Paper Beads

As many of my readers know, my daughter Madeline and I are crazy crafters.  When we come across some sort of new craft we just HAVE to give it a try.

This past week, while watching some amazing videos on lock spinning , we ran into another video about making your own paper beads. I knew I stumbled across something good when Madeline gasped and looked at me with wide eyes.  We quickly jotted down what supplies we would need, and headed off to Joann Fabrics to buy our goods.

We bought some glue, some acrylic glaze (we used Modge Podge, because that is all we could find. Diamond Glaze is supposed to be the best but we couldn't find it.), a variety of colored sharpie markers, and some toothpicks. This was also an inexpensive craft. We had our 50% Joann Fabrics coupon which made our whole purchase come out to $15! Can't beat that.

When we got home, we gave our new craft a try. We ended up making some really pretty beads! The craft quickly became a hit.  Before I knew it Madeline had all of the girls in our neighborhood sitting outside making beads.

This craft was very fun, and not at all hard. What made it even better, was the fact that even though some of the colored pieces of paper weren't the perfect triangle shape, or looked like it might be ugly colors together, each bead turned out beautiful and took on it's own uniqueness.  This is the video we watched.  There are tons of tutorials on how to make your own beads on You Tube.  Take a look! You might get hooked on it just like us.