- Santa Begins the "Naughty or Nice List"
- Beaded Christmas Wreath and Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments
- The Poinsettia
- Candy Canes
- Christmas Caroling
Beaded Christmas Wreath and Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments
These are great, simple crafts that are quick to make and require only four things on your materials list!
To make these simple ornaments, you will need:
* white pipecleaners (they’re thin, flexible fuzzy things—ask an adult)
* red beads (these can be pony beads, faceted beads or tri-beads)
* white or clear beads (pony, faceted beads or tri-beads)
* green beads (pony, tri-beads or transparent green starflake beads)
* gold ribbon to hang the wreaths with, and to tie around the candy cane ornaments
Beaded Candy Cane Ornaments:
With an adult’s help, bend a knot in the very end of one pipecleaner. Using red and white beads, carefully slide a red bead on first, then a white bead, and then a red bead…
Continue sliding beads on, alternating a red one and then a white one until the entire pipecleaner is almost beaded.
Before you get to the very end, bend the pipecleaner to look like a hooked candy cane and knot or bend the end of it so the beads are secure.
Take a piece of ribbon and tie it around the curve of your beaded candy cane and hang your ornament from a Christmas tree branch or some tinsel or garland.
Beaded Wreath Ornaments:
With an adult’s help, bend a sharp hook in the end of the pipecleaner.
Using your green beads and slide three or four of them onto the pipecleaner and then a red bead. Then slide on a few more green beads and another red one.
Continue doing this until the pipecleaner’s nearly filled. Before the pipecleaner’s completely beaded, bend it in a circle and hook and twist the two ends of the pipecleaner together.
Take a piece of ribbon and tie a knot and a loop at the place where the ends of the pipecleaner meet. You can now hang your ornament on the Christmas tree!
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