We then picked over the clearance glass beads. These two bags of beads were $1 each. I was hoping for a better selection of colours, but I wasn't prepared to pay more than one dollar a packet, so this is what we ended up with:
I got Leandra to pop the beads into a bowl. That way, they were easy to grab, when we needed. Plus they couldn't roll away all over the floor. Even though Audra is in bed asleep, we need to be thinking of her safety - which means making sure clean up is a breeze.
I picked a gold pipe cleaner to start with, and started to thread on beads with approximately 2 centimetres between each bead. I alternated green and blue until I had about 5 centimetres at each end.
Then I bent the pipe cleaner into a circle shape, and twisted the ends to make this circle. With the ends, I made two loops so it looked like a little bow at the top.
Here is Leandra working on one. You can see that it was relatively easy to thread the beads onto the pipe cleaners. A couple didn't fit on, but we just moved to the next bead in that case:
Here is an angel creation of Leandra's because she thought my wreaths were a bit boring after the first one. I love that she is so creative, and doesn't always follow the activity goal. It can be frustrating at times, but I know it will serve her well as an adult.
I also love that she managed to line the gold pipe cleaner up with the two bead eyes so well on the angel's head. She is amazing!
Here are my finished wreaths awaiting their fate. These are great as a Christmas tree decoration, but I thought of two other uses for them.
The first idea that came to me was, as a napkin ring. It would make a lovely little table favour for your guests.
Another idea I had was adding these to the front of hand-made Christmas cards. Or you could add them to a gift tag on your Christmas parcels.
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