Fun Homemade Christmas Ornament Project

Author: Admin | Filed under: Christmas Decorating, Christmas Fun, Christmas Tree Thursday Dec 13,2007

There’s something special about making something with your own hands, especially for children who love to see their crafts on display.  So what could be better at this time of year than creating some homemade Christmas ornaments.

Christmas ornaments made from ordinary pipe cleaners and inexpensive acrylic beads are very pretty and easy to make.  They look quite impressive yet are easy enough for small children to make.  This is one Christmas craft idea to use again and again.  Everyone in the family will enjoy making this Christmas craft, ich can be varied to make a number of different sparkling ornaments for your Christmas tree.

Sunburst BeadsTo make the bead and pipe cleaner ornaments, you need common pipe cleaners in desired colors and acrylic beads.  Two types of beads are particularly effective when strung on pipe cleaners.  One type are called sunburst beads, but are also known as paddlewheel beads, snowflake beads, or starburst beads.  These beads have six faceted paddles spaced equally around a center that contains the hole for stringing.  When several of these sunburst beads are strung consecutively, they fit against each other in an interlocking pattern.

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