Sun Catcher - Heart

What You Need

• Pattern (see below)
• Drinking straw
• Clear plastic lanyard (Rexlace)
• Scissors
• 54 pink transparent beads (7mm)
• 36 red transparent beads (7mm)
• Tacky glue
• Suction cup (with a hook or with a slit)

How To Make It:

1. Cut strips of clear Rexlace, one for every row in the pattern, that are 10 inches long.
2. Fold each strip of clear Rexlace in half so that they curve towards each other. (Rexlace has a natural curl in it.)
3. Fold each strip around the straw and string the beads over both layers of clear Rexlace in the order the beads go on the pattern. Do 1 column at a time.
4. After each column is finished, tie a knot at the end.
5. Put a drop of tacky glue in each knot to help it stay.
6. Let all of the knots dry and then cut off the extra clear Rexlace at the ends.
7. Trim the straw so that it is a little longer than the sun catcher on both ends.
8. Run a piece of Rexlace through the straw and make a loop to hang the sun catcher from. Tie a knot at the end and put a drop of glue in the knot.
9. Hang it from the suction cup and enjoy!

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