This Candy Cane Bead Ornament is a fun craft that encourages important skills and creativity while making an ornament you can display or gift!
Are you looking for a fun holiday craft? Something that can be done by kids and adults alike?
This Candy Cane Bead Ornament is the perfect project! It’s easy enough for kids to make, but also something adults can enjoy and benefit from doing as well.
Crafting with beads offers benefits to people of all ages. Threading and working with beads can help improve fine motor skills, improve visual perceptual skills, improve counting skills, improve concentration, and encourage creativity.
You can make this ornament and display it on your tree at home or give it as a gift. Either way, we know you’ll love maaking this craft as much as you’ll love seeing it on your tree or the tree of someone you love.
Follow the instructions below to get started making this holiday ornament today!
Here’s how to make it.
Supplies Needed
- pipe cleaners
- tri-beads (Look for packages with both red and white inside.)
- wire cutters (optional)
Instructions
Lay out the materials in your work space.
Use wire cutters to cut the pipe cleaner in half. If you don’t have wire cutters handy, you can break the pipe cleaner in half by bending it back and forth gently a few times.
String the first bead on and wrap some of the pipe cleaner around the bead to secure it.
Continue stringing the beads on, alternating between red and white.
Once all of the beads have been added, wrap some of the remaining pipe cleaner around the last bead to secure.
Your candy cane bead ornament is now ready to display or gift!
This craft can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. It’s a great way to encourage creativity and practice important skills while still sticking with a holiday theme. It makes for a colorful ornament that can hang on the family tree for years, and also makes an awesome gift.
Candy Cane Bead Ornament
Materials
- pipe cleaners
- tri-beads (Look for packages with both red and white inside.)
- wire cutters (optional)
Instructions
Lay out the materials in your work space.
Use wire cutters to cut the pipe cleaner in half. If you don't have wire cutters handy, you can break the pipe cleaner in half by bending it back and forth gently a few times.
String the first bead on and wrap some of the pipe cleaner around the bead to secure it.
Continue stringing the beads on, alternating between red and white.
Once all of the beads have been added, wrap some of the remaining pipe cleaner around the last bead to secure.
Your candy cane bead ornament is now ready to display or gift!