Christmas Beaded Ornaments
Making Christmas Beaded Ornaments
It is that time of the year again and you can just about smell Christmas around the corner. There is that familiar sound of christmas carols again and are you beginning to feel the Christmas cheer from the people around you? It is around this time that we start to make plans for the holidays like where we will be spending them, and we’re also doubtless starting to make our Christmas shopping lists. But one huge and fun part of preparing for the xmas season is decorating our houses.
The Christmas tree is an important part of the vacation and decorating them is something that is fun because we will be able to do it with our family. It may also be quite challenging to think of new motifs for the tree. Beaders would find their craft very useful for this activity. You could be making family heirlooms that you can pass from generation to generation.
There are two great patterns that you can create with the Christmas theme in mind. This one can be quite difficult to make but it is very beautiful. Poinsettias are wonderful and really reflect the meaning 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 would like. Select a selection of colors or make a certain pattern such as 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 very pretty when finished and would be extraordinarily attention-grabbing on your tree. You can even use them to top the tree with rather than the usual star.
Beadwork will fit with just about any christmas tree ornament you can think of. The most important thing is making sure that the design fits well with the type of ornament you opt to create. But then again don’t be afraid to experiment. Of course , Christmas is the ideal 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’re supervised at any time when working with beads and tools. Most kids will listen if you teach them some safety tips in jewelry making if it means that they’ll be ready to make their own Christmas decorations.
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