Newspaper Bead Necklace

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  Step 1

  First take your newspaper and cut them in squares and dip them in hot water for half an hour.
  After the half hour drain it and squeeze the excess water and now add alot of your elmer's glue and stir till you get some newspaper tuna jajaja that's what it looks like.Add alot of glue till it's sticky.

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  Step 2

  Next take some of the newspaper tuna on your hand and make some little balls the size you want squeeze the excess water let them dry till the next day.

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  Step 3

  Next day when they are dry use a drill to make the holes on your beads I told my husband to do that part jaja he knows better but if you do not have a drill use a metal wire and just twist and push down till you get to the other side.

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  Step 4

  Now start painting I put them on sticks cause I did not want to get dirty I used black because I love black things.

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  Step 5

  If you like that shining look of the beads let me explain how is done well you take some gold paint and add some water then dip your already painted beads in that water a few times you will get that shiny look. Now take your ribbon and put your beads through.

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  Step 6

  And here it is this is what it looks like when its done.

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  Step 7

  Here is what I did with the leftover newspaper tuna I took a cardboard and I made this mold in a heart shape put some of the tuna and I made another necklace with this heart as a pendant.
  Just another idea for you. :)

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Jessica H. 6th December 2011

Rather than use the drill to make holes, wouldn't it be easier to just put the balls on a dowel/stick and let them dry overnight? They would dry with a hole in them so you wouldn't have to risk hurting yourself with the drill.

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