Bake-able Self Made Beads

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Making beads for yourself can be a great way to show off your style. You can personalize then in any way you want and the materials come in a wide variety of colors.


Kids and teens love to get in on a bead-making project. You can find bake-able materials for bead making and other projects at your local craft store, or online.



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These great materials are often non-toxic and environmentally safe. The personalization options are literally limitless when working with bake-able materials.






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You need have no sculpting experience to create something wonderful with this method. You can mix colors and cut a rolled strip of this into the shape and size beads you would like.

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These beads will all be matching in color and unique in pattern. All that has to be done before placing them into the oven to harden is to be sure to poke a hole large enough for your string material to fit easily through it.


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Here is a great tutorial video for you to watch:






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