How Do You Make Pretty Paper Beads?
Paper bead making began in the 1930’s. Paper beads are easy to make and inexpensive to create. They make be made out of many different types of paper. Such as newspaper,old magazine pages,wrapping paper,and white paper that has been painted or colored with markers. Have fun designing your own beads! Using your ruler draw a 4 inch by 1 inch triangle shaped pattern onto the paper of your choice. Draw a pattern for each bead or as many beads as you need depending on your bead project. Cut out triangles with scissors. Apply a little glue on smallest end of triangle. Using dowel or plastic tube roll paper starting at the wide end into a cylinder bead shape. Apply a little more glue to narrow end after rolling up to keep it from unrolling. Slide the bead off. Brush your bead or beads with a mixture of two parts water and one part glue. Let completely dry. If not completely dry the bead could stick to other objects.
