I am very proud to say that my nine year old daughter came up with this idea.
About a week ago, I was trying to come up with a snowflake ornament craft to reuse some crystal beads that had once belonged to my Grandmother. I'm sitting at the kitchen table surrounded with wire, beads and my ever present Diet Coke. I tried to make a form by twisting wire together, but it kept falling apart and the centers were too bulky. Just as I was about to give up, my first born pulled up a chair and suggested that I drill holes in my soda cap, string wire through the holes, and use hot glue to hold the whole thing together. Brilliant.
First we made six-pointed snowflakes, then eight, and then this amazing 24 inch by 24 inch, 17 plastic cap, snowflake.
I love that this idea has sentimental value and is also respecting our environment.
About a week ago, I was trying to come up with a snowflake ornament craft to reuse some crystal beads that had once belonged to my Grandmother. I'm sitting at the kitchen table surrounded with wire, beads and my ever present Diet Coke. I tried to make a form by twisting wire together, but it kept falling apart and the centers were too bulky. Just as I was about to give up, my first born pulled up a chair and suggested that I drill holes in my soda cap, string wire through the holes, and use hot glue to hold the whole thing together. Brilliant.
First we made six-pointed snowflakes, then eight, and then this amazing 24 inch by 24 inch, 17 plastic cap, snowflake.
I love that this idea has sentimental value and is also respecting our environment.
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* Plastic soda caps
* Wire - 24 gauge, 20 gauge and 18 gauge
* Drill
* Drill Bits - 1/16 and 5/64
* Needle-nose pliers
* Beads
* Hot glue gun & Hot glue
* Sandpaper
* Glass balls - the kind you would place to put in a vase or a fish tank. I don't like the kind that are flattened because they are not symmetrical=)
* Wire - 24 gauge, 20 gauge and 18 gauge
* Drill
* Drill Bits - 1/16 and 5/64
* Needle-nose pliers
* Beads
* Hot glue gun & Hot glue
* Sandpaper
* Glass balls - the kind you would place to put in a vase or a fish tank. I don't like the kind that are flattened because they are not symmetrical=)
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I'm sure I wont be able to get as many beads as you have used so I will be using the wire and adding glitter and using groups of beads as the feature. I'm also thinking of using glitter pipe-cleaners for the wires. I love experimenting so that's ok. That's what makes Instructables so great. Keep up the good work.
Nice finished product. Excellent write up.
How many pounds of hot glue went into that 2 Foot Snowflake? :-)
This is a great project, I'm going to try this with my sister when we make gingerbread houses together! Mini christmas party!