Jewelry Making Craft Ideas for Children

Craft: Sparkle Necklace

marie cecchini
Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 204 Posts

October 2, 2009

Try this fun necklace your child will love to make and wear, made from things you already have on hand.

Approximate Time: 30 minutes

Supplies:

• cardboard
• aluminum foil
• tape
• paper punch
• paint
• wax paper
• white glue
• toothpick(s)
• paint brushes
• yarn

Instructions:

1. Cut a simple shape from cardboard and cover it with aluminum foil. Tape the ends of the foil to the back of your shape.
2. Use a paper punch to make a hole at the top of your shape.
3. Choose paint colors for your design and make a few little pools of paint, one for each color, on a piece of wax paper. Add a little white glue to each pool of paint, and use a toothpick to mix the glue with the paint.
4. Use paint brushes to paint a design on your foil shape. Allow the paint to dry.
5. Thread a length of yarn through the hole at the top of your sparkle shape and knot the ends of the yarn together to make a necklace.

By Marie from West Dundee, IL

Craft: Straw and Bead Elastic Bands

Little Suzy
Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 104 Posts

October 22, 2009

String beads and straws cut up to make a cute necklace or bracelet and head bands. Cut the straws up in different lengths or the same depending on the look you want.

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