Bead Buster Garden Stake

By: Tamara from Etcetorize

Add some beautiful color to your garden with this Bead Buster Garden Stake. Made with some colorful beads and an old wire hanger, this lovely garden ornament is a great way to add some color to your home before the flowers bloom. This is a great way to use up leftover beads and is a fun craft for kids to do with their parents for friends. Make beautiful lawn decor you don't have to water with this easy and fun garden craft project!

beaded garden stake

Materials:

Wire coat hangers
Assortment of colorful beads, all shapes, sizes, and colors
Medium guage wire
Heavy duty wire cutters
Jewelery making pliers/cutters

Instructions:

Using your heavy duty wire cutters, cut the top of your hanger off.
Straighten out your hanger and bend into a shape you like.
Cut a piece of medium guage wire about 18" (46cm) long.
Make a small loop at one end to make sure your beads won't fall off.
String on your beads. Don't worry about design or pattern, just have fun and throw them on willy nilly.
When your wire is almost full, make another small loop at the other end to make sure your beads stay on.
Wrap your beaded wire around the hanger wire shape that you made.
Repeat all of these steps using your second wire hanger.
Hold your two pieces of decorated hanger together and bind together with the medium guage wire. I bound mine in two places but you can do as much or as little as you want.
And there you go! Beads used up! Ugly wire hangers recycled! And a pretty ornament in your garden to catch the light.

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msdeb21

May 11, 2018

I like this idea to start using up some of my beads in my HUGE stash of beads. I think I'll make one of these to put outside and one to put inside with my houseplants. Thanks for the easy decor idea that won't require me to buy even more supplies!

flowergirl

May 11, 2018

This is pretty brilliant for a garden project and its practical too. I shy away from planting tomatoes because they need support structures but with this I'm willing to give them a try. Plus I have a tone of wire hanger I got from my mother's attic so now all I need to do is to follow the tutorial and buy some seed.

Marilyn B

Nov 03, 2017

This is beyond cool! I too agree that I would add some little fairy lights to this project. A friend of mine gave me a whole bags of plastic and glass beads that would work perfectly for this,project! I could also see stringing these through the trees or lower bushes, or even as part of a Christmas tree garland, outside or in! Or as a pretty swag or garland in front of a sun filled window! The possibilities are endless!

mulberrygalprinces s

Aug 21, 2017

What a great idea. It's so simple yet so cute. My grand kids will love helping me make this. They don't have to be for a garden. I think they would look fine along my walkway. I have strings of solar lights to mix with them to add to the glittering effect.

len10pin

May 07, 2017

I was looking through my FaveCrafts e-mail and found this Bead Buster Garden Stake. What a beautiful way to add glam to a garden. I love this and can't wait to make some and watch the sun shine on them!

debrapeters050 077 9257

May 01, 2014

LOVE this idea! We will definitely be making some! Thanks for posting! I give it 5 stars just for the idea! :-)

dlwohler 6362608

Mar 04, 2014

I have made this and the problem is with the heat the beads lose their colors. Would be OK in a shade garden, not in a sunny one.

pearliemay1

Jun 09, 2013

Very cute....i am just jealous that I did not think of it.... Cute gift and very original. Thanks and keep them coming....

Vivismstigerhawk

Jun 09, 2013

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! I HAVE BAGS OF BEADS THAT CAN'T BE USED FOR MY JEWELRY...AND THIS WORKS OUT FABULOUSLY! THANK YOU SO MUCH!