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- Sep 24, 2013
Make Spider Brooch with Copper Wire and Black Beads for Halloween
Summary: A funny adornment for Halloween day! This tut is going to show you how to make a spider brooch with simple copper wire and black beads. Enjoy our Halloween DIY!
Halloween is around the corner, you need to prepare some interesting and creative accessories to adorn your house and embellish yourself! How about making a DIY spider brooch? Spider is a typical figure on Halloween day.
Materials and tools for the spider brooch:
Bronze brooch back
0.8mm Brown copper wire
0.5mm Brown copper wire
16mm Black acrylic beads
Ear hooks
Round nose plier
Flat nose plier
Wire cutter
Glue gun
Instructions on making Halloween style brooch:
Step 1: Make spider body
1st, pick a 15cm piece of 0.5mm copper wire, thread it through a 8mm black glass bead and 16mm black acrylic bead and pass the wire back through the beads;
2nd, wrap the wire tails around previous coil, and give a press-down with flat nose plier;
3rd, the spider body is done, and the wire coiling part is the spider’s belly.
Step 2: Make spider legs
1st, pick 4 pieces of 0.8mm copper wire that all measure 9.5cm;
2nd, wrap the copper wire from spider’s back, the crossing part of wire is at belly side;
3rd, repeat to finish the other 3;
4th, trim the wires at both sides to the same length;
5th, bend wires from middle point, so the leg is shaped;
6th, flatten the end of leg to shape the foot of spider;
7th, so the spider is done.
Step 3: Finish the spider brooch
Attach brooch back to spider by glue gun.
The final look is like this:
Tada! This Halloween spider brooch is done successfully! This DIY Halloween spider is not frightening but pleasing. Particularly kids will over this cute kind of spider decors! More Halloween project from Halloween jewelry making party!