How to Make Caterpillar Hair Barrettes with Red and Black Glass Beads

This beaded barrette pattern is made up of red round glass beads and black rice glass beads. Through a very simple beading method, the two size beads can form a caterpillar shape. So if you want to DIY hair barrettes, just look at this tutorial on how to make barrettes with beads.

Materials on how to make barrettes with beads

10mm red round beads
6mm black rice beads
0.3mm copper wire
Hair barrette findings
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Instruction on how to make barrettes with beads

Step1: Make basic beaded barrette pattern

1st, prepare a 60cm copper wire, fold it in half, thread 5 black beads to wire, cross both wires through a red bead, add 1 black bead to each wire, cross both wires through a red bead and tighten;

2nd, continue this pattern, stop until you use up 7 red beads, then cross both wires through 4 black beads and then cross both wires through the last red bead and tighten;

Step2: Finish DIY hair barrettes

1st, fix the beaded strand on the barrette, first wrap the wires on the barrette, then cross both wire through red bead on by one, when you fix the beaded strand tightly, thread extra wires back through adjacent beads;
 

2nd, now I have finished DIY hair barrettes.

The final look of caterpillar hair barrette:

Great! I have finished how to make barrettes with beads. What do you think of this beaded barrette pattern? You can change your favorite beads to DIY hair barrettes. Such as round hot pink pearl beads and sky blue rice pearl beads, just take a try!