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- Aug 30, 2014
Cute Charm Ideas on How to Make Beaded Dragonfly Charm for Summer
Summary: Look for cute charm ideas? In the next tutorial, I will share you how to make beaded dragonfly charm. It is so cute, hope you will like it!
In the cute charm ideas, I will teach you how to make a beaded dragonfly. This beaded dragonfly is made up of Czech beads and seed beads. I choose the green beads to make its head and body, the yellow beads to make its wings, and black beads as its eyes. You can make such cute beaded dragonfly as phone charm for the summer. Now, let’s begin!
Materials needed in cute beaded dragonfly charm ideas:
4MM Green Czech Glass Beads
4MM Yellow Czech Glass Beads
2MM Orange Glass Seed Beads
4MM Black Glass Seed Beads
0.3MM Copper Wire
Rhinestone Spacer Beads
Cord Loop
Instructions for cute beaded dragonfly charm ideas:
Step 1: Make the body of beaded dragonfly
1st, cut off about 30cm 0.3mm copper wire, slide a 2mm orange seed bead onto the wire, and fold it in half;
2nd, slide eight 4mm green Czech beads onto the wires, add a rhinestone spacer bead to the wire, and this is the abdomen of the beaded dragonfly.
Step 2: Make the head of the beaded dragonfly
1st, cross the wires through a 4mm green Czech bead, and tighten wires;
2nd, add a 4mm green Czech bead onto each wire, cross the wires through a 4mm green Czech bead, and tighten wires, then repeat one time;
3rd, thread the wires cross back to the 4mm green Czech bead next to the rhinestone spacer bead as picture shows, tighten wires, then thread wires back to the terminal 4mm green Czech bead as picture shows;
4th, add a 4mm black glass seed bead onto each wire as the eyes of the beaded dragonfly, cross wires through a 4mm green Czech bead as the mouth of the beaded dragonfly, and tighten wires;
5th, slide two 4mm green Czech beads and a 2mm orange seed bead onto each wire, cross the wires back to the 4mm green Czech bead next to the rhinestone spacer bead as picture shows, tighten wires.
Step 3: Make the wings of the beaded dragonfly
1st, slide seven 4mm yellow Czech beads onto each wire, cross the wires back to the 4mm green Czech bead next to the rhinestone spacer bead as picture shows, tighten wires;
2nd, add another eight 4mm yellow Czech beads onto each wire, cross the wires back to the 4mm green Czech bead between the black eyes like picture shows, then tighten wires.
Step 4: Finish the cute beaded dragonfly charm ideas
1st, add four 2mm orange seed beads onto each wire, cross wires to a 2mm orange seed bead, tighten wires, then thread the redundant wires back to the previous beads;
2nd, take a cord loop, and attach the beaded dragonfly to the cord loop.
The final look of the cute beaded dragonfly charm idea is like this:
Great! This beaded dragonfly charm has been finished! It’s a cinch to make, isn’t it? If you have simple beading techniques, there is no problem to finish this cute dragonfly charm ideas. Create your imagination and have much fun!