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lovely, colourful and cheap
polymer clay is a little bit expensive. if you want to make beads of it you need a lot clay. I've found a way to make beads and save a lot of clay!

Posted by rabbitje from Nederland, Colorado, United States • Published 16th January 2010 • See rabbitje's 41 projects »

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Step 1
take a piece of aliuminiumfoil
Step 2
roll it into a ball
Step 3
take a little bit polymer clay and cover the aluminiumfoil ball with it
Step 4
roll the ball till it's smooth coverd with polymer clay
Step 5
take a toothpick and sting the ball on it
Step 6
you can decorate the ball with any thing you want if you like
Step 7
you're done now you have beautiful beads and you have saved a lot of polymer clay

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Denise H. · Lake Charles, Louisiana, US 25th April 2015

IS THIS AIRDRY CLAY?

Amberlynn Reid · Kathmandu, Central Region, NP · 67 projects 9th September 2012

Hey...umm when I sting the ball with the toothpick the ball ruined...did you really use a toothpick or a drill???

deanna 19th February 2011

very clever! how did you get the shiny specs on the purple and green ones?

rabbitje · Nederland, Colorado, US · 41 projects 29th December 2010

helenita05 h.December 18, 2010
Can you make the tiny ball without the foil inside? And did you bake them? Thnx.

huh, sorry I'dont understand

rabbitje · Nederland, Colorado, US · 41 projects 29th December 2010

Pammerzabout 17 hours ago
Have you ever had any problems with the beads later? Like do they last just as long? I would love to use this idea with the jewelry I make!

no, I still have the beads and they are still looking beautiful