One of my favorite projects from
Here's the how to video!
YOU’LL NEED:
Book pages
Scissors
Drinking
straws
Transparent
tape
Elmer’s glue
Acrylic paint
in colors you like
Paintbrushes
2 yards of
heavy duty cord
1 large
lobster claw
1 jump ring
Shoebox lid or
cardboard
Straight pins
1.
Cut
your book pages in 2” wide strips the length of your book.
2.
Place
a small piece of tape at the end of a strip and on the drinking straw and roll
the book page around the straw.
3.
Add
some Elmer’s glue to the end to seal the bead.
4.
Cut
off the straw and start again until you have about 21 of these beads.
5.
Stab
some straight pins in a shoebox lid or some cardboard to create your drying
board.
6.
Paint
each side of each bead and place on a pin to dry.
7.
Thread
your lobster claw and tie a knot around it in the middle of your cord
exactly
at the 1-yard mark.
8.
Put
one end of your cord through one end of a bead and the other end of the cord
through the other end of a bead and pull until the string is taught.
9.
Position
the lobster claw so it’s in the center of this first bead.
10.
Repeat
step 8 until you’ve used all of your beads.
11.
Once
the last bead is in place, tie your cord in a very secure knot around a jump
ring.
12.
Cut
the excess cord and tuck the ends inside the last bead and dab some glue on the ends to secure them inside the end bead.
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ReplyDeleteJust finished watching your youtube clip with Ivy, making a crown. What a clever idea of using the mailing envelope. By the way Ivy is so cute, you need to make more things with her. Loved it.
Fun Tut! You make all of these crafts look so fun and easy!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial! I love these! Looks like something that could easily be adapted for kids and make fun gifts!
ReplyDeleteFiskateer #5563
This looks like a lot of fun to make. Thanks or the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteThese look like a lot of fun to make...and so simple. Thanks for the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteLove it, Rosie and I will make one and share it with you this summer.
ReplyDeleteRosie and I will make one this summer and share it with you.
ReplyDeleteLove to repurpose items - thanks for the video!
ReplyDeleteCarmen L
cool daddio
ReplyDeleteIt is on list of crafts I cant wait to make. Your video is great. Thanks
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