Major boredom, the kind you get Sunday night when thoughts of the week start setting in and you’re trying to make the weekend last but not sure how, set in a few hours ago when Ev left for San Diego and I was left to my own defenses. I needed something mind numbing so I made a pile of paper beads from magazines and fancy paper. They are super easy. First batch I made on a pencil. The second batch, which I prefer, I made over a skewer.
Just roll a long skinny triangular piece of paper over a skewer. Start with the wide side. Put a little dab of glue on the tip and count to ten. Slide it off the skewer and that should do it. After I made about 50 I wasn’t sure what to do with them all. I don’t have any nice string and a yarn necklace just wasn’t cutting it. After a little art studio search I found some pipe-cleaners that did the trick just fine. I was able to make sever bangles. I can’t wait to wear them to school tomorrow. They look really fun all stacked up.
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your site looks beautiful!!!i love your bracelets i am going to try to make some with lils at some point. anyway. you are so creative–i’m inspired.
xx
Thanks Lena! Lots more to come : ) I’m glad you’re inspired.
Thanks for this great idea….I set my kids in night church onto this tonight hopefully to give to their mums for Mothers Day next week. Thanks for sharing. Found you via Crafty Crow.
What a great tutorial! I wanted to let you know that I featured this today in my “What I Bookmarked This Week” post – stop by and see!
Thanks Danielle! So glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing this!
I’ll use it as an inspiration to my next project! 