[Crazy_Lady1234]

Since lindsclