I picked up a bunch of acorn caps on one of my walks with Gadget recently, and today they were reborn into earrings.
Acorn Earrings
Materials:
- Acorn caps
- Beads that are about the same size as the acorns were
- Acorns (if making acorn earrings with acorns instead of or in addition to beads)
- Headpins
- Earring findings
- Multi-temp hot glue sticks (if making acorn earrings with acorns)
Tools:
- Round nose pliers
- Wire cutters
- Thumb tack or straight pin
- Multi-temp hot glue gun (if making acorn earrings with acorns)
With the thumb tack or straight pin, drill a hole through acorn cap from underneath. Slide the bead and acorn cap onto a a head pin. With round nose pliers, make a loop just above the acorn cap, and cut away extra length from the headpin. Attach an earring finding and you're done.
For the acorn version:
With the thumb tack or straight pin, drill a hole through acorn cap from underneath. Slide acorn cap onto a head pin. Put a dab of hot glue on the underside of the acorn cap and press the acorn into the glue. Done again!
These earrings turned out prettier than I had anticipated. |
Wow! Those look amazing. I especially like the ones with the red beads.
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