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I saw these bunting necklaces circling the net a while back only most were made of leather and were less colourful, I love animals so I will never wear leather if I can help it and I love colour so this is a win win! (I also saw some made of paper and some of ceramics or glass)
I found this necklace not only fun to wear as a necklace but is nice as a headband too!
The Perler beads (or Hama beads) turn out really flat and no peg board is needed!
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Instructions
You Will Need
- Needle Nose Pliers
- Post It Notes , ruler and pencil.
- Scissors
- Perler Beads (or hama)
- Chain
- Needle with sharp tip and blunt needle
- Oven
- Felt to hold the needle when pushing through plastic
- Iron
- Cookie Sheet
- Jump Ring(s)
- Project Cost
- Almost Nothing
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1
You will need the primary colours (blue, red and yellow) and the secondary colours (purple, green and orange)
Find 5 beads of each colour.
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2
Cut the beads in half keeping the colours sorted.
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3
Set the oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
Make 6 little piles of each colour and place them onto a cookie sheet into the oven for 10 minutes.
See picture:
Open the oven and let cool for a moment then knead them into a ball. BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOUR HANDS!Place into the oven once more for 5 minutes then get them out.
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4
Set your iron.
Place another cookie sheet on top of the little piles of plastic.
Use a flat surface such as a workbench so you can press harder when you iron. Press the piles flat to about 1 to 2 mm.
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5
With the sticky part of a Post-It note make your template. My flags measure 1.5cm horizontally and 1.2 vertically.
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6
Stick the template onto the plastic and cut the little flags with scissors.
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7
Pinch holes in the corners of the longest side (1.5cm) of the flag.
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8
Connect the flags with jump rings.
Start with orange then red, purple, blue, green and the yellow one last.
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9
Attach an extra jump ring to the orange flag and the yellow flag on the other end of the bunting.
Attach a chain onto one end of the bunting and connect the other end of the chain to the other end of the bunting. (my chain measures 51cm)
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