Glass Bead Sun Catcher Tutorial
To celebrate Spring, we have a cute Sun Catcher tutorial you can make with glass beads, crystals, metal beads or all your leftover beads.
A fun way to using leftover beads is by making a Sun Catcher. A Sun Catchers is a mobile that you hang by a window. It is said that sun catchers are a good way to deter birds flying into your windows. For our project, we used our glass bead mix: Z010800 but you can feel free to use metal beads, Chinese crystals, Swarovski crystals or other various products you have. I am guilty of stashing beads and having leftover beads, so using them in this project is great!
What you’ll need:
- Extra Heavy Duty Memory Wire Necklace (Silver/ Gold/ Rose Gold)
OR - Extra Heavy Duty Memory Wire Bracelet (Silver/Gold/Rose Gold)
- S-Lon Bead Cord
- Glass Bead Mix
- Seed Beads
Directions
- Take a coil of your Bracelet Memory Wire and make a Loop. You can find tutorial here to make a Memory Wire Hoop.
- For a larger Sun Catcher, use the Necklace Memory Wire.
- Before completing your second loop, slide on 6 glass beads. You can use any color beads you want.
- Cut 2 feet of S-long Bead Cord. Cut 5 pieces. (You can cut more for a fuller or larger Sun Catcher)
- Make an overhand knot with the bead cord in between each bead on your hoop.
- Slide a glass bead and small seed bead onto a bead cord. Slide it close to the hoop and make an overhand knot below the seed bead.
- Repeat Step 5 spacing out your sections of glass beads. Make sure to add heavier beads to the bottom to help weight your bead cord straight.
- Repeat Steps to other bead cord and be organic with your spacing.
(Items used in tutorial: Z010800, WR00135, A012987, GBIB0002, various 8/0 Seed Beads)
Make your Sun Catcher long or short, you have free range to your Sun Catcher. You can even add charms to your bead cord!
