55AM

True, the melted snowmen weren't **** as the others, but they were, after all, melted snowmen, and while I might have considered legless Barbie an attempt at open-mindedness, her holding a insurance company advertisement pencil makes me suspect the poster's intentions were less virtuous.

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heather739

Dec 13, 2012 4:55AM

Not sure who tried the melted crayon one... but mine came out fine. They didn't use a hot glue gone in the nicely done one, they blew hot air on it with a blow dryer.

http://pinterest.com/pin/229402174740789269/

I also did this on a gesso'd pizza box. Another pinterest idea, which also worked.

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d4489

Dec 13, 2012 2:34AM

I'll take that cotton candy drink ;)

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mamamichi

Jan 1, 2013 11:22PM

some of the original "good" crafts chosen for this article were kinda creepy or fugly in the first place. i don't know why you would want to copy them.

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NORMAN D SAPPENFIELD (cruader rabbit)

Dec 13, 2012 2:24AM

I don't know what IDIOT made these PHONY pinterest items.. but...you did NOT TRY to show how to do it ....these items are SICK because you had your head up your A-------an child can do better than you ever thought of doing.....all you did was give pinterest a bad name .....NDA Crafts