How to Make Beaded Pumpkin Earrings
Make your own stylish beaded pumpkin earrings with this easy DIY tutorial. These cute earrings are perfect for adding a festive touch to your fall outfits and are great for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any day!
Yield: 2 pumpkin earrings
Cost: $5
Equipment
- Needle nose pliers (2 pairs)
Materials
- Fishing line
- 4 Gold jump rings (5mm)
- 4 3mm Seed beads (green)
- 2 Large orange beads (10mm)
- 200 Seed beads (2mm; 2 colours of orange)
- 2 Gold earring hooks
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Add the first beads
- Cut a 3 foot piece of clear beading thread or fishing line.
- Add a 5mm jump ring to the thread and fold the string in half, so the jump ring goes to the center.
- Then add 2 green seed beads onto both strands. Let them fall down next to the jump ring.
- Now add a 10mm orange bead to both strands. This bead should match your seed beads.
Step 3: Add the orange seed beads
- Add 16 orange seed beads to one of the strands.
- Take the end of this cord and bring it down through the large orange bead.The end should be inserted into the bead from the side touching the green beads.
- Pull this strand down all the way, creating the first ridge of the pumpkin.
- Add 16 more seed beads to the same strand, this time using the second shade of orange.Push the end of the thread into the top of the large orange bead, and pull it all the way through.
- Now switch back to the first colour of orange and repeat. Continue alternating the colours until there's only about 6 to 8 inches left on the first strand.
- Switch to the second strand and continue until you have 12 beaded ridges total.
Step 4: Finish off the earring
- Add 1 more orange bead to one of the strands.
- Tie the strands together in a triple or quadruple knot, making sure everything is secure.(You can also secure the knot with a dot of super glue to be safe.)
- Push the thread ends back up through the large center bead.
- Pull them tight and trim off the excess thread.
- Use pliers to open another jump ring. Place it on the earring's jump ring and then add an earring hook. Use the pliers to close the jump ring.
- Repeat all steps, making a second earring.
- Your beaded pumpkin earrings are complete!
Notes
Looking for more stylish pumpkin crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:
DIY Halloween Rhinestone Patches
Pumpkin Wine Glasses
Pumpkin String Art Decor