Ornament Craft

Making Christmas Beaded Ornaments

It is that time of the year again and you can virtually smell Christmas round the corner.  There’s that familiar sound of christmas carols again and are you beginning to feel the xmas cheer from the people around you?  It is around this time that we start making plans for the vacations like where we are going to be spending them, and we’re also probably beginning to make our Christmas shopping lists.  But one massive and fun part of preparing for the Christmas season is decorating our homes. 

The Christmas tree is a very important part of the holiday and decorating them is something that’s fun because we can do it with our family.  It could also be quite challenging to think about new motifs for the tree.  Beaders would find their craft very useful for this activity.  You may be creating family heirlooms that you can pass from generation to generation. 

There are a couple of great patterns that you can create with the xmas theme in mind.  This one can be quite difficult to make but it is very attractive.  Poinsettias are beautiful and really reflect the tradition of the season.  You can use yellow handmade glass beads for the middle and red rochailles beads for the body of the flower.  For your base, you may use a round clear piece of glass with a hole in the middle for the hanger.  Tie a green or red ribbon from the hanger hole so you can put it up on your tree. 

Another type of ornament that you can make is a tea ball ornament.  You can use a mesh tea ball as your base.  You can stitch the beads onto the tea ball in any color pattern that you need.  Select a selection of colors or make a certain pattern like a snowflake design.  Candy canes are generally a fun design to make.  The basic stitch that you will need to learn for that is the spiral rope chain. 

How about beaded snow angel dolls?  Pearl seed beads and crystal beads would be the ideal ones to use for these.  They’re really pretty when finished and would be extraordinarily eye-catching on your tree.  You can even use them to top the tree with rather than the common star. 

Beadwork will fit with just about any xmas tree ornament you can think of.  The most important thing is ensuring the design fits well with the type of ornament you decide to create.  But then again don’t be scared to experiment.  In fact , Christmas is the perfect time to channel that inner childlike-wonder in each of us. Beaded jewelry making is great fun for the youngsters, just make sure that they are supervised at any time when working with beads and tools.  Most children will listen if you teach them some safety tips in jewelry making if it means that they’ll be able to make their own Xmas decorations.

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