How to Dress Up Christmas Ornament Wire Hooks and Jingle Bells

Ornaments

Flimsy over-sized ornament hooks take away from the beauty of smaller ornaments. Wrapping the wire into the shape of a spring gives the hook an aesthetic appeal and shortens the wire length to match the size of the ornament. Use jewelry wire to create a wire ribbon and run it through a jingle bell.


Needed Items
Ornament wire hooks
Jewelry craft wire
Wire cutters
Pencil or an orange stick
Instructions
1)  Straighten the hook wire and wrap it around a pencil or orange stick.
2)  Wrap the wire to the end.
3)  Remove the wire by gripping the top end of the wire.
4)  Slide the wire off the pencil.

6)  Pull the kink at each end of the wire to form a hook.

Jingle Bells

1)  Make a wire ribbon for jingle bells by using the wrapping technique in the previous steps.
2)  Remove the wire from the pencil and gently pull widen the loops.
3)  Use the wire-cutters to cut off half the end loop at either end.
4)  Insert one end into the bell loop and turn the wire toward you until the loop hangs evenly on either side. (If you need to remove the wire, turn the wire in the opposite direction until it twists off.)
5)  Fold the wire down on either side of the bell to hang like a ribbon.
6)  Make another wire ribbon or looped wire.
7)  Hook the wire to the bell's loop and hang on the tree.

Chandelier Prisms

Recycle
1)  Insert the craft wire into the icicle hole about one half inch or so.
2)  Loop the wire around the inserted wire and the icicle.
3)  Leave a half-inch length at the end and wrap it around the bottom, snugging it to the icicle. I think these are plastic prisms from a chandelier. 

Updated June 21, 2011