If you love farmhouse-style decor, then this wooden bead ornament craft is perfect for you! These charming ornaments will add a touch of rustic charm to your Christmas tree. You can make these ornaments with just a few simple materials, and they are easy enough to make that even kids can join in on the fun.
Wooden Bead Christmas Ornament Craft
Nothing is more enjoyable than preparing for the festive season or creating beautiful ornaments for your home to display, and this wooden bead ornament is one you will want to try.
It is simple to make, looks great, and is the perfect craft for children and adults alike.
Over the past few years, there has been a sudden increase in popularity when it comes to making your own decorations and ornaments, and this farmhouse-style wooden bead ornament is the perfect example of that.
These wooden-style bead ornaments are perfect for hanging around your home, on a tree, or even as part of other decorations. They could be strung together to make a garland, with added greenery and other decorations like baubles.
You could even change up the colors of the ribbon and the beads you use to match a color scheme. Younger children will enjoy adding the beads to the pipe cleaner, the ideal activity to help improve fine motor skills, and older children will love making pretty decorations.
So if you like the idea of this wooden bead ornament craft, here is everything you need to know to make it at home.
Why We Love This Craft
A craft is always a perfect opportunity to spend some time with your children or even to occupy them so that they aren’t always reaching for those screens or tech to keep them occupied.
Supplies Needed
First of all, to make things easy, gather everything you need together and set it out on a flat work surface. A table is ideal for this.
- Wooden Beads Kit
- Pipe cleaner
- Faux holiday greenery for crafts
- Small pre-made bows OR Farmhouse Style Ribbon
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Craft glue or hot glue gun
- Ribbon or twine
How to make the Wooden Bead Ornament
Start by stringing your beads onto the pipe cleaner. I used a mixture of small 8mm and 12mm beads. You will want to add around 20-22 in total.
Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner together 3-4 times to ensure that the beads don’t escape. Then trim the excess.
Using the craft glue or glue gun, attach the greenery to the top of the ornament. You can use as much or as little as you like.
Either attach a pre-made bow or make your own with ribbon to the middle of the greenery.
Cut a 6” length of ribbon or twine and then form a loop. Using the craft glue or glue gun, attach it to the top of the back side of the ornament. Ensure you give the ornament time to dry completely before hanging it anywhere.
Variations
- Using a mix of beads is a great way to make this wooden bead ornament unique. If you don’t have wooden beads in the size mentioned above, use different colors and sizes. As long as they fit onto the pipe cleaner, then they can be used.
- Use different colored ribbons to make the bows, or buy different colored pre-made ones.
- Create these wooden bead ornaments with a theme in mind. You could make them for Christmas or as autumn decorations, or you could look to make them as gifts and use different colors or patterns for the beads and the bow.
Tips & Tricks
- Younger children may need help with the gluing part of this craft. Younger children won’t be able to use a glue gun, so make sure you are around to help with that step.
- This craft is perfect for older children, but younger kids can still get involved. They may need some guidance on threading the beads onto the pipe cleaner. If there is a mix of younger and older children, then the older ones could always show the younger ones what to do.
- This is the perfect DIY gift for teachers or friends. They also make great favors. You could get personalized ribbons with names or use them as trinkets that could be attached to bags or hung in different areas of your home.
Frequently Asked Questions
This is the perfect craft for children and adults to do together. It can be quite therapeutic for an adult to make lovely decorations like this, and younger children will enjoy threading the beads onto the pipe cleaner.
Older children may want to use this craft as an ideal opportunity to make decorations for their own bedroom or create them as DIY gifts for friends, family, or even teachers at the end of the term.
There are some great suggestions earlier on in this post as to what you can use instead if you don’t have everything to hand. You could also upcycle and reuse old decorations from your collection.
More Fun Christmas Crafts
If you’re looking for more fun ideas for this time of year, these are great crafts that the kids will also enjoy.
- Simple Twine Tree Craft – this beautiful twine tree takes just a few minutes with only a couple of dollar-store supplies!
- Dollar Tree Christmas Sign – transform Dollar Tree Christmas decorations into stylish décor to add to your home.
- Wood Slice Christmas Ornament – super simple to make and a great way to add some natural charm to your tree!
- DIY Snow Globe Ornament – a water-free snow globe that’s perfect for a farmhouse Christmas tree!
Hopefully, this will have encouraged you to try this wooden bead ornament craft. If so, please leave a star ★★★★★ rating and a comment below! Follow along on Pinterest, Facebook, or Twitter for more fun crafts!
Wooden Bead Christmas Ornament Craft
Supplies
- Wooden Beads Kit
- Pipe cleaner
- Faux holiday greenery for crafts
- Small pre-made bows
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Craft glue or hot glue gun
- Ribbon or twine
Instructions
- String your beads onto the pipe cleaner. I used a mixture of small and 8mm and 12mm beads, for a total of about 20-22.
- Twist the ends of the pipe cleaner together 3-4 times. Trim the excess.
- Using the craft glue or glue gun, attach the greenery to the top of the ornament.
- Either attach a pre-made or make your own bow to the middle of the greenery.
- Cut a 6” length of ribbon or twine, form a loop and using the craft glue or glue gun, attach to the top of the back side of the ornament. Allow to dry completely before hanging.
