Paper Beads

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  Step 1

  Take a few sheets of A4 paper and cut it in to strips length ways.

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  Step 2

  Make a glue like paste out of 1 parts water to 1 part flour. Mix together well.

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  Step 3

  Take a stick, I used a cocktail skewer, and wrap a piece of paper up around it.

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  Step 4

  Cover the paper in paste.

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  Step 5

  Push the bead down the stick and then repeat until the stick is full.

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  Step 6

  Let the beads dry and then remove them from the stick.

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  Step 7

  Paint and decorate the beads.

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shaina madaan 10th February 2013

huh

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lauren h. 9th April 2011

I love using this technique to make beads for my dreadlocks, it's cheap, easy and controllable wrapping various tissue paper around them also look quite nice

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Mzuribeads.com 29th July 2009

Great blog!

Mzuribeads is an ethical business who have been individually hand rolling recycled paper beads and jewelry in Uganda since 2006. I would like everyone interested in our fair trade bead art to find out how we make our recycled paper beads by visit our website.

We are also on the look out for new representatives , please get in touch if you would like to help promote and develop Uganda through our fair trade business.

www.mzuribeads.com

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Katie S. · 2 projects 3rd July 2008

should i post my version of door beads on hear? I made them at the begining of summer.

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Surf jewels · Southend-on-Sea, England, GB · 13 projects 25th June 2008

Youre right- u can NEVER have enough beads

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mlc1803 m. · Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MX 9th February 2008

this is just perfect for all the recycled paper i have at home thanks cat ! also im gonna try to do this with magazines or newspaper to see how it turns out

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EbonyMae. · Kingswinford, England, GB · 2 projects 3rd February 2008

wow cool

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Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 17th December 2007

A4 is just a paper size, it'll be a similar size to you standard sheet of paper.

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Courtney Couture · Keller, Texas, US · 20 projects 17th December 2007

oh...whats A4 paper? can u get something like that in the U.S.?

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Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 11th September 2007

Click the blog tab at the top. The projects use to appear as blog entries, so that's what they were referring to.

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