On New Year to decorate the house and tree stars is a long-standing tradition. No matter what meaning you attach to this symbolism - Star beautiful in itself, being a classic symbol of Christmas and New Year celebrations. This decoration can be made from a variety of materials, including from a simple wire. You can use absolutely all its types and sizes - all depends on the ideas.
Tools and materials
Thin or thick wire - is not the only material that is needed to create stars. While you can create only a decoration out of it, there are lots of options that require additional decoration. For this purpose, you can use beads, beads of all sizes and species. Supplement composition may be colored threads, buttons to your liking. Very popular toy from chenille, steel, copper wire, and other varieties.
To begin creating jewelry, you need to prepare:
- wire of that size and type that will suit - most commonly used types of from 0.5 to 2.5 mm in diameter;
- beads, glass beads;
- fishing line;
- pliers, wire cutters, scissors, pliers, pliers;
- additional decor - satin tape, organza tape glitter, sparkles lacquer.
Stages of manufacture
Christmas star - elegant and beautiful decoration. Make a star out of the wire on New Year's Eve with his own hands can be anyone. We offer you a master class on making bulk Christmas star on the Christmas tree of chenille wire and beads, which does not require special skills.
Need a thicker chenille wire, it should be folded in half and twist in the form of braids. Use a vice to clamp and pliers to twist, if necessary.
Next, the following algorithm:
- Build a star so that the rays coincided on the size of at least approximately;
- pliers loop shape with one corner, the two screw tip, leaving tails;
- Wrap thin wire star - do not regret, it should take a lot;
- stringing beads or beads on the line - here the order and the amount depends on your imagination;
- fishing line wrap star ends fasten or attach to the wire, the free ends hide under the wire.
Recommendations
Flexible material - the best option for the production of toys on the Christmas tree, including in the form of stars. Such a thing can be made for decoration premises or as a gift to close people.
Experts advise to choose for Christmas variants softer types of material, and for interior decoration, lighting - more rigid, to form perfectly kept.
Consider the following points during the manufacture of toys:
- on the bright wire Beads and beads look more effectively;
- In the manufacture of large decorations Make sure that there are no huge through holes, distribute the material evenly;
- Do not regret the wire, The product should be dense, dull a lot of material if you use the fishing line, do not bother either;
- Before proceeding with the manufacture of toys, Think over - whether all materials and tools are in stock;
- Determine the type and type of material for weaving - The cross section of the wire is most often round, but there are and square, semicircular, polygonal;
- Material for weaving happens from different metals , it has a different coating - it must be considered when choosing;
- You can buy a wire in any store of electrical goods, Decor is better to acquire in stores for needlework;
- well suite for crafts cinema, enameled, aluminum, garden, copper wire;
- Be careful to be with steel and steel galvanized variations.
On how to make a star from a cinema wire, look in the video.