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Paper Beads

Make your own paper mache beads

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Take a few sheets of A4 paper and cut it in to strips length ways.
Make a glue like paste out of 1 parts water to 1 part flour. Mix together well.
Take a stick, I used a cocktail skewer, and wrap a piece of paper up around it.
Cover the paper in paste.
Push the bead down the stick and then repeat until the stick is full.
Let the beads dry and then remove them from the stick.
Paint and decorate the beads.

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Cat Morley

Mar 10, 2006 11:32am

Aww, I'm glad you enjoyed making them. They are a good way of solving bead addiction.. you can never have enough beads. :)

Betty

Mar 10, 2006 12:24pm ago

I love your blog. you have the best ideas. I made these beads with my daughter and her friend and they were easy and fun. Thank you :)

Silvia

Jul 16, 2006 10:45pm ago

Wow, you have great ideas, and it´s very nice of you to share them like this. I´m trying this for sure!!

Bex

Aug 1, 2006 3:49pm ago

iv dun this Bfore. u can make different shapes too, like flowers and hearts,etc. they look really cute. ;*

Yankee BC

Sep 30, 2006 4:18am ago

Nice, quick, cheeeeep - thanks, Cat! You can also make beads of printed cloth by wrapping it around a soda straw. Paint with white glue. Add glitter. Cut the covered straw into beads when it's dry.

m

Jan 11, 2007 8:51pm ago

These are great! Instead of painting them you can roll them over strips of magazine pages for color while still wet. Then string them up and make a cheap and easy custom beaded doorway! btw, I LOVE THIS BLOG!! Keep up the great work!