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Beaded Suncatcher

A few weeks back we decided to follow up our #30dayswild nature dreamcatcher craft from The Wildlife Trusts with a suncatcher.

The craft was for one of our Facebook art live shows, so I thought I would write a blog post with instructions on how to make your own.

What you need:

A sturdy stick to hang your beads around
Wire
Glass beads
Twine
Small pliers / wire cutters
Scissors

How to make your suncatcher:

  1. Cut 5 lengths of wire, x1 30cm, x2 25cm and x2 20cm
  2. Place a small bead about 2cm from the end of each wire, turn the wire back on itself and twist together.
  3. Thread each wire with your favourite glass beads, leaving 4cm to wrap around your stick.
  4. Arrange your wires: small, medium, long, medium, small, along your stick, around 3cm apart.
  5. Cut a length of garden twine around one and half to two times the length of your stick and tie it to either end of your stick.
  6. Hang your suncatcher in a window and enjoy.

Catch the Sunshine Suncatcher

Make the most of the sunshine and make yourself a beautiful suncatcher from a plastic lid. When the light hits the suncatcher it will light up the colours like stained glass! We used lids from food pots but any clear plastic will work for this craft.

You will need:

  • Clear plastic lid/circle
  • Permanent markers in different colours
  • Ribbon or thread
  • Needle
  • Scrap paper
  • Pencil

Step 1.

On your scrap paper draw around your lid and then in the circle draw out your design, or use ours!

Step 2.

Place your plastic over your design and using the permanent markers* colour it in on the plastic.

*Felt tip pens are no good for this craft, they’ll just wipe off.

Step 3.

Use a black permanent marker to draw in the outline, over the coloured areas to give it that stained glass look.

Step 4.

Thread your ribbon or thread through the top of your plastic to make a hanging loop.

Step 5.

Hang your suncatcher in the windows and enjoy the jewel like colours. Have fun and don’t forget to show us how you get on!