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How to make a star from rolled paper beads

11/28/2013 10:44:40 AM
By: papersculpture
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This 5 pointed star decoration is a fun project for children and adults. It is made from paper beads and pipe cleaners

Difficulty level: Beginners

Instructions:

Materials:
15 paper beads
Pipe cleaners
Scissors

The beads used in this guide are:

10 beads - 1 ½ inch long of one color
5 beads - ¾ inch long of another color

Fold a pipe cleaner in half
Insert 1 of the long beads on one side
Insert another long bead and a short bead on the other side

Bend the pipe cleaner where the short and long bead meet
Twist the pipe cleaner 2 times to hold it in place

Insert 2 long beads on the short pipe cleaner

Fold the pipe cleaner between the 2 long beads.
Insert a short bead on the other pipe cleaner

Twist the short end of the pipe cleaner tightly around the long end

Add another pipe cleaner by twisting the ends together

You will need to pass beads over the connection so twist the ends tightly.

Slide 2 long beads and 1 short bead up the pipe cleaner.
Fold the pipe cleaner between the 2 long beads.

Bend the short bead to the right.

Twist the pipe cleaner around the end of the triangle next to it.

Insert the pipe cleaner through the small bead of the triangle you just made
Pull it through all the way

Repeat steps 10 to 13 until you have 5 triangles
Insert the end of the pipe cleaner through the short bead of the first triangle

Pull it through all the way
Insert the end through one of the long beads

Pull it through to the top and make a loop

Twist the loop
Cut off the end of the pipe cleaner but leave about ½ of the length of the long bead.

Insert the end of the pipe cleaner into the long bead
Push it in all the way.

Straighten the loop and you star is ready to hang!

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