Here are five teenage friendly wire craft ideas. Teenagers love to make wire crafts. They can use their creativity to make works of art, gifts and holiday decorations. Lets take a look at five different craft ideas you can make available for your teen to try.
Idea #1 Cell phone charms
With most of the teens out there having a cell phone, it is no wonder that they are starting to accessorize their phones with their own uniqueness. These adorable cell phone charms are a great way to use wire crafting to make their cell phones unique.
These charms will likely cost less than $5. Here is what you will need and how it works.
You will need
Tiger tail wire; this should be about two times as long as you want the charm to be
3 crimp beads are also needed
Beads or charms that your teen will like to use to create their charm
Flat nose pliers
Here is what your teen will need to do.
1. Put the tiger tail wire through the small latch at the bottom of the phone. Pull this wire though to where both ends are even.
2. Put a crimp bead over both ends of the wire. Pull the bead up toward the latch as far as it will go. Then use the flat nose pliers to crimp the bead into place.
3. Now place beads and charms onto one side of the wire. Finish this line with a crimping bead.
4. Now flatten the crimp to hold the beads into place.
5. Repeat these steps from step 3 to complete the other piece of wire.
Ribbon and bead bookmarks
We want our kids to enjoy crafts, and we also want them to enjoy their books. Well if you can combine the two, maybe they will get more from it. Here are some way cute bookmarks that will liven up their reading time.
You will need
Two cone end caps
1 measurement of about 1 m of tiger tail wire
Wire cutters
Flat nose pliers
A small packet of the crimp beads
A wide selection of beads that your teen will like
About 30 cm of ribbon
Here is what your teen will need to do.
1. Take about a 10 cm piece of the tiger tail wire. Now fold that piece around one end of the ribbon to make a loop.
2. Take both tails of the wire through the crimp. Now slide the crimp up as far as possible to secure the loop. Press that flat, by using the flat nose pliers.
3. Now do the same steps over with two more pieces of wire.
4. At this point you will want to thread all three pieces of the wire through the cone end cap. Pull them hard to fit them snugly into place. Put a crimp over the tails. Then crimp flat right at the base.
5. Now spread your beads onto the wire strands. Use a crimp to hold them into place.
6. Then repeat all of these steps on the other end of the ribbon to create the same affect and you are done.
You can also make wire earrings, bracelets and necklaces. Here are the things you will need to make these three. The instructions are blended, because they are very similar.
You will need
Beads or your teens liking
Copper wire
Spring clasps
Charms
Round nose pliers
Wire cutters
Sterling ear hooks for the earrings
Here is what your teen will need to do.
1. You can use different lengths of wire to create the different types of jewelry your teen wants to make. They key will be using very thin wire, so that you can maneuver the wire to work in the shapes and with the beads and charms you want to use.
2. You will want to string the beads and charms onto the wires in a manner that will still allow for movement but will be optimal for color or design.
3. Create the different looks by beading the wires and then using your flat nose wires bend the wires to hold the beads into place. That is unless you want the beads to move freely.
4. Then attach the hooks, or the spring clasps to finish any of these three wire metal craft ideas.
You will find that there is many wire metal craft ideas out there for your teens. Have fun helping them find ones that will work best for them. These are only five teenage friendly wire craft ideas. There are many more out there.