Cut Out + Keep

Recyle And Make Your Own Beads

Based on Recyle And Make Your Own Beads by DIS.AR.RAY

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/recyle-and-make-your-own-beads/versions/16 • Posted by Darce

These beads are made from plastic bottles that I stole from my recycling bin. I cut pieces into strips, colored them with Sharpie markers, and rolled them up with needle nose pliers. Using the pliers to hold the roll together, I put a flame on each end to seal the edges together, and voila! Beads! Inspired by a how-to post from DIS.AR.RAY. These were a little trickier for me than paper beads...probably would be much easier with a heat gun, rather than a torch lighter! Still fun though. Maybe with a few more tries I'll get the hang of it.

You will need


Time

0 h 20

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
Medium dh recycled plastic beads 4 1282152807 Medium dh recycled plastic beads 5 1282152873

Description

These beads are made from plastic bottles that I stole from my recycling bin. I cut pieces into strips, colored them with Sharpie markers, and rolled them up with needle nose pliers. Using the pliers to hold the roll together, I put a flame on each end to seal the edges together, and voila! Beads! Inspired by a how-to post from DIS.AR.RAY. These were a little trickier for me than paper beads...probably would be much easier with a heat gun, rather than a torch lighter! Still fun though. Maybe with a few more tries I'll get the hang of it.

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