| Have you ever tried to make Beaded | | | | are looking to make some extra money, and also |
| Ornaments? | | | | to spread the word about your creations. I'm sure |
| Beaded ornaments can be made by stringing | | | | when they see how beautiful the ornaments can |
| beads on wires, fishing line, pipe cleaners or pins. | | | | be they will be hooked on beading. |
| They can be made by cutting out patterns for | | | | If you are giving a beaded ornament as a gift for |
| Christmas ornaments from cardboard or box | | | | a special occasion or selling them, you have to |
| board and sticking the beads to the pattern. You | | | | make sure they have a finished polished look as |
| can cut out a pattern of a snowflake, Santa | | | | many people will not appreciate any homemade |
| Claus, Christmas tree, star, reindeer, etc.....anything | | | | gift or purchase them if they look like they have |
| related to the Christmas season, but be sure to | | | | not had any real thought gone into them and has |
| glue beads to both sides of the cut out if it is a | | | | been just thrown together. |
| hanging ornament. You can incorporate beads in a | | | | There are many free resources for finding ideas |
| wreath to give it that extra sparkle. | | | | to make these ornaments. The internet is one of |
| Beaded ornaments are not only for the Christmas | | | | my favourites (what did we ever do without the |
| season. You can make beaded covers for Easter | | | | internet LOL). My local library is another. |
| eggs or beaded ornaments for Halloween, | | | | Magazines, beading classes, creative friend's ideas |
| Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and any other | | | | and browsing department stores are a few more |
| holiday or birthday. They make a great | | | | (sometimes not free though). Make sure you pay |
| personalized gift for any occasion. When there | | | | attention to any copyrights of any ideas you |
| isn't a special occasion to make an ornament for | | | | come across. |
| you can make beaded sun catchers or dream | | | | You can find beaded craft kits, with all the |
| catchers to hang in your window or around your | | | | supplies you need to make a beaded ornament, |
| house. On a sunny day when the sun shines on | | | | for sale on the internet or at your local craft |
| these they produce beautiful and colourful | | | | store. You can also find simple Christmas beaded |
| reflections in your home. You can also make | | | | ornament patterns to involve your young children. |
| beaded pins for any occasion. | | | | A lot of the time these are free with instructions. |
| As a fun get together you can arrange a beading | | | | Most of the materials used for these crafts are |
| party and invite family and friends to attend. This | | | | safe for a child to use such as pipe cleaners and |
| would be a great way to introduce them to the | | | | glue as opposed to needles, wire or pins, but still |
| world of beading. If you had beaded ornaments | | | | should always be supervised by an adult as they |
| already made up before hand you could display | | | | would still be using small beads. |
| them at the party. It could be a great opportunity | | | | Have fun and Happy Beading! |
| to sell some of your creations at the party, if you | | | | |