There is something special about handmade crafts for the holidays. It is easy to find a garland or ornament at a big box store, but creating your own adornments is going to add a wonderful personal touch. And DIY crafts does not have to mean stringing popcorn on a thread. You can create stunning decorations with your beading supplies and a small budget. Christmas crafts are great for children, too. Involve your little ones and inspire them! You may even pass down a handmade ornament that becomes a family heirloom for generations. Get into the spirit of the season with us and let's make DIY Christmas crafts!
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DIY Christmas Crafts & Handmade Holiday Decorations
Celebrate The Season With Soft Flex Beading Supplies
Find all of the holiday magic you need to make your home happy this season. We have the beads you need to make your own festive ornaments and decorations. Give your tree a glow up with colorful beads that shimmer with Christmas lights as a backdrop.
Buy our Holiday Themed Jewelry Making Kits
The third Friday of December is National Ugly Sweater Day. Be bold and adventurous this season. Embrace the silly side of life! There is enough stress out there. Trying to navigate malls and stores for gifts is enough to make the blood pressure ping. Throw on an ugly sweater. The uglier the better! Wear a goofy grinning reindeer sweater. Find a garment with your favorite holiday saying. Be playful and fun and tell your worries to take a hike! Celebrate the end of the year with a bang! Celebrate with radiant colors and kitschy holiday icons. Make everybody merry with your goofy garb!
Buy Holiday Themed Beading Supplies
Our Holidays category is refreshed with every new holiday. We keep this category festive, spooky, patriotic, and more! Be sure to visit to find themed beads to celebrate your favorite holidays! If there is a period between holidays, you can find seasonal colors and beads. This is a great place to find topical beading supplies to make your bling on trend!
Give the Gift of Creativity with a Starter Kit
The perfect kit for anyone getting started in beading and jewelry making. This kit is exactly what you need to make your own DIY necklaces and bracelets. This kit is great for beginners or an easy way to replace components and tools on an old beading kit. Great for birthdays and holidays. Give the gift of creativity to a friend or loved one.
Handmade Christmas Garlands Are Festive & Fun
Homemade garlands are a great way to finally use those random beads that just don't fit on other designs. Have a tassel that needs some friends? Add one! Have an oversized bead or odd color that doesn't play well with others? Every bead is welcome on a garland. And these designs are great for beginners. There is no right or wrong way to string a holiday garland!
How to Make a Beaded Christmas Garland
From, Kristen:
I love the bead garland trend. I decided to give it a try with our new ceramic barrel beads combined with Czech glass bead mix to create some festive "jewelry for your home"! Since the ceramic beads are a bit heavier than the wood beads you generally see I shortened the design. You can draping this garland in a bowl or tray, hang it on a doorknob, drape over a vase. Get creative!
How to Bead Crochet a Christmas Garland
On Spill the Beads with Joyce Trowbridge, Joyce showed how to bead crochet a Christmas Garland using Soft Flex Beading Wire and an assortment of beads. Her tree is loaded with color! Chase your holidays blues away with a beautiful beaded garland!
Crystal Beaded Icicle Ornaments
Winter has a sassy sense of fashion. Her elegant icicles hang from roof edges. Her white cloak shrouds the landscape. Bring a little winter vogue inside without the cold. We have some fantastic icicle ideas that are incredibly easy to make!
Make a Swirl Ornament Hanger & Icicle Ornament with Craft Wire
Don't be afraid to try this project at home. You do not need to be an expert wire wrapper. This Christmas decoration only requires a small amount of Craft Wire. A quick loop will add character, but you can create whatever design or flourishes you like. Handmade ornaments are fun to make. They are not expected to look perfect, so you have room to play. Any flaws in your design will just give the piece character. Experiment and be a playful designer!
Crystal Beaded Icicle Ornament
If you enjoy holiday crafts and sharing your holiday crafts for kids around you - this is an easy way to get everybody involved. These icicles are so quick and easy to make. This is a great activity for the whole family. These stunning ornaments can be finished in minutes. They are perfect for the Christmas tree or giving out as accents to gifts. Your loved ones will be amazed at how thoughtful you were this year!
DIY Christmas Ornaments
Decorate your tree with elegant handmade ornaments this year! Hobbies and crafts are a great way to spend a chilly December morning. Blow off a little holiday stress and create stunning homemade ornaments. If the grandkids are spending the day with you, don't be afraid to involve them. Christmas memories are magical and the little ones are sure to keep a happy place in their heart for the time they made ornaments with Grammy.
