By Jake Chambers
Halloween is fast becoming the most popular holiday in the country, presently second only to Christmas, and the holiday really outranks Christmas with respect to money spent on decorations, food, and drink (the reigning champion of holiday party spending is, and likely always will be, New Year's, but Halloween is a solid second!). So if you're looking for interesting Halloween beading projects to "spookify" things coming October 31, then keep reading and we'll explain five fun Halloween beading projects you can make an attempt! Or, if you're going down the way of selling the fruits of your bead craft project, you will find a large and waiting market for the designs you create!
1 - Jack o'Lanterns - The traditional, beadwork style! You can use seed beads of several hues of oranges and yellows (on a black setting if you're looking to have something larger), to hang on the canopy or as a dressing to the patio railing. Involve the kids by having them plan out the faces!
2 - Black Cats - A plain cat silhouette can be the basis for a pattern (all black seed beads, or black coupled with a smattering of silver for dramatic effect), with the option of using larger beads for the eyes. These can be kept fairly simple or can become a dramatically more complex beading project, but even the simplest designs can make quite a dramatic statement!
3 - Witches - You can do a simple bust pattern or a whole figure representation of a witch on a broomstick, subject to your overall skill level. These are entertainment to make, and make excellent decorations, but tend to be more involved compared to either of the projects above.
4 - Dangling Skeletons - Definitely the most challenging of the projects pointed out here, these can be created of any size you wish, but certainly smaller is better from a "time to complete" perspective. If you don't like to worry over making an actual skeletal design, you can weave a skeletal outline onto a black background, say, the size of a square drink coaster and still have a beautiful piece to decorate with!
5 - Candy Corns - These aren't spooky, but certainly match the season, and are most fun when created as 3-dimensional shapes. I would not encourage going much beyond two inches high, or they'll take excessively long to complete, but because of their relatively simple style, this is another project that's great to involve the kids in!
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2 - Black Cats - A plain cat silhouette can be the basis for a pattern (all black seed beads, or black coupled with a smattering of silver for dramatic effect), with the option of using larger beads for the eyes. These can be kept fairly simple or can become a dramatically more complex beading project, but even the simplest designs can make quite a dramatic statement!
3 - Witches - You can do a simple bust pattern or a whole figure representation of a witch on a broomstick, subject to your overall skill level. These are entertainment to make, and make excellent decorations, but tend to be more involved compared to either of the projects above.
4 - Dangling Skeletons - Definitely the most challenging of the projects pointed out here, these can be created of any size you wish, but certainly smaller is better from a "time to complete" perspective. If you don't like to worry over making an actual skeletal design, you can weave a skeletal outline onto a black background, say, the size of a square drink coaster and still have a beautiful piece to decorate with!
5 - Candy Corns - These aren't spooky, but certainly match the season, and are most fun when created as 3-dimensional shapes. I would not encourage going much beyond two inches high, or they'll take excessively long to complete, but because of their relatively simple style, this is another project that's great to involve the kids in!
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4 - Dangling Skeletons - Definitely the most challenging of the projects pointed out here, these can be created of any size you wish, but certainly smaller is better from a "time to complete" perspective. If you don't like to worry over making an actual skeletal design, you can weave a skeletal outline onto a black background, say, the size of a square drink coaster and still have a beautiful piece to decorate with!
5 - Candy Corns - These aren't spooky, but certainly match the season, and are most fun when created as 3-dimensional shapes. I would not encourage going much beyond two inches high, or they'll take excessively long to complete, but because of their relatively simple style, this is another project that's great to involve the kids in!
As you can see on the basis of the five ideas given above, there are all sorts of exciting holiday beading projects you can sink your teeth into, and this list just only scratches the surface of the beading projects out there, so whether you intend to use them to beautify your own home, or sell what you produce, it's time to get crafting!
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5 - Candy Corns - These aren't spooky, but certainly match the season, and are most fun when created as 3-dimensional shapes. I would not encourage going much beyond two inches high, or they'll take excessively long to complete, but because of their relatively simple style, this is another project that's great to involve the kids in!
As you can see on the basis of the five ideas given above, there are all sorts of exciting holiday beading projects you can sink your teeth into, and this list just only scratches the surface of the beading projects out there, so whether you intend to use them to beautify your own home, or sell what you produce, it's time to get crafting!
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