Beaded Christmas Stars

Simple beaded stars that are easy to make and look fantastic on the tree.
They also make a perfect Christmas gift...
Materials (for one star)
  1. 3 x Jewellery Eye Pins (with a loop on the end) approximately 60mm - 80mm long. The eye pin is slightly longer than the final diameter of the Christmas star. 
  2. Beads - Christmas colours and in varying sizes & shapes work well. The bead hole must be large enough to fit over your eye pins. Glass Beads combine well with metal spacer beads.
  3. Wire - Fine gauge in a colour matching your eye pins.
  4. Round nose jewellery pliers
  5. Wire cutters
  6. Jewellery glue or hot glue gun 
Instructions:

Step 1
 Work out your bead pattern for about 1/3 the eye pin length.

Doubled, the pattern should fill about 2/3 of your Eye Pin.

Thread it onto the Eye Pins, and then reverse the pattern and add it to the eye pin.

​Do this for all three eye pins.
Picture
Step 1
Step 2
Using the round nose pliers, curl the end of the Eye Pins to make a hook.  There should be a small space about 3-4 mm between the last bead and the hook.

The beads will be loose and this is required so that you can later fit the wire that holds the star together.
Step 3
Lay out the three Eye Pins into a star shape.
Wrap the wire around the centre of the star to secure the Eye Pins in shape. You will need to wrap the wire tightly between all of the six join areas to secure the shape.

Twist the ends of the wire together until there is about 10mm of twist, cut off the loose ends and then wrap the twist around the centre of the star.
Step 4
Using some more wire, attach a bead on either side of the star centre. Secure the beads with a dab of glue (jewellery glue or a hot glue gun) to keep them in place.