How do you make your own beads??

Question

can be made from anything..........!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

If you try making the paper ones that a few people have already suggested, you will want to cut your paper in really tall, thin triangle shaped strips - not rectangular strips. Start rolling at the wide end of the paper. Cutting your paper in triangular shaped strips will result in bicone shaped beads and will allow the first part of the paper to show clear through to the end of the rolling. Otherwise you are going to end up with just a tube - the only design that will show is what's on the very end of the paper.

I have made thousands of polymer clay beads. It wouldn't do any of the techniques justice to try to explain them here. I suggest this site: http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/

I just recently took a glass bead-making class. It is so much fun! It takes some money investment to get started though - much more than either the paper beads or the polymer clay. But, if you enjoy make the clay beads I would recommend taking a glass bead class to see if it's something you might be interested in pursuing.

Beaded beads are a lot of fun too - beads made from seed beads, etc. Here's one example: http://www.bonniebeads.com/beadsedu.html

Answer 2

I know you can make beads with the polymer clay. I've seen some people make such great beads from the clay that they look like real stones.

I've also seen paper rolled to make beads. You can use just about any paper and then you dip it in to a glue of some sort to keep it rolled.

Answer 3

My friend used to make beads out of newspaper store flyers in highschool. She would cut them in thin strips, roll them around a very thin dowel rod, glue the end shut with super glue, then brush them with Elmer's glue to coat them and make them hard. She made some very neat looking things like this, and it was practically free!

Answer 4

You can use polymer clay like Sculpey, salt dough, found materials like nuts and plastic tubing from hardware stores, shells, nuts, seeds (I saw bean necklaces in the British Museum shop yesterday), papier mache, cut pieces of leather or plastic, card, wrap paper round kebab sticks (with some glue on the inside of the paper, string or yarn knotted or crocheted or knitted, buttons and many other items (don't forget pasta shapes).

Answer 5

If you use polymer clay --some brand names are Premo, FimoClassic, Kato, Cernit, FimoSoft and Sculpey-- there are loads of different shapes, looks (elegant, funky, etc.), colors, sizes, and surface patterns you can create (patterns, metallic, stamped, etc.)... you can also simulate all kinds of other materials (ivory, jade, wood, turquoise, pearl, rock, metals, etc., etc.).

So if you are interested in using polymer clay, check out this page at my online polymer clay encyclopedia for lessons, examples, tips, etc on many types of beads:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/beads.htm

And if you're interested in the fauxs too, this page covers making most of the "fauxs" with polymer clay.. other fauxs are on other pages:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Faux--many.htm

(and look here for where to find everything else about polymer clay:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/contents.htm
...scroll all the way down, then click on any page name from inside the alphabetical navigation bar to go to it)


HTH,

Diane B.

Answer 6

1.Fimo or Sculpey, make excellent beads, and you can make very fancy ones by running the clay through a pasta machine to create interesting color combinations, etc.
2.salt dough, paint, and spray laquer, cheap and easy, use a toothpick to make the center holes.
3. magazines, using brightly colored pages from magazines, cut them into long triangles, paint the triangles with slightly watered down elmers glue, then roll them on to toothpicks, let dry, remove toothpick, spray with lacquer to make shiny.

Answer 7

Well in art class in like 2nd grade we mde them. All you have to do is make them out of clay but small and remember to make the hole!! Then let them dry on a counter but dont let anyone touch them. They will take about 2 or 3 days.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Polymer clay is very popular for beadmaking
http://jewelry.about.com/cs/polymerclay/a/polymer_beads.htm

Also glass
http://www.turtlebeads.com/instructions-lampwork.html

and even paper
http://www.frugalcrafts.com/craft_projects/Jewelery_and_Hair_Decorations/paperbeads.html

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