Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Jingle Bell Spider Craft by Crafts-For-All-Seasons.com

We have found a fascinating craft for Halloween that uses craft bells and with permission from Crafts-For-All-Seasons.com we are sharing this neat little creation with you!

All directions and photos are written by and taken by Crafts For All Seasons.

Things Needed:
  • Two 25 mM (1-inch) jinglebells (orange, black, purple, or green look best for Halloween)
  • Two 12 inch long black pipe cleaners
  • 24 beads (I used 8 mM round marbleized pearl beads)
  • Scissors
  • Small length of wire (I used 20 gauge wire)
  • Small jewelry pliers (optional, but come in handy)
  • Glue
1.  Begin the jingle bell spider by attaching the two jingle bells together.  This is most easily done by taking a small length of wire and threading it between the two small hangers in each jingle bell, and wrapping it several times to secure.  Use some jewelry pliers to help.

threading jingle bellsjingle bells wrapped
   

2.  Cut each 12 inch pipe cleaner in two six inch sections, you will have four total.

pipe cleaners

3.  Thread two pipe cleaners through the front jingle bell, and two through the back jingle bell, as shown below.

threaded pipe cleaners

4.  Thread on a bead on to each of the 8 pipe cleaner legs, and thread it all the way up flush with the jingle bell.   You can use a little glue to secure if desired.  This keeps the legs from coming out of the jingle bells.

threaded beads

5.  Now, take your time and bend each leg to look like a spider leg.  Begin by bending each pipe cleaner up from where it comes out of the jingle bell.  Then about halfway down make the pipe cleaner bend down.  Look at the photos for help.  Then, thread on two more beads on each leg.  Secure the beads with a little bit of glue, if desired.  A cord can also be added around the middle of the two jingle bells for hanging.


spider decoration2

To view this craft at it's original location please visit: http://www.crafts-for-all-seasons.com/jingle-bell-spider.html and be sure to check out all their other crafts while you are there!

Thank you to Crafts for All Seasons for letting us share this wonderful little Halloween craft with our readers!

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