Make necklaces yourself with paper mache beads

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If you are looking for a creative gift or want to create special jewelry for yourself, you can make pretty necklaces yourself with paper mache beads. Newspaper or thin craft paper is processed into paper mache, colored with food coloring and then into pearls processed, which can be tinkered with a nylon ribbon, a thin metal collar or a chain to create a pretty piece of jewelry permit.

Now you can make chains yourself.
Now you can make chains yourself.

What you need:

  • Paper mache made from newsprint or craft paper
  • Craft glue
  • water
  • Shish kebab skewers
  • Ribbon as desired
  • Chain lock
  • Food coloring
  • colorful paints
  • Clear coat
  • possibly. Glitter and rhinestones
  • Darning needle
  • old sieve
  • old mixer
  • Chocolate Cutter
  • Craft knife

Personal jewelry - make chains yourself

  1. To the Chains To do it yourself, you start with the manufacture of the paper mache. To do this, tear newsprint or thin craft paper (separated by color) into small pieces and soak them in a craft glue-water mixture (ratio 1: 1).
  2. Add a few drops of food coloring to the mixture to color the future pearls. Then the mass is pureed with an old mixer and left to steep for about half an hour.
  3. The drawn mass is now expressed in a sieve (collect glue water for more paper mache, then just add some glue). The resulting dough is the base for the pearls.
  4. Use this to form small balls and other shapes (if necessary with praline cutters and hobby knives).
  5. Now skewer the pearls on wooden shashlik skewers, where they can dry overnight. At the same time you get holes to thread into the pearls. Elongated, narrow beads should be made directly on the skewer to avoid crushing them when piercing.
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  6. Place the skewers between two objects of the same height (e. B. Cans) so that air can get to the pearls from all sides. The pearls should not touch each other.
  7. If the pearls are well dried, you can simply paint them on the skewer or varnish them with clear varnish. Glitter or small rhinestones can also be attached to the self-made pearls. Once the paints and varnishes have dried, carefully pull the skewers out of the beads.

Thread on homemade beads

  1. The threading of the pearls always works in the same way when making your own chains: The desired ribbon is picked up and provided with a clasp on one side.
  2. Now you can choose to thread many small homemade pearls onto the chain or a few large ones. The previously removed kebab skewers as well as a darning needle are suitable as a threading aid, especially with thin, movable chain straps.
  3. Finally, attach the end of your chain strap (nylon cord, metal chain, silk ribbon, jewelry wire or similar) to the clasp. Now you can wear the necklace yourself or give it away.

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