Beaded Snowflakes

It was snowing jewels in Blaxland this week with delicate beaded snowflakes made by clever kids!

What you need to make your own:

1. Pipe cleaners, preferably metallic
2. Scissors
3. Beads with holes large enough to fit on the wire of pipe cleaners (no seed beads!). Try and get some shiny beads in the mix, and clear beads (the sparkly pipe cleaner will be visible inside it)
4. Beading pliers (optional)

Method:
*Cut two pipe cleaners in half - you need 1.5 regular-sized pipe cleaners to make one snowflake.
*Take two shorter pieces, and twist them together a couple of times. Twist one more piece around the middle (great video tutorial here). You should end up with six spikes.
*Slip the beads on, leaving a couple of centimetres at each end.
*Curl the ends over to make a little pompom that stops the beads coming off.
*If you want, add a loop of some fishing line or ribbon on one end so you can hang your snowflake as a decoration!