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Snowman

Material Supplies for Each Single Snowman

1--16mm Round Bead, White

1--22mm Round Bead, White

1--25mm round Bead, White

1--6mm Round Bead, Ruby

1--18mm Sunburst Bead, White

2--11mm Tri Bead, Ruby

1--11mm Tri Bead, Black

1--Bell Bead, Ruby (that is his hat)

2--6mm Faceted Bead, Ruby

3--21x12mm leaf, Emerald

10--6mm Round Bead, White

10--Flair Bead, Yellow

36"--28 ga wire

Material Needed

Scissors

Step by step instructions

BODY:

1--Cut a 12" piece of 28 ga wire

2--String 1 Ruby 6mm round Bead.

3--Fold the wire in half. Make sure that the bead is in the center of the wire.

4--Securely twist the wires together below the bead. The holes of the bead should be facing the sides, rather than top and bottom.

5--Loosely twist the wires together, creating on unit.

6--String the Ruby Bell Bead. String the SMALL end first.

7--String the White 16mm Round Bead.

8--String the Black 11mm Tri Bead. Put this aside.

ARMS:

1--Cut the 10" piece of Flair bead (this is for his hands)into 7 groups of two.

2--Cut a 6" piece of 28 ga wire.

3--Fold the wire in half.

4--Holding the wire so that the loop is on the bottom, carefully center the Flair beads through the loop. (Keep the beads in place by holding them with the left hand and stringing them with the right hand).

5--Carefully place all of the Flair beads through the wire loop. Do not try to arrange beads. They will fall into place when the cluster is complete.

6--Slowly grasp the flair beads with your left hand. Tightly twist the wires together with you right hand. this motion locks the beads into place.

7--Repeat for 1-6 for other hand.

8--On one cluster, string 1 Ruby Tri bead.

9--Sting 5 white 6mm Round beads. Put this unit aside.

10--Repeat steps 8 and 9 with other cluster. These are the arms.

11--Working with the BODY UNIT, string the White 22mm Round beads.

12--Use the top hole of the White 22mm Round bead and insert arms. Pull thru bead, push everything up. There will be two bumps of the Tri bead facing you.

13--Twist all wires together directly below the White 22mm round bead.

14--String the White 25mm Round bead.

15--String the White 18mm sunburst bead.

16--Split the wires apart. work will be loose.

17--Place each wire on either side of the White Sunburst bead.

18--Bring these wires around the White Sunburst bead and into the bottom hole of the White 25mm Round bead. these wires will appear through the top hole in the White 25mm Round bead. PULL YOUR WORK TIGHT.

19--The extra wire should now be protruding from the snowman's waist. Tightly wrap this wire around the waist 3 or 4 times. clip the excess and tuck in the ends.

HOLLY CLUSTER:

1--Cut a 6" piece of 28 ga wire.

2--String on Ruby 6mm Faceted bead. Slide the head down the wire for 1/2".

3--Twist the 1/2" tail onto the remaining wire (Directly under the bead.) You now should have a wire with a bead on end.

4--Pass wire thru front of one Emerald leaf.

5--Bring the wire around the leaf and pass it through the hole in the front of leaf.

6--String another leaf and lock it into place by the method explained in step 5.

7--Bring the wire through the back of the first leaf. You are now in position to add another Ruby 6mm Faceted bead.

8--String on Ruby Faceted bead. Advance the wire through the front of the second leaf. PULL.

9--Add the third leaf and lock into place. It is very important to keep your work tight.

Finally 10--Attach the holly around the snowman's middle.