Acorn Earrings

Nature is a veritable crafting super store.  Now that I am making an effort to be craftier I see supplies everywhere I go.
I picked up a bunch of acorn caps on one of my walks with Gadget recently, and today they were reborn into earrings.

Acorn Earrings

Materials:

• Acorn caps
• Beads that are about the same size as the acorns were
• Acorns (if making acorn earrings with acorns instead of or in addition to beads)
• Headpins
• Earring findings
• Multi-temp hot glue sticks (if making acorn earrings with acorns)

Tools:

• Round nose pliers
• Wire cutters
• Thumb tack or straight pin
• Multi-temp hot glue gun (if making acorn earrings with acorns)

For the bead version:

With the thumb tack or straight pin, drill a hole through acorn cap from underneath.  Slide the bead and acorn cap onto a a head pin.  With round nose pliers, make a loop just above the acorn cap, and cut away extra length from the headpin. Attach an earring finding and you're done.














For the acorn version:
With the thumb tack or straight pin, drill a hole through acorn cap from underneath.  Slide acorn cap onto a head pin. Put a dab of hot glue on the underside of the acorn cap and press the acorn into the glue.  Done again! 

These earrings turned out prettier than I had anticipated.

Today's craft was inspired by this tutorial at MarthaStewart.com.