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Beaded Hair Clips 2 - Instructions

I've made these before (see here), but was making some more for Adam's cousin, so I thought I'd do instructions at the same time. They are super easy and only take a few minutes each!

Materials:

Hair clips, bugle beads for the stalk, seed beads for the flower, mixed beads for the centre, wire.

Instructions:

Cut a length of wire, thread on 20 seed beads and twist the wire to form a petal:

Thread on 20 more beads, the twist the wire again in the same place as before to form a second petal:

Repeat 3 more times to make a total of 5 petals, twisting the wire so all the petals are around the same point:

At this point, an optional larger bead could be added as a centre. Then thread on about 5 bugle beads to make the stalk:

Using the ends of wire under the flower and at the end of the stalk, wind around the hair clip several times to attach the flower:

If desired add a few extra beads and then twist the wire to form a leaf - clip on the left has a centre bead and a leaf, clip on the right has neither:

To finish the clips, trim the wire, apply clear nail varnish over the wire ends to secure them and stop the ends from sticking out.

Done!