How to Make Paper Beads

Make use of old magazines, newspapers and flyers – learn how to make paper beads and create beautiful recycled jewelry.

This project is suitable for all ages, you can do large beads with younger children and smaller beads that look like glass beads with older children (or yourself).

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We will show you how to make paper beads and how to make a simple paper bead bracelet.

Sounds fun, right? Turning paper into beads is super easy.

For those of you who already have a magic wand, this will be an easy job, right? And for the rest of you who don’t have a magic wand, you will have to roll the strips of paper on a toothpick yourself to form the beads or you can quickly move on to the magic wand project we showed you a while ago.

These can look so cool that none of your friends will notice that the bracelet you’re wearing is made of paper!

And how awesome is that?

How to Make Paper Bead Bracelets

What you need:

newspaper, book pages, watercolor paper or colored paper
drag
pencil
ruler
glue
stretch yarn
toothpick

Optional: gloss varnish, paint

Step by step instructions

On the selected sheet of paper, draw and cut out an isosceles triangle, a right triangle and a rectangle as shown in the picture.

Make sure the paper strips are the right length, at least 8 inches / 20 cm.

If you want to make larger beads just use longer strips of paper.

How to make paper beads look like glass beads

If you’re going for a glassy look, make your bead out of an isosceles triangle – and make it as long as you can. Once you’ve rolled out your bead, paint it with paint and seal it with a clear varnish.

Project contributed by Ema.

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