Make your own Christmas decoration with wooden beads. In this blog post we well explain how to make stars, snow flakes and Christmas trees.
You can hang the ornaments in the Christmas tree or the window - or you can decorate your Christmas presents with them. All kinds of beads can be used and you can invent your own design.
The components we used for the ornaments in the pictures are available as one set.
Christmas decoration with wooden beads - golden
Christmas decoration with wooden beads - silver
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DIY Christmas Crytals and DIY Stars with Delica Beads
Star
Thead 12 beads on the wire. For our example, we used approx. 40 cm wire, 0.5mm, gilded copper and beads with a diameter of 8mm.
Shape a circle and wind the wire ends arount each other in order to close the circle. The end of the wire is approx. 5cm long.
Thread 3 beads on the wire. Skip 1 bead and pull the wire through the next one. Then you tighten the wire. You can use chain-nose pliers or flat-nose pliers for that.
Again you thread 3 beads ... skip 1 bead ... and pull the wire through the next bead.
Tighten the wire. Now the first 2 points of the star are done.
Continue like this ... threading 3 beads for every new point.
Wind the wire around the inner wire a few times. Now both wire ends are secured.
Cut off the excess wire. The star is finished. Now you can pull a ribbon through one of the outer beads to round it off.
Snow Flake
Thread 6 beads on the wire. For our example, we used approx. 60cm wire, 0.5 mm, gilded copper and beads with a diameter of 6mm.
Shape a circle and wind the wire ends around each other in order to close the circle. The wire end is approx. 5cm long.
Cut off the wire end.
Thread 5 beads ... and pull the wire through the bead next to the last.
Tighten the wire.
Thread 2 beads ... and pull the wire through the first one of the 5 beads.
Tighten the wire.
Now you pull the wire through the bead right beside it, which is a bead in the inner ring.
Tighten the thread. Now you make the next point of the snow flake in the same way.
Again you thread 5 beads ... and pull the wire through the bead next to the last.
Then you thread 2 beads again ... and pull the wire through the first one of the 5 beads.
Tighten the thread.
Continue like that all the way around the inner circle. Once you are done, the snow flake will have 6 points.
Wind the wire around the wire in the inner circle a few times and cut off the excess length. The snow flake is done. Now you can pull a ribbon through one of the outer beads.
Double Star
For this star, we used beads in two different sizes - 6mm and 8mm. (All sizes can be used)
Thread 12 beads on the wire: 1 large followed by a small one and so on. We used 80cm wire, 0.5 mm, gilded copper.
Shape a circle and wind the wire ends around each other in order to close the circle. Cutt off the excess wire, approx. 5cm.
Thread 2 large beads. Skip one little bead and pull the wire through the large bead next to it.
Tighten the wire. Thread again 2 large beads ... skip one little bead ... and pull the wire through the large bead next to it.
Continue like that ... thread 2 large beads ... skip the little bead and pull the wire through the large bead next to it ... all around the inner circle. When you thread the last 2 large beads, you pull the wire through 2 large beads, so the wire comes out of a bead in the outer row (the first of the 2 first large beads).
Tighten the wire. Thread 3 small beads ... and pull the wire through the next large bead.
Tighten the thread. Pull the wire through the next 2 large beads, so it comes out of a bead in the outer row again.
Now, the first point of the star is done. Continue like this ... thread 3 s,mall beads ... and pull the wire through 3 large beads, before you thread the 3 new small beads.
Continue like this all around the star, forming all in all 6 points. Then you wind the wire end around the wire in the inner circle a few times and cut off the excess length.
The star is finished. Now you can pull a ribbon through one of the outer beads.
Christmas Tree
Thread 1 bead on the wire. Bend the wire around the bead. This is the stopper bead.
Thread the number of beads you like and shape a conical spiral. When the tree has got the shape and height you like, you round it off with a star.
Bend the wire and cut off the excess length.
The Christmas tree is done.
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