Easy Christmas Crafts: Tiny Christmas Tree Ornament
Add some fun and whimsy with this Tiny Christmas Tree Ornament made of seed beads, sequins and 24 gauge floral wire.
Small but fun - take a look.
Easy Christmas Crafts: Tiny Christmas Tree Ornament Materials and Tools:
Sequins with the hole in the middle 1 at 15mm for the "tree skirt"; 2 at 10mm for the largest tree branches; 2 at 8mm for the middle tree branches; 2 at 5mm for the small tree branches
Seed beads - 6 for the tree "trunk" and 1 for the "topper"
24 gauge wire (I used inexpensive floral wire.)
Ruler
Needle nose pliers
Take a look at the simple materials and tools shown here.
The Steps for How to Make the Easy Christmas Crafts: Tiny Christmas Tree Ornament:
Measure and cut the wire to a four-inch length.
Hold the wire with the tip of the needle nose pliers 1 1/4 inches from one end.
Bend the shorter portion of the wire around the pliers.
Form a rough circle around the long wire stem. The wire should be perpendicular to the circle and roughly in the center.
Flatten the short end of the wire inside the circle.
Line up the sequins and beads as they should be added to the wire.
The largest sequin will be the "tree skirt".
Next is a seed bead for the tree trunk.
From there alternate the sequins and seed beads from largest to smallest.
Add the beads and sequins to the wire.
Use the tip of the needle nose pliers to make a small curl in the end of the wire.
Make a hook in the top of the wire.
The Tiny Christmas Tree Ornament is ready to sparkle among the decorations.
Here's a fun little version in blue.
And, here's a pink version.
Inexpensive packets of sequins, seed beads and floral wire can make many of these small but fun and sparkly ornaments.
Have fun!
The tiny Christmas tree ornament can be a great project for the young and the young at heart.