Fun Rings

I saw this tutorial for simple rings and thought they would be fun. http://www.making-jewelry-now.com/wire-wrap-rings-tutorial.html We tried them last night and the girls "went crazy." These make a great gift for buddies.
You need:
Soft or half-hard round wire, in 16 or 18 gauge, cut between 3" (7.6 cm) and 5" (12.7 cm) long. (At craft and jewelry stores or at harware stores, in gold or silver colors.

Beads

Flush cutter/side cutter

Needle nose pliers

Ring mandrel, dowel, or kid's marker to wrap ring around

We used about a 4" wire and wrapped a fun bead onto one end, bending the wire with the pliers to hold the bead on the end. Wrap the rest of the wire around the dowel or marker tube and add another bead on the opposite end or just twist the wire arfully around the first bead. Adjust to fit as needed. Be sure the ends are tucked in where they will not catch things or poke the skin.

Top picture: Daughter W. (red one by M.), Middle picture: Daughter M's rings, bottom picture: L's rings (The gold ring on the left side of L's picture had part of the design pounded with a hammer on an anvil to flatten it.)