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Wood Bead Star Ornament

Make a wooden bead star ornament for your tree! Perfect for rustic or farmhouse decor.
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 1 ornament
Cost $2

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 20 Wood beads unfinished (5/8")
  • 5 Wood beads stained (5/8")
  • Baker's twine several feet

Instructions

  • Grab some baker's twine or other thread and cut a long length. Thread onto a tapestry needle for ease in stringing.
    Stringing baker's twine onto a tapestry needle
  • To establish the inner circle of your ornament, you're going to string ten beads onto the middle of the thread.
    Ten wood beads strung onto baker's twine with a needle
  • Now create a circle. String the right hanging thread through the very last bead. You will have thread coming out of this bead from both the left and the right. This completes your first inner row.
    Stringing ten beads into a loop
  • Now you're going to put the second row of beads onto your ornament. Take the string coming out of the left side and put it onto the needle. Add two beads onto that needle. Then you're going to skip a bead, and insert the needle into the next bead.
    Stringing two beads onto the wood bead circle
  • You're going to continue around the outside of your first row, stringing on two beads, skipping a bead, and then inserting the thread. Refer to the diagram below.
    Stringing two beads onto the beaded circle
  • Continue all the way around the base row. You will use ten beads for this step.
    Threading two beads onto baker's twine and onto the ornament
  • Once you get back to the original bead, you will thread the bead from right to left as shown.
    Diagram showing how to string the wood beads to create a star point
  • Bring the thread out through the first bead of the second row. The thread should come out to the left between those first two beads you put on.
    Hand pushing a needle with baker's twine through a bead
  • For this third row, you'll use five beads to make the points of the star. You'll also thread around the entire ornament. The thread is already between two beads, so add the first stained bead.
    Stringing a stained wood bead onto the ornament
  • Thread the twine through the next three beads on your ornament as shown in the diagram.
    Diagram showing how to thread the stained beads onto the ornament to create the five tips of the star
  • String on another stained bead.
    Adding five stained beads to make the points of the star
  • Now string the twine through the next three beads.
    Adding the second stained bead to the star
  • Add another stained bead, and continue in this way until you've strung on the five points of the star.
    Final stained bead added to the ornament
  • Put the twine down through the next bead, meeting the original twine. Tie a secure knot, pulling everything someone tight (but don't go crazy).
    Tying a knot in the baker's twine to finish the ornament
  • Snip off any loose twine and admire your star shape.
    Cutting the baker's twine at the knot to finish the beaded star ornament
  • Thread some of the twine through one of the stained beads and tie it into a knot.
    Baker's twine added to the top of the wooden bead star ornament to hang on the tree

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Notes

If you can't find stained beads - you can also paint some unfinished ones in any colors you like.