How to Make Paper Beads

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by Waverly VDH

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Your triangular paper stripe shold look like this

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Color them from bottom to top

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Remember, the color on the tip is the color you will see the most on the finished bead, the middle color; the least, and the bottom color is on either side of the finished bead.

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Take your toothpick.....

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Amd put it like so.

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Twist the paper around at the bottom.

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And keep twisting.....

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Green....

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Pink!

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Now that your at the end you need to..

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Dip it in white glue.

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Like so.

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Push the end down and hold it for about 10 seconds.

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While letting it dry.. check out my other beads!

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I made some with words on them like classic, style, and free, out of old magazines.

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Stick it in an old egg carton, or in my case, a price of crumpled up tissue paper... lol

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Cover the bead with clear nailpolish

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Now just let it dry!

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Take it off of the toothpick and there you go!

You're Done!

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Nail polish is expensive so i use wood varnish instead it works the same

Ruth Wild 👽👽 5 months ago

thanks!

Waverly VDH (author) 5 months ago

Thanks that guide was awesome

Cuties BFFs 5 months ago

what I do is I would cut it from a magazine, newspaper, etc. with the word at the top of the shape. it won't be a triangle. I hope this helps! and thanks! 💗

Waverly VDH (author) 11 months ago

that's a great idea, I love how the word beads u posted looked, do u have any tips on making those ones? ha I have tried a few times now and totally am doing something wrong & end up with 1-2 letters showing

Aly Riot 11 months ago

if you made some beads with words you could make sentence bracelets.....

Waverly VDH (author) 11 months ago

lol thanks ha but now I gotta figure out what i wanna do with my random growing collection of beads.

Aly Riot 11 months ago

Triangular Paper Strips

Markers

Toothpick/Kabob Stick

Clear Nail Polish

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