I often go through really weird creative phases the involve making stuff - Pinterest is slightly responsible for this. My current making buzz is the whole digital, pixel, cartoony motif with squares and colours. Here's a little DIY for a fun little necklace i made with Perler beads! You can get them for $10 a container at IKEA and if comes with literally thousands of beads.
YOU'LL NEED
- Perler beads of different colours
- Perler bead pegboard
- iron
- baking paper
WHAT TO DO
So pretty much, you can find heaps of peeler bead templates online on sites like Pinterest or kandipatterns.com and there are thousands of cute characters, foods, crazy things you can make! Its super simple, almost simple enough to not require instructions! You just match the beads with the squares and continue til you've completed the pattern. The ironing part is probably the trickiest - You have to make sure that you heat it up enough for the beads to fuse together, but not too long that it melts way too much. Let it cool for a few seconds then you can take the paper off and there you have it! You can also attach jumper rings or key rings to make them into pendants or bling (like what i did hehehe).
