Easy DIY Decorative Tassels With Large Wood Beads
8 Materials
$10
1 Hour
Easy
These decorative tassels are an easy DIY. You can personalize them to fit any decor style or room style. I especially love the large wood bead tassels that I’ve seen about, so once I figured out how to drill the balls of wood, I was tickled to discover just how easy it is to DIY Decorative Tassels with large wood beads…now I just need more pieces of ‘tassel-able’ furniture!
How I Made my DIY Decorative Tassels
Drill 3/4″ holes with a wood bore drill ( I used this one) in the wooden beads. I found it easier to use the wooden knobs as the flat surface is easier for the bore to drill into.
- For the knobs, I also needed to drill smaller holes for the hanger.
- I drilled about 1″ deep.
With the wooden balls done, it was time to add the ‘tassely’ stuff. I made tassels out of both jute and cotton rope. I untwisted and separated the rope…for the jute I was able to pull individual strands. For the cotton, I used several strands.
I pulled off enough threads to make sure that the tassel looked full enough.
- I trimmed the tassel to the desired length…too long and they looked a little ‘jelly fish-ish’…not the look I was going for.
- I attached the beads to transparent line in lengths similar to the length of the jute.
I threaded what would be the tassel hanger through the top hole. For the tassel hanger, I separated the rope such that it was 2 plys.
I glued the transparent line with the shells on to the ball. I found that this was the best way to keep the shells from getting swallowed up by the jute.
Once the glue was dry, I tied my bundle of jute onto the tassel with the long pieces from the hanger.
Once I made sure all the shells were where I wanted them, I glued the whole thing in place
That was the process for the jute diy decorative tassels. The only thing I did different for the cotton tassels was that I used cotton rope instead of jute and some leftover trim instead of shells.
Once I figured out how to get the hole I needed in the wooden ball, the rest was very easy and fun. There are so many variations you could do to make these work for you. I have plans to do something a little less ‘natural’ for my daughter’s armoire…stay tuned.
Here’s a wee video to show you the process…
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Here's a video showing how i made the tassels
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