| Christmas is the time for giving. So how long is the list | | | | set. |
| of people you need to buy gifts for? What is your | | | | 4. Take one subset of 4 stars. Thread a needle and |
| budget? | | | | pierce it through the spike of the largest star. Tie a |
| If your budget is tight, you could spend more time and | | | | knot to secure this star. This will be the bottom of that |
| less money by making presonalized christmas gifts for | | | | earring strand. |
| the girls, using cardboard. This project is kind of tricky, | | | | 5. Pass the needle through a 3 tiny beads. |
| so I suggest you try one pair first to see if you are up | | | | 6. Run the needle through the center of the second |
| to it. | | | | largest star in the subset and secure it by running the |
| You will need cardboard, pencil,scissors, | | | | needle through a point in the star. Tie a knot to secure |
| paint,needle,thread, vial of tiny beads,a pair of earring | | | | this star and pass the thread through 3 more tiny |
| findings hooks | | | | beads. |
| 1. Draw a dozen pairs of stars in varying sizes on | | | | 7. Repeat 6. for the other stars in the subset. |
| cardboard. 24 stars altogether to be divided into 2 | | | | 8. Pass the needle through the eye of the earring |
| equal sets. The smallest star should be at least 2 cm | | | | finding and back through the top bead of this strand, |
| wide. | | | | securing the strand to the earring finding. |
| 2. Cut out these stars and paint them a shiny silver or | | | | 9. Repeat steps 4 to 9 for the other 2 strands. Once |
| gold depending on the look you want. Divide these | | | | done, you have a single chandelier earring. |
| stars into 2 equal sets. Work on 1 set at a time. | | | | 10. Repeat steps 3 to 9 with the other set for the |
| 3. Take the first set, divide it into 3 subsets of 4 stars. | | | | matching earring. |
| Each subset should one of the 3 largest stars in this | | | | |