Make Decorative Fan Pulls

Make your own decorative fan pull to spice up a boring standard one.

Embellish a boring ceiling fan pull with charms from bracelets, large earrings, brooches, colorful buttons and other whimsical trinkets. You can also find glass and wood beads and assorted charms at various craft shops. Making a decorative ceiling fan pull takes creativity and about an hour. The end result is something personalized and stylish that can also be practical, since you can extend the fan pull's length and make it easier to reach.

Instructions

1. Use the wire clippers to cut off 1 inch of the existing fan pull so you can take it to a craft store and get a bead chain that is the same width.

2. Figure out how long you want the decorative fan pull to be. If you want to decorate most of the fan pull, snip off the existing chain with wire clippers, leaving 4 inches behind. For example, if you want to use beads to decorate most of a 20-inch pull, snip off 16 inches and cut the new bead chain to 16 inches.

3. Attach the metal chain crimp end to one end of the new bead chain so the beads don't slide off. Use the chain-nose pliers to squeeze the crimp end's middle segment onto the end of the bead chain and secure everything in place.

4. Decide whether you want to use glass or wood beads and thread these onto the new chain. Get creative and create color patterns or use beads of various sizes and shapes.

5. Attach the new decorated chain to what is left of the existing chain on the fan. Grab a bead-chain clasp and snap the bottom of the existing 4-inch chain into one end and the top of the new decorated chain into the other end. Use the clasp from the original ceiling fan pull.

6. Consider adding a large glass or metal charm to the bottom of the new ceiling fan pull. Use the chain-nose pliers to open a metal jump ring. Insert the loop in the crimp end and the loop at the top of the charm into the jump ring. Use the pliers to close the jump ring, thereby connecting the charm to the decorative chain.

Tags: bead chain, ceiling pull, jump ring, chain into, chain-nose pliers