Small Christmas trees have been a holiday tradition in my family. We often traveled during Christmas and it is easier to decorate many small trees than to do a large tree that we will only see for a couple weeks. My mom used to be able to find me cute miniature ornaments, which I got each day in my advent calendar. Now it is harder and harder to find good quality small ornaments. Some of the trees I found were also too small to support standard "miniature" ornaments. So I created my own. If you don't have small trees, these would also make great Christmas jewelry.
Here are a few of the ornaments I made for my 10" and 7" tall trees:
Supplies: Wire (small gage, but not too flimsy, different colors are fun), headpins (use the cheap ones unless you are making earrings), beads the right size for your tree and wire (I used a variety - some are glass, some are super cheap fake pearls, some are metal), pliers, wire cutters, fine-tip paint pens.
Instructions:
Swirl Glass Ornaments:
- Bend the end of your wire into a loop.
- Thread swirl bead onto wire.
- Add silver spacer bead.
- Cut wire with enough remaining to bend a loop on the top.
- Create hook with a separate piece of wire.
- Connect hook to top loop.
Vintage Heart Ornament:
- Bend the end of your wire into a loop.
- Thread heart bead onto wire.
- Add large green seed bead.
- Cut wire with enough remaining to bend a loop on the top.
- Create hook with a separate piece of wire.
- Connect hook to top loop.
Pearl Ornaments:
- Thread pearl bead onto a headpin.
- Add seed bead on top of pearl.
- Cut wire with enough remaining to bend a loop on the top.
- Create hook with a separate piece of wire.
- Connect hook to top loop.
- Decorate with fine-tip paint pens. (I drew hearts, stars, snowflakes, holly, wreaths & dots).
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