How to Make Paper Beads

Step 1: Selecting your paper and materials to make the bead

First collect the following:

• A colourful page from a used magazine or an old colourful poster. If you want to make beads of a full colour, you must find a full colour page of poster. For example to get ALL blue beads, pick up a page with photo of the ocean! Vogue and House and Home, or some old teenage music posters are my favorite. The thicker the paper the fatter the bead!
• Scissors
• Pen
• Ruler
• Needle or toothpick
• Clear varnish - most clear varnishes from local store will do or nail varnish.
• Fishing wire/plastic wire or some sort of thread similar width as your needle or toothpick

Comments

[bassclarinet23]

So clear nail polish could work? Nice instructable, by the way.

[Mzuribeads]

yes, but give it a few coats!

[bassclarinet23]

Cool, thanks.