Kids can make these Sweet Dangling Beaded Heart Decorations

These cute little dangling hearts started as a way to keep my bead loving kids busy! All you need to make them are pipe cleaners, assorted beads (ours are compliments of CraftProjectIdeas.com), and fishing line.

Start by creating a circle with your pipe cleaner, turning the twisted part to the center. The older girls were able to do this part themselves, but the 3 year old needed some help with his.

Next you just bend the bottom into a point to form a heart.

It's alright if they don't end up as perfect hearts! It took a while to convince the 6 year old that her slightly lopsided heart was just as pretty as the ones I made her brother, but it really was. They are all just unique, and if your kids are like mine they will be reshaped several times anyhow!

Then I tied fishing line to the bottom and allowed the kids to embellish them with beads.

Once they were happy with whatever pattern (or randomness) they created, I tied a bead to the end to hold them all on. I also tied a piece of fishing line to the top to hang them from. I thought these would look great in a window where light could shine through the beads; the girls had other ideas and decided they should hang from the chair backs! They do make the chairs quite festive!