Last updated on November 9th, 2015 at 11:05 pm
Homemade Fancy Beaded Ornament Hooks
by Jane Lake and Twila Lenoir
These beaded Christmas ornament hooks are best-sellers at Christmas bazaars and craft shows; they also make great homemade Christmas gifts.
Supplies you will need:
- 18 Gauge copper wire or similar wire that you have on hand
- Assorted pretty beads
- Needle nose pliers
- dowel – or something similar, like a pen, to bend the wire around
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You’ll be surprised how quick and easy these hooks are to make.
Clip off about 4 inches of wire. Find something fat enough to make a hook shape when you wind the wire around it – I used the handle of a paint brush. Bend the wire clockwise to make the hook then, on the straight end, thread on a very pretty bead. For smaller beads I added three beads with a bigger one in the middle and two smaller beads at each end. For larger beads, like the flag bead, one is enough. I love that flag bead!
When you thread on the last bead, bend the wire so that the beads won’t fall off, as shown in the picture. With something larger than your first dowel or pen, (maybe a magic marker or a highlighter marker) bend a large loop, again going clockwise at first but with the next loops going anti-clockwise, or the opposite way of the first hook at the top.
Make the anti-clockwise loops with needle nose pliers, simply circling the wire in towards the larger loop.
Put a fancy Christmas ornament on the bottom loop and feed it through until it lies on the larger loop. Make several of these for a great homemade Christmas gift.
Fast, easy and it really does look great and one of a kind.
Is there a good way to store the beaded ornament hooks to keep them from getting tangled?
That’s a good question. I use a small box and set the hooks down in a single layer, followed by a small piece of tissue paper (or recycled wrapping paper), then put another single layer of hooks on top. I think any organizer for earrings would also work perfectly.