Seed Bead Ornament Making With Danielle Wickes
Danielle Wickes, of Danielle Wickes Jewelry, joined Sara Oehler for an ornament making party. Danielle showed a seed bead ornament making tutorial using seed beads, Soft Flex Fine Beading Wire, charms, and 26ga Soft Flex Craft Wire. Plus, this technique can easily be made into a pendant for a necklace or a pair of earrings.
Snowflake Ornament Using Soft Flex Craft Wire on a WigJig
WigJig jig boards are perfect for the crafter that wants to make consistent shapes and sizes. They allow a crafter to place a pattern beneath the jig board and replicate the shape and size. With the pegs placed, you can repeat that shape over and over. This allows for a professional and uniform finish on all of your wire worked gifts.
How to Make a Festive Gingerbread Girl Christmas Ornament
On Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I opened up our Gingerbread Beading Design Kit (sold out), and showed how to use some of the contents to make a cute and festive Gingerbread Girl Christmas Ornament. The ornament was made using a ceramic pendant, Czech Glass Beads and Soft Flex Beading Wire.
Learn How to Make Beaded Stars for a Pendant or Ornament
Joyce showed how make beaded stars using Miyuki Nylon Beading Thread, seed beads and beads from our sold out Gingerbread and Birds of a Feather Design Kits, but any beads can be used. This beaded star can be transformed into a pendant or used as an ornament. You can use different styles, sizes and shapes of beads for unique results. It looks beautiful hanging in a window, on a door or nestled in a tree.
Ornaments & Craft Ideas From Jewelry Maker Dana Javorsky
Hi! I’m Dana. The Holiday season is probably my favorite time of the year to create and bead.
While I love to make jewelry, I’m always looking for other things to make out of beads. Creating for the holidays is so much fun because there are so many things you can make using beads… especially ornaments!
I absolutely love to make ornaments. They can be stitched, made out of wire, or just put some pretty sparkly beads together as a dangle! So many possibilities!
The Christmas trees I make are very popular with my customers as are my beaded poinsettias.
Soft Flex Company and the VIB community continually inspire me by pushing me out of my comfort zone to try things I haven’t before. Happy beading!
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Holiday Jewelry
Make colorful and jolly jewelry to match the fun Christmas crafts you have been making. Christmas earrings are a great way to make that tacky sweater you love a little more snazzy! You can go for an all out holiday vibe and add fun charms or go for neutral green or red jewelry that can be worn throughout the year.
How to Make a Charming Christmas Jewelry Set
On Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I used our Sweet and Petite Holiday Charms and items from our Lava Falls Bead Mix to add a festive component for a Christmas charm bracelet and pair of earrings.
How to Make a Candy Swirl Charm Bracelet with our Gingerbread Design Kit
On Spill the Beads with Joyce Trowbridge, Joyce opened up our Gingerbread Beading Design Kit (sold out) and used Czech Glass Beads, TierraCast Charms and Soft Flex Beading Wire to create this festive and colorful Candy Swirl Charm Bracelet.
How to Make Christmas Jewelry Using our Ugly Christmas Sweater Bead Strand
On Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I showed how to make a festive Christmas Necklace with matching Earrings using our Ugly Sweater Bead Strand, our Mistletoe Trios Beading Wire Pack and Soft Flex Craft Wire.
Christmas Craft & Beading Collaborations
Is there anything better than a crafty Christmas party with friends? We love to collaborate with fellow creatives and make magical moments. Making ornaments is a fun way to think outside the box and put your effort into a project that is not normally part of a routine. Take a break from the ordinary and unlock the potential of a beaded ornament!
DIY Beading Gifts and Holiday Decor - Collaborative Design Party
Christmas in July DIY Ornament Making Party - a Collaboration of 6 Beading Companies
DIY Christmas Ornaments - a Collaboration of 9 Beading Companies
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Blog contributor Thomas Soles loves Jazz Age writers and crunchy french fries. His favorite gemstones are Lapis and Pietersite. His favorite hobby is day dreaming. And his favorite mustache is Freddie Mercury's. As you can see, he has a healthy (or possibly unhealthy) sense of humor. You can write to him at Thomas@SoftFlexCompany.com