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Easy Beaded Christmas Elves

November 26, 2012 by Merry Leave a Comment

Last year we had fun making these little beaded elves from pipe cleaners and wooden beads. With some creativity, bits of fabric and ribbon we ended up making lots of fairies too and strayed into Fimo heads and faces too; the possibilities are pretty endless.

First of all we bought some assorted wooden beads on ebay and some proper pipe-cleaners from a real tobacconist (not chenille craft stems, they are too thick). Next we made the body shapes out of two pipe-cleansers.

Make two shapes like this, one more twisted than the other and slot the less twisted one on top of the main body. It makes arms which you tighten around the neck. Then add a large bead body, leg and arm beads and a head on top of the whole thing. You can buy wooden face beads, or draw on plain ones with Sharpies. Fold back the pipe-cleaner to make hands and feet and hold on the beads. Accessorize with gauze, silk petals etc. We made pointy Fimo hats, with a hole pressed through the top for a hanging loop, and stuck them on top.

This craft first featured on our family blog.

Filed Under: Buttons & Beads, Christmas, Difficulty 1/5 Tagged With: bead elf, beaded Christmas decorations, easy christmas craft, fairies made with wooden beads, pipecleaner elves

Bead & Button & Bell Xmas Decorations

November 11, 2012 by Merry Leave a Comment

A really quick and easy make last year was these  bead and button decorations made with memory wire, beads, buttons, bells, ribbons and yarn. eBay proved a good source of all of these bits and bobs, though they have inspired me to maybe add some of those things to our own shop next year.

I got the original idea from Pinterest (of course) which was an early addition to my Christmas Crafts board, which has been really popular all year.

After that we branched out and used beads too, which added some glittery sparkle.

The tricky bit was securing the top of these. Proper clear sellotape (or wire to twist if you have that knack of that) and some softer ribbon would have worked better. They looked really beautiful on our light tree though and were a great way to use up spare beads and buttons. A few of them ended up with tiny bells strung on the ends, which made it all very festive.

This craft originally featured on Patch of Puddles where you can see higher resolution photos of all of them.

Filed Under: Buttons & Beads, Christmas, Difficulty 2/5 Tagged With: beaded Christmas decorations, button Christmas decorations, christmas ornaments made by children, home cmade christmas decorations

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