I’m a bit of a sucker for all things sparkly and I currently have a four-year-old who is in love with all things princess. Need a little help identifying your stuff? Make a few of these personalized beaded keychains and you’ll never have to wonder what backpack belongs to which kid again! Whether you’re melting them down for a sun catcher or stringing them together for a bracelet, these super simple pony bead craft ideas will keep you and the kiddos busy creating for quite some time and (BONUS!), you’ll be getting some excellent fine motor practice in as well!Ĭreate your own little lizard friend with this awesome tutorial from Sugar Bee Crafts! Attach him to a backpack or just set him on your desk, he’ll look great anywhere! The sky is the limit with these things because if you can imagine it in your head, you can more than likely make it with pony beads. Pony bead crafts come in all shapes and sizes because there are just that versatile. I know that this description isn’t gold or anything, but it was the easiest way to explain without a diagram.While my love of craft supplies knows no bounds, there are a few that are always at the top of my go-to list and pony beads are one of them. The tail is a one bead row with a string of 5 beads looped through each side and reconnected through that one beaded row. The bottom flipper (7 beads) is started with it’s connection in row 7 and reconnected through row 8 (after looping the string back through the closest bead in row 7 and through the last bead on the flipper). The top fin (4 beads) is connected through row 6 and reconnects in row 7. I started at the ‘nose’ and just worked my way to the left. I did draw out how I was going to alter the pattern, but my drawing really stinks and only makes sense to me, probably, so I’m not going to post a picture of that! I based this pattern off of one those that I found. None of the patterns I saw were of a free form, actual, dolphin, they were all just patterns of dolphins in a square or rectangular form. I tried to look up a pattern for a pony bead dolphin, but all the ones that I found really stunk. A very awesome cousin of mine really likes dolphins. Then I remembered that I had pony beads! (I have no idea why, but I do.) So I decided that I was going to make a pony bead animal. So I was getting pretty bored with not really being able to go anywhere because of the weather, so I was just thinking about all the different (and random) things in my craft room. I remember going home and showing my mom how you could weave the string around these beads and make something so cool out of it! I knew that you could make a lizard almost the same way as a snake, and so I remember sitting at the kitchen table, teaching myself how to do so! That’s my first memory of creating something just by thinking things through (other than coloring pictures), and I haven’t stopped since! You can also use 1/6 and 1/4 inch, but 1/8 is really your best option. You can get them in almost any color, and even glow in the dark and see through Next, you'll need some string, the string has to be thin, 1/8 an inch, to be precise. I don’t remember how old I was when the neighbor across the street taught me and my twin sister (Hi sis!) how to make our first pony bead animal (a snake), but I do know I was pretty young. First, you need some pony beads, obviously You can find pony beads at almost any craft. Do you guys remember making pony bead animals when you were a kid? If you don’t I’m really sorry, because they were a ton of fun to make!
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