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Beaded Christmas Spider

skill level: medium
cost: $5-$20
craft time: 20 minutes

1, 12 mm faceted crystal bead
1, 10 mm faceted crystal bead
26 gauge wire
32 small crystal bugle beads
metallic thread
hot glue gun with glue

Hot glue the 12 mm. bead and a 10 mm. bead together--hole to hole.
Cut 4 wires, approximately 4 inches long.
String each wire with 8 small crystal bugle beads.
Leave a 1/2 inch gap between the first 4 beads and the last 4 beads. Bend the ends of the wire making a small loop so the beads don't come off.
Twist the 4 wires together at the 1/2 inch gap in the center, this forms the 8 legs.
Hot glue the twisted section of the legs to the underside of the crystal beads where the 2 crystal beads are glued together.
Take 10" of metallic thread and tie it around the middle of the spider.
Tie the ends together to make a loop for hanging.
Bend legs to look like a spider.