How do I make mardi gras beads?
About.com has a bunch of clay recipes http://familycrafts.about.com/…/blmardiclayb.htm I make mine out of paper mache. I tear up a couple of cups full of white envelopes (from bills and junk mail). Put it in a blender with 1 cup of water and two or three tablespoons full of flour. Add paper or flour to make it come out like clay. Add salt to keep it from getting moldy. Now form it into the beads, and poke a toothpick covered in petroleum jelly so it won’t stick to make the hole. Paint with metallic paint gold, purple, and dark green The next day, after they are dry, http://ezinearticles.
