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DLTK's Bible Activities
Beaded Cross Hanging
Thank-you to Louise for sharing this idea! |

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Note: When you're making this you'll find it "hangs funny"
and you'll worry that it isn't going to work, but once you hang it up against a
wall or refrigerator, it will hang like the one in the photo above (it
just needs a solid surface and a bit of gravity to straighten it out).
Using regular pony beads, it's about as long as a pencil when it's complete.
Materials:
 | straw |
 | string, wool or ribbon |
 | pony beads -- any colors will do. I used:
 | 94 yellow |
 | 22 purple |
 | 4 mauve
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 | scissors |
Instructions:
 | print out the template (it includes most of the directions on this page
along with the pattern for how to make this project)
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 | Cut 4 strings 1.5 to 2 feet long
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 | Make a slip knot in the center of each string
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 | Slip the knot over the straw
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 | Put 15 yellow beads on the first strand of string. Tie the last bead
tightly onto the string.
 | string 2 and 3: 5 yellow, 2 purple, 8 yellow. Tie the last
bead tightly |
 | string 4 and 5: 3 yellow, 2 purple, 2 mauve, 5 purple, 3 yellow.
Tie the last bead tightly. |
 | string 6 and 7: 5 yellow, 2 purple, 8 yellow. Tie the last
bead tightly. |
 | string 8: 15 yellow. Tie the last bead tightly.
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 | Optional: thread the pipecleaner through all the bottom beads.
I find this helps keep the project hanging nicely.
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 | Thread a string through the straw and tie in a loop to hang.
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 | Trim the leftover strings |
Printing the Template:
 | Close the template window after printing to return to this
screen.
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 | Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the
template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).
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