Make Unique Fan Pulls
Let's face it, standard fan pulls can be pretty boring. However, with just a little innovation and less than an hour of your time you can create fan pulls that reflect your personality and style. You can choose whimsical fan pulls or create sentimental pulls that tug at your heart strings as well as the fan. Whatever route you choose to take, the fan pulls that you design will be anything but boring.
Instructions
1. Retrieve your discarded jewelry and put it to use. Dangle charms, baubles, large earrings, and broaches from your fan string. Knot a loop at the end of the fan pull. Attach the jewelry using the clasps that come with each piece. Dab a single drop of hot glue on the ends of pins or sharp points.
2. Interchange ornaments that reflect various holidays. Using the knotted loop, hang your favorite Christmas ornaments from the fan string in the winter. Hang four-leaf clover pins from it in March. Snap two halves of a plastic Easter egg over the end of the string for a large and fun fan pull. Be sure to form a knot at the end so that the egg doesn't slide off every time you pull it.
3. Turn your collection of trinkets into fan pulls. Loop the fan chain through large colorful buttons or cuff links. Hot glue your favorite kids' meal toys to the end of the chain for a truly funky fan pull that will entertain as well as provide practical uses. You can hang bells by tying a knot tightly around the handle. To keep the bells from hanging at an angle, you can hot-glue them in place, but allowing a slight tilt will keep them intact.
4. Put your favorite wallet size pictures of all those nieces and nephews in small acrylic frames. Place the string from the fan in the top end of the frame and place a single dab of hot glue to hold the frame in place. Use two pictures per frame.
5. Turn your nursery decorations into practical but unique fan pulls. Tie rattles from the ends of the fan or use baby hair brushes instead. Teething rings are also easy to hang. Screw bottle lids tightly over the string or loop the chain around the pacifier ring for delightful fan pulls.
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