I had the hearts in my hand and noticed they made a cool clinking sound and decided that was it, these could make great wind chimes! I grabbed my glue gun, some ribbon and a stick from my garden. Not exactly kid safe for Valentine’s day favors for a bunch of three year old children. ![]() When they cooled I popped them out of the pan and immediately noticed that the beads that were against the side melted in a sharp point. I don’t want anyone surprised by the fumes but do know that they were gone 20 minutes later when my son with the super nose came in and didn’t notice a thing. If you are sensitive to fumes you could try it on your grill or maybe try a different valentine’s craft. I was expecting this so I had my windows wide open and the fan on, still it was strong. There were no fumes while melting but when I opened the oven door they were very strong. Once all the beads were in we were ready to melt, I followed Jean’s instructions for the melting the beads and popped the pan in the oven. Filling the hearts was fun for her because she did it independently but she was also working on skills like visual perceptual and fine motor skills as she grabbed the beads and managed to fill but not overfill the cups. My daughter filled some with all clear, some all red and some a mix. A heart shaped silicone treat pan, ribbon or string, a hot glue gun, scissors, and a stick. You will need plastic beads – we used red pony beads and clear tri-beads. You could still try that but I didn’t want all these hearts to go to waste so we turned them into heart wind chimes for Valentine’s day. ![]() That was a giant craft fail because of the way the beads melted. My original idea was to make heart pendants for my daughter’s preschool class. ![]() I have been wanting to try melting pony beads since I saw my friend Jean’s post on Artful Parent ages ago. My three year old did the first half with no help and I did the 2nd half of this melted bead craft all by myself. And they look great in our Easter Egg Candlestick Holders project too.This is not a hands off kind of craft. These pretty DIY Easter Eggs are gorgeous. The next day I used my crafting brush to tab on a top coat of Mod Podge over all of the seed beads on the egg so they wouldn’t eventually all fall off. Once the Beaded Easter Eggs were completely covered, I let them dry overnight. I let the top part dry for about 15 minutes and then filled in the bottom of the egg with Mod Podge and seed beads. Then, holding the egg over my bowl of seed beads, I sprinkled the beads on the Mod Podged areas of the egg until I got the egg as covered as I could with seed beads. Using a crafting brush, I painted the top half of the egg in Mod Podge. I tackled the process of covering the plastic eggs in beads one half of the egg at a time. The seed beads are not going to completely cover the plastic Easter Eggs so I tried to match the color of the plastic Easter Egg with the seed bead color as closely as possible. We needed some embellished Easter Eggs for a future Easter project and we thought that these tiny seed beads would be an interesting substitute for glitter. We found these Glass Seed Beads at a craft store. I love both sets of Easter Eggs so much that I am unable to pick a favorite! Supplies You Will Need First, we made some Glitter Easter Eggs and now we’re following up with these Beaded Easter Eggs. We have been bedazzling like crazy here at Two Sisters Crafting. ![]() We show you how we created these fabulous DIY Beaded Easter Eggs using only Plastic Easter Eggs, Seed Beads, and Mod Podge.
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