Paper Beads: A Fun Rainy Day Craft

Happy May to you!

In our neck of the woods, Spring brings lots of rain.

I'm not complaining, 

I appreciate the coziness of a good ol' rainy day.

But the challenge can be keeping the kiddoes entertained

(aka- quiet, so you can enjoy the peaceful, cozy, rainy day)

Last week, Kaitlyn and I tried our hand at making paper beads.

This craft proved to be simple and wonderfully time consuming.

Here's what you need:

• old magazines and/or scrapbook paper
• glue
• scissors
• toothpick/skewer
• Mod Podge and a little paint brush

All you do is cut a long triangle from your paper of choice.

We found the magazine paper made really fun and colorful beads, but if you wanted more of a single shade of color, scrapbook paper worked really well.

Roll your triangle, starting with the wide side, very tightly on a skewer.

When you get to the end, use a little glue to seal the bead closed.

Then paint on a thin layer of Mod  Podge and allow to dry completely.

 Be sure to take pictures of your cute kid in the process.

Once you've made a pile o' beads, you can string them up to make your jewelry of choice.

Kait and I were thrilled with the end product.

I see many more afternoons of bead making in the near future.

Hope you get a cozy rainy day to try these out with your kiddoes!