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Wacky Wire Chop Stick

The next time you are eating Chinese food out, make sure you ask for some of those free, wooden chop sticks they have, but don’t eat with them. Instead, tuck them away so you can use them for this easy wire project.

You’ll need:

1 wooden chop stick
wire cutters
round nosed pliers
assortment of colored wire (I used 20 gauge purple for the primary wire and 26 and 28 gauge purple and pink for the accent wires.)
toothpick
ruler

1. Start by cutting about a foot of your accent wire and wrapping it around a toothpick making sure to leave about 2 inches free.

2. Pull the wire off the toothpick, and continue to make a few more coiled pieces like this. I made two coils of each of my accent colors.

3. Now take the coils and put them together as if in a flower bouquet and twist the 2 inches that are not coiled on each end of the wires together. I was able to do this with my fingers, but you might need some pliers to help you a little.

4. Set the coils aside for later.

5. Now take your primary colored wire and leave it on the spool. I don’t know exactly how much wire you’ll need, so it’s better to keep it on the spool for the next few steps and cut it off when you’re almost finished.

6. Take about 1-2 inches of the colored wire and hold it against the thicker end of your chop stick. For the purpose of demonstration, I used a piece of tape in order to scan in a picture here, but you would use your finger instead of tape.