I love earrings, and my kids love playing with beads. So what if I conned a pair of American flag earrings out of them for Labor day!
For this project you will need:
- two earring hooks
- two 12 inch pieces of 34 gauge jewelery thread
- a pair of scissors
- something to measure with
- 18 blue micro beads (9 for each earring)
- 2 clear beads, these will represent the stars so glitter or pearl ones will work too (one for each earring)
- 44 red beads (22 for each earring)
- 36 white beads (18 for each earring)
First, measure and cut two 12 inch pieces of the jewelry thread.
On to a piece of the jewelry cord, thread three blue beads, then the earring hook, followed by a white bead, a red bead, another white bead and another red bead.
Center the beads and take the opposite end, and thread it through the beads so that the thread crosses over itself in the center of the beads.
The next row should be as follows: one blue bead, one clear bead, another blue bead, a white bead, a red bead, another white bead and another red bead.
The following row should be as follows: three blue beads, a white bead, a red bead, another white bead and another red bead.
All of the remaining four rows should be alternating between red and white beads, containing seven beads in each row, starting with red and ending with red.
Once all of the beads are threaded, re-thread the last row of beads and then trim the ends of the cord.
You can then repeat all of the steps for the second earring to make a pair, or if you have two kids to participate each child could do one so that you have a pair (each one of my kids did one each and were excited that mommy could wear the art work proudly).
