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This the flip side to bad news.... Recycled Bad News Beads!
What you need: sheets of newspaper or magazine toothpicks glue scissors Ruler pencil nylon thread or cord |
Here's what to do:
1. Mark the top of the newspaper or magazine at 1" intervals all the way across.
2. Then mark the other side, beginning 1/2" from the edge and continue to mark 1" intervals on this side, all the way across.
3. Draw lines connecting the mark at the top to the marks at the bottom creating long triangles.
4. Cut out the triangles on the lines.
5. Lay the triangle down with the wide end nearest you. Lay the toothpick on the wide end and begin to roll it on the toothpick.
6. Then glue inside strip. Wind up until point is securely glued. The point should be in the middle of the bead.
7. Remove toothpick and let bead dry.
8. Make about 10 beads.
9. Thread beads onto a piece of nylon thread or cord. Tie ends.
10. Wear as a necklace!
2. Then mark the other side, beginning 1/2" from the edge and continue to mark 1" intervals on this side, all the way across.
3. Draw lines connecting the mark at the top to the marks at the bottom creating long triangles.
4. Cut out the triangles on the lines.
5. Lay the triangle down with the wide end nearest you. Lay the toothpick on the wide end and begin to roll it on the toothpick.
6. Then glue inside strip. Wind up until point is securely glued. The point should be in the middle of the bead.
7. Remove toothpick and let bead dry.
8. Make about 10 beads.
9. Thread beads onto a piece of nylon thread or cord. Tie ends.
10. Wear as a necklace!
