Wire Wrap Charms -Beading Tips & Techniques

Here's a fun and easy way to turn a bead into a charm: wire wrap it with a head pin and pliers! If you are new at this, another easy way to keep your charms the same length is to mark your round nose pliers with a sharpie.

Slip your beads and/or findings onto the head pin.

Line your head pin with the sharpie mark you made

Then angle the head pin wire away from you in a 90 degree angle.

Flip the pliers upright and flip the head pin towards you and down.

Twist your hand with the pliers up so that the half loop is on the bottom. Take the head pin and push it away from you -should start to form a circle - make sure your wire is on the sharpie mark you made.

Slip your head pin either to a chain or clasp.

Keep a firm grip on the pliers in one hand - then take the head pin and come towards you as to wrap the lower half of the head pin closest to the pliers and work down toward the bead.

Continue to wrap until you reach the bottom. If you have excess head pin part you can cut it with wire cutters.