Bead and Tube Cleaner Ornaments: Christmas Craft

Christmas Ornaments created from ordinary tube cleaners and inexpensive acrylic beads are extremely pretty and not difficult to make. They look quite impressive yet are not difficult enough for small children to make. This is one Christmas craft idea to use again and again. Mature people will enjoy making this Christmas craft, too, which can be varied to make a number of different sparkling Ornaments for your Christmas tree.

To make the bead and tube cleaner Ornaments, you need standard tube cleaners in desired colors and acrylic beads. 2 models of beads are especially effective when strung on tube cleaners. 1 model are called sunburst beads, but are additionally recognized as snowflake, paddlewheel or starburst beads. These beads have six faceted paddles separated equally around a center that contains the orifice for stringing. When several of these sunburst beads are strung consecutively, they fit against each other in an interlocking design.

The other model of bead that is additionally effective for this Christmas craft is called the tri bead or propeller bead. It has 3 rounded bumps arranged around the stringing orifice. Like the sunburst beads, the tri beads interlace when strung consecutively. For the most sparkly and attractive Christmas Ornaments, get tri beads and/or sunburst beads in translucent colors of green, red, and clear. The tri beads can additionally be found in metallic silver and gold which can be used in this Christmas craft as well.

Tube cleaners can be found in silver and gold tinsel as well as chenille of all colors. For the Christmas craft, the best colors to use are the metallics and Christmas colors. The beads cover the tube cleaners, but the ends will need to be twisted together and created into hangers, so they show.

Anyone, even kids, can string these beads on tube cleaners. Bend up the end of the tube cleaner so the beads dont fall off. The tube cleaner works like a needle, making a needle unnecessary. For best results, show the children how to alternate colors when stringing, or start a design of 3 colors. When the beads are strung on the tube cleaners, they can be bent into different Christmas shapes. For instance, string clear and red beads alternately, then bend down one end of the tube cleaner for a candy cane shape. Or alternate red and green beads and form a circle for a wreath. Use red tube cleaner to form a small bow to beautify the wreath. Form a hanger for the Christmas craft or simply slip the circle over a branch of the Xmas Tree.

If you experiment with clear beads and silver tube cleaners, you can make some beautiful snowflake or star Ornaments. Snowflake designs can be twisted of silver tube cleaner only, without the beads for a simple but pretty decoration.

Bead and tube cleaner Ornaments are a Christmas craft you will find yourself using all the year. Children and their parents will both appreciate this simple yet pretty Christmas craft.
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