| Beading Projects for Kids |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-167 |
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Rae Seifert, manager of product design and promotion for The Beadery Craft Products, tells how to inexpensively decorate a pair of sunglasses with a beaded elastic cord to fit around a child's neck. Materials:
Star pony beads
3 mm beads
1/32" elastic cord, 12" to 18" long
Clear craft glue
Child's plastic sunglasses - Make a loop in one end of the elastic cord to slip over the ear piece of the sunglasses. Knot the end to keep the loop secure.
- String three star pony beads onto the elastic cord, followed by three 3 mm beads and another three star pony beads (figure A). Add 50 more 3mm beads for the center of the cord. Repeat the design with star beads at the other end of the cord (figure B).
- Knot the other end of the cord in a loop, and secure both knots with rubber cement.
- Slide the loops onto the sunglasses.
Pencil Toppers String beads onto pipe cleaners, twist them into interesting shapes such as spirals or circles, and wrap them onto the end of pencils (figure C).
RESOURCES :
The Picture Book of Kids Crafts and Activities
Model: 0809229684
Author: Roxanne Henderson
To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.
NTC Contemporary Publishing Co. (Quilt Digest Press)
Lincolnwood, IL 60646-1975
Phone: 847-679-5500
Fax: 847-679-2494
The Beadery Craft Products
Found at your larger major craft retailers
Website: www.thebeadery.com
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