How to Make Crystal Bouquets

Make crystal bouquets for wedding showers, bridesmaid gifts or to use as your own bouquet for your wedding day. Crystal bouquets are simple to create and will last a lifetime. Follow these instructions to create a 12-inch bouquet of 16 crystal stems.

Things You'll Need

• 24-gauge gold or silver craft wire, nontarnish
• Wire cutters
• 16 10-millimeter round or bicone crystal beads
• Needle-nose pliers
• Measuring tape

Instructions

1. Cut 16 sections of 24-inch 24-gauge craft wire.

2. Thread one crystal bead halfway onto one 24-inch strand of wire. Swarovski crystal beads provide high sparkle. You can use center-hole or top-hole crystal beads.

3. Bend the wire with your needle or round-nose pliers so that the crystal bead is at the tip. Hold the wire immediately beside the bead with your pliers, and then twist the pliers to make a bend. Smooth the two halves of the wire together, making sure they are even at the end.

4. Hold the crystal bead with one hand and twist the two wire halves together all the way to the tip so that your crystal is at the end of a twisted strand.

5. Repeat Steps 2, 3 and 4 to make the remaining 15 crystal strands for your bouquet. Sixteen strands makes a full bouquet for any occasion, but you can easily make a smaller bouquet with fewer strands.

6. Cut two 30-inch sections of 24-gauge wire. Bend each wire in the middle and double it so each wire has two 15-inch sections. Twist the wires from one end to the other so that they look like the stems on your crystal bouquet.

7. Gather your crystal stems together like a bunch of flowers and measure 2 inches and 4 inches from the bottom. Wrap one of the 15-inch sections of twisted wire around all of the stems on the 2-inch mark and one on the 4-inch mark. This will hold the crystal bouquet together.

Tips & Warnings

• Add sparkle to a floral bouquet with six or eight crystal stems.

• Do not leave wire cutters accessible to children.

References

• Crystal Bouquet Kits