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In this video, I'm going to show you how
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easy it is to make these gorgeous beaded
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snowflakes. So, let's get started. The
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first thing you need is something soft
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to work off. I tend to use a piece of
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fabric. Um, and you're going to need one
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of these snowflakes made of wire and
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beads. Now, don't get fussy about your
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beads. And the snowflakes and beads are
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freely available online. In fact, I've
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got some links to Amazon in the
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description below. You're going to want
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a paper clip to hang it up. And I'm
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using some roundnse pliers, but to be
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honest, you just need some pliers at
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some point. So, keep watching and see
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whether you've got get away without them
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or whether you want to buy some if you
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haven't already got some. So, the design
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is what you need to decide first. And
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what I'd say is experiment. So, I've
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decided to use some tiny seed beads to
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separate my larger beads. And I'm
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starting with a few seed beads, then a
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nice small bead, and work my way out to
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a larger one at the edge. You could go
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the opposite way. You could use all
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different colors. You could just do it
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random. You could do whatever you like
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really. In fact, you could do every
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spoke different. I'm going to do all
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mine the same as you can see from my red
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one. Um, the seed beads are really
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small. And you'll notice my technique.
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Always use your wire against the fabric
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to just push through the bead. Don't
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pick your beads up and try and feed them
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on the end. it's so much harder and
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takes you so much longer. You'll get
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quite frustrated. So, just take your
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time and you'll realize as you're doing
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this why you're doing it on a piece of
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fabric. It just stops your beads firing
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off everywhere and rolling away. Now,
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once you've finished one part of your
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snowflake, you're going to curl the end
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of the wire around. Hence, I like to use
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the roundnse pliers. But if you haven't
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got any, you could probably do it with
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some ordinary pliers that have a narrow
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And sometimes, even with the round nose
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pliers, you don't get the circle all the
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way around. You can just use some
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ordinary pliers just to close it up. All
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that matters is that your beads do not
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fit off the end. And what I would say is
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one of the ends needs to be a decent
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circle because you're going to use it to
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So, we've got one and we're just going
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to keep going. So, for me, I'm going to
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repeat the pattern for you. You might do
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something completely different. It's
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entirely up to you. Um, if you're
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enjoying these beaded snowflakes, please
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give me a thumbs up below because what
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you'll find is these are gorgeous. And
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if lots of people make them, they're all
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going to get to enjoy them on their
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tree. And another idea is that you can
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actually attach these to your parcels,
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decorate your parcels beautifully and
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actually be gifting the recipient a nice
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little Christmas tree decoration. It's a
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great use for them. So, just keep going.
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And then when they're all done, you've
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got a snowflake. And all we need to do
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is work out how we're going to hang it
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up. And that's where the paper clip
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comes in. Just open your paper clip up
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so it looks like that S shape. Hook one
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end through one of the rings on your
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snowflake. And then use your pliers just
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to close it up. If you don't close it
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up, it'll keep falling off. So, I just
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close it up. And then away you go. You
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can hang it on your tree and you can
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hang them all on your tree. So, here are
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some hung on a tree for me. Enjoy making
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your beaded snowflakes.
