New Year's toys from beads

New Year's toys of beads: an angel

How do you see to weave from beads angel? The scheme of weaving is very simple, so that even a child can do such a craft! For weaving you will need the beads (for the trunk), the felling or bugles (for the wings), the bead for the head and the wire.

First find the middle of the wire. Bend the wire at this point in the form of a Latin letter L. String 7 beads to the point of bending. Then string 6 more beads onto one end of the wire. Do not let them slide, holding the end of the wire. Pass the other end of the wire through these 6 beads and tighten them tightly. If necessary, smooth the resulting two rows of beads (see the diagram below). Now thread on one end of the wire 5 beads, pass through them the other end, tighten. Continue to weave so to the very last row, consisting of one bead.

Now you can to begin to weave wings. Take the longer end of the wire andstring on it a glass bead or chopping (the amount depends on the size of your angel) and pass the wire through the third row of the trunk (consisting of three beads). It turned out one wing. Now string on the wire the same amount of bugles or felling as last time, and pass the wire through the first row of the trunk (consisting of one bead). Wings are ready!

Now there are to make a head and halo. Pass both ends of the wire through the bead,intended for the head. At the longer end of the wire, string 8 beads, and from the other end of the wire make a loop, for which you can hang your angel. Then take both ends and wrap around the wire just below the halo. Cut off the excess wire. Your angel is ready!

New Year's toys of beads: a Christmas wreath

Pretty easy to weave New Year's toys made of beads in the form of small Christmas wreaths. For the manufacture you will need a skeinthin wire, beads (you can take silver, and you can - red and green, to make your product more like a real wreath), a ring of thicker wire of the same diameter as the future wreath, ribbon for hanging and small pliers.

To start string the beads on the wire. The number of beads depends on their diameter andthe estimated diameter of the wreath, but on average for a wreath with a diameter of 5 cm will need about 100 beads. Now you can start to form a wreath. Take the bead, pull it slightly, so that underneath it there is a "bare" wire. Using pliers, begin to twist the wire under the bead so that in the end under it was slightly more than a centimeter of twisted wire (see the picture). </ p>

Continue to twist the wire under each bead until the beads are finished. Then Spread "twigs" with beads at the ends so that they look in different directions: one - to the right, the other - to the left, so that your wreath is more or less symmetrical. Then cut the wire a few centimeters from the last bead. These few centimeters will be necessary for you to fix the beginning and end of the wreath on a wire basis.

Wrap the resulting chain around the base andsecure with the wire left. Carefully align the wreath and make sure that there are no "gaps" on it. You may need to change the position of some beads. Then tie a ribbon to the wreath. Your toy is ready!

In addition to the angel and the wreath, you can make and other Christmas toys from beads, say, a Christmas tree and a snowflake. Dare!