How to Make a Bird Nest Wire Wrapped Pendant Necklace at Home

A few days ago, one of our fans asks for a tutorial about a pair of bird nest earrings. Inspired by the bird nest earrings, our DIY team makes a bird nest wire wrapped pendant necklace. Now, let's see the detail tutorial on how to make this bird nest wire wrapped pendant necklace.

Supplies needed in DIY the bird nest pendant necklace:

10mm White Round Pearl Beads
1.5mm Aluminum Wire
2mm Green Seed Beads
0.3mm Chocolate Copper Wire
Antique Bronze Jump Rings
Twisted Chain
Antique Bronze Lobster Clasps
Needle Nose Plier
Round Nose Plier
Diagonal Plier

Instructions on how to make the bird nest pendant necklace:

Step 1: Make leafs for the bird nest pendant necklace

1st, cut a piece of 0.3mm chocolate copper wire. Then, thread 4 green seed beads to it;
2nd, cross the right copper wire through the left three green seed beads and tighten;
3rd, cross the two copper wires through 5 another green seed beads;
4th, continue to cross the two copper wires through 5 green seed beads. Then, cross the two copper wires through 7 green seed beads. Cross the two copper wires through 6 green seed beads. Cross the two copper wires through 4 green seed beads (as shown in the picture);
5th, refer to the above steps to make more such green leaf patterns.

Step 2: Make the nest for the bird nest pendant necklace

1st, cut a piece of 1.5mm aluminum wire. Then, make a swirl shape with it and cut off the excess aluminum wire (as shown in the picture);
2nd, cut a piece of 0.3mm chocolate copper wire and wrap it around the aluminum wire nest;
3rd, cut another piece of 1.5mm aluminum wire. Then, twist it and combine it with the nest (as shown in the picture).

Step 3: Make the rest part of the bird nest pendant necklace

1st, twist the top parts of the aluminum wire nest. Then, add a green leaf (as shown in the picture);
2nd, combine 4 leaf patterns together into a branch. Then, add it to the nest;
3rd, combine three leaf patterns together into a branch. Then, add it at the bottom of the nest (as shown in the picture);

4th, add 3 10mm white round pearl beads into the middle part of the nest;
5th, cut a part of twisted chain and combine it with the nest. Then, connect the two ends of the bird nest pendant necklace with an antique bronze jump ring and an antique bronze lobster clasp.

Here is the final look of the bird nest pendant necklace.

Do you like this bird nest wire wrapped pendant necklace? With earring hooks, you can alter the bird nest pendant into a bird nest earring. The main techniques used in this DIY project are wire wrapping techniques. Have a try if you like this bird nest pendant necklace or you want to learn wire wrapping techniques.