How to make a beaded spider!

What do you think of my jewelry spider?!  Do you want to know how to make it? I used this cute little spider on my Halloween wreath and my tag. Here is what you will need.

1. Clear beads

2. Medium and small red beads

3. Spacers

4. Jewelry pliers

5. 24 gauge wire

The first thing you will need to do is cut the wire into 6 equal length and 2 wire need to be smaller in size then twist one of the ends into loops.  The wires you just cut will be the legs of the spider. 

You can now cut another piece of wire the same length as the spider legs and again twist one end into a loop.  Once you have made loop place a clear round bead at the end, followed by a spacer and then a large colored bead.  Take all 8 legs that you have already looped and place them on the wire after the larger bead. 

Now its going to start looking like a spider, add another spacer and then a smaller colored bead on the wire.  You will need to add a clear bead at the end of the last spacer before twisting into loop. 

You will need this kind of bead for the legs. I found a small bag of these at Michaels and they where not cost you much more that two dollars. 

One each leg you will alternate a small bead with a long bead until you reach the end of the wire and you twist it into a loop. Do this for all 8 legs and now you can rearrange the legs to make a lovely spider. At least this spider won't bite you or crawl all over you!

Till next time!! I hope you are enjoying my Halloween tutorials.

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