We're not just about the cosmetic chemistry around here - we're also about the beading. Last night my Chilliwack craft group created gorgeous Christmas jewellery, including these lovely beaded snowflakes!
As you know, our youth programs are sponsored by readers like you. When you contribute to our groups by buying the Formulating & Creating Lotions and Creams, Lotion Making 101, Back to Basics, or Hair Care: Shampoos & Conditioners e-books, you contribute to four different programs at three different locations (Chilliwack and Yarrow libraries, and the Ed Centre alternative school). For more information on our groups and what we do, please click here! There are three ways to finish off the end of each arm of the snowflake - by gluing on a bead with Crazy Glue (not recommended, you'll be covered in it, and you have to wait before gluing the next arm!), by using a crimping bead, or by turning the end into a loop. I recommend having a loop at the top and bottom of the snowflake so you can hang it from something and you can hang something from the bottom, and I like the crimping bead method the best (primarily because they are really hard to bend and my hands hurt after making the first one!).
I also recommend using acrylic beads. They're much cheaper than glass or crystal, and they are much lighter. The first ones I made with glass beads kept pulling the 3M hook off my office door!
But wait, there's more! We also made awesome Christmas jewellery! If you'd like to make a gorgeous Christmas charm bracelet,
click here! The little snowmen, angels, and trees can be used for earrings as well
Here are a few posts I've written about snowflake making or jewellery projects! These make great Christmas presents, and you can do them with kids as young as 6 - as long as they have some eye-hand co-ordination. Let them put the beads on, then do the rest of the work for them!
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