This absolutely adorable rainbow magnet
is colorful and easy to make. Hang it on your fridge and bring the luck of
the Irish into your household!
Materials:
6 x 4 1/2 - inch wooden oval frame
Green fun foam or felt
3/4 - inch tall candle cup
1 pkg. gold seed beads
1 yard 1/8 - inch green ribbon
2 inch strip of magnet
9 mm pony beads…
-- 16 red
-- 16 yellow
-- 16 green
-- 8 orange
-- 8 blue
Acrylic paints…
-- Red
-- Yellow
-- Green
-- Orange
-- Purple
-- Blue
-- Black
Rainbow
Using a saw, cut oval in half to form two rainbow shapes. You can make two
magnets if you have double the other materials. Sand rainbow shape to smooth
cut edge. Drill 4 small holes evenly spaced in each end of the rainbow. Paint
rainbow as shown in photo. Be sure to paint the edges around the rainbow.
Cut 8 - 4 1/2 - inch lengths of green ribbon. Knot a green bead at one end
of each ribbon. String the remaining beads on ribbon as shown in photo. Thread
beaded ribbon through a hole in the end of the rainbow. Glue the end of the
ribbon to the back. Trim excess ribbon on back. Repeat with remaining beaded
ribbons.
Pot of gold
Paint candle cup black. Let dry. Glue gold seed beads all over top of candle
cup to look like gold. Glue pot of gold to right side of rainbow.
Clover
Cut a clover from fun foam or felt. Glue to left side of rainbow.
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