Beaded Wall Clock Crafts

There are thousands of varieties of beads, which can add a unique look to any clock.

The right wall clock can tie a room together, but sometimes it's hard to find the perfect one. If you want to spruce up a boring old timepiece or want to add a touch of flair to a new room, you can personalize a wall clock using an assortment of colorful beads. Beads can be made of any material, and they can come in an array of solid colors or with ornate patterns.

Beaded Patterns

Select a clock to decorate. It can be any shape, any size and any material. Remove the glass cover, if the clock has one. Draw designs on the face of the clock with glue. You could write over the numbers, make a spiral, form a glistening circle, draw a wreath of flowers -- whatever suits the room where you want to place your clock. Let the glue dry a little so it is tacky, then place your selected beads on the glue. Use colors that match the room. Try using different shades of a single color or black, gray and white for an elegant effect; use mismatched multi-colored beads for a funky, hip look.

Face of Beads

Remove the glass cover from the clock if it has one. Cover the face of the clock with glue. Pour tiny beads all over the face of the clock so that it is entirely covered, smearing them out and making sure that the beads don't block the hands of the clock. Put larger, decorative beads in the places where the numbers used to be. Try using all black or all white beads with a tiny bit of color on the face, then putting rich azure, emerald or scarlet beads in place of the numbers to create dramatic contrast.

Melted Beads

Thread plastic beads of your choice on a thin length of wire. Wrap the wire in a spiral, or wrap several lengths of beaded wires in concentric circles. Set the threaded spiral or circles in a pie tin. Put it in the oven for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. The beads will melt together, creating a solid clock face. Let it cool for several hours, then pop it off the pie tin. Punch a hole in the center with a nail or a sharp knife. Take another clock apart for the hands and time-keeping mechanism and attach them to your new clock face with glue.

Hanging Beads

Thread any beads of your choice on ribbons or wire. Put a larger decorative bead at the bottom, or space out several large beads with smaller, solid colored beads in between. Tie off the ribbon at the bottom or pinch off the wire so that the beads don't fall off. Glue these pieces on your clock at varying intervals and with varying lengths. Make sure that they don't hang in a place where they will interfere with the hands of the clock.

References

• Bellaonline.com: Melting Beads