![]() Now it’s time to decorate! There are lots of options for decorating: you could use different colorful pipe cleaners and wrap them around the wings. DecorateĪt this point the body of the dragonfly is complete. Use the pliers to bend the ends of the antennae. Push the bead down until it seems secure. Grab a wood bead and thread both straight wire pieces through it. If either of these pieces crosses behind a wing, bring it forward through the wing. This will leave you with two straight wire pieces that will be the antennae. Grab your pliers and use them to snip off the curved portion of the remaining center loop. Then grab the next two wire pieces, and pull those loops out to the sides in the same way to make a second set of wings. You can also twist the loops a bit to make the wings flat. Pull each loop down until it’s perpendicular to the handle, as shown in the photo below. You’ll see that they criss cross in the back. Pull the loop you are holding in your right hand to the right and the loop you are holding in your left hand in the left. Turn the whisk until you can find the place where the two top loops come down right next to each other to hook into the handle. You will be pulling the loops of the whisk down to each side to create wings. This part only takes 5-10 minutes, then you can turn the kids loose to decorate as they please. Most kids will need help bending and snipping the wire whisks to create the dragonfly shape, although tweens will probably only need help snipping the center loop. I used this large, inexpensive set of pony beads from Amazon so we would have lots of colors to choose from when decorating. Pipe cleaners (aka fuzzy sticks or chenille stems).Make sure to get beads which have a hole all the way through and not knobs which are solid. You’ll also use the pliers to bend the end of the antennae down. You need pliers that have a snip section so you can cut through one of the metal loops to create antennae. Walmart sells a set of three different sizes for under five dollars, or you can get a single whisk for about one dollar. The whisk should have 5 “loops” and a handle. Look for a whisk that looks like the ones you see in the photo below. I used inexpensive wire whisks from Walmart which are very easy to bend. Here’s what you’ll need to make a whisk dragonfly: Then you can decorate it however you’d like! We used pipe cleaners and colorful beads to create a rainbow effect on the wings. The final loop gets cut and threaded with a wood bead to create a head and antennae. You start with an inexpensive metal whisk and bend down some of the loops to create wings. Today’s project is a fun idea that your kids are going to enjoy: whisk dragonflies. Cut the ends of the thread.In today’s post: Learn how to turn a metal whisk into a cute dragonfly – then have fun decorating it! This is an easy craft you can do with your kids in about half an hour. Tie a double or triple knot to make sure it’s good and secure. Tie the remaining string onto your keychain.Once you get to the end of the pattern, tie a double knot and make sure it’s secure.Repeat steps 5 and 6 to make the lizard’s back legs. Continue double threading following the color pattern on the first page (the Pattern Page included shows the same pattern it just shows you how the string looks on the inside).Thread a green, purple, green bead onto the right string, and put the left string back through to double thread.Using the same left string, thread it back through only the two green beads, and pull until snug. Thread two green beads and three orange beads onto the left string. You may need to hold onto the lizard or also pull on the left side to get it pulled tight enough. Using the same right string, thread it back through only the two green beads, and pull tight. Thread two green beads and three orange beads onto the right string. Now you will make the lizard’s front feet.Put the left string back through, and pull tight. String two green beads onto the right string. ![]() ![]() Put the left thread back through the three beads, and pull tight.
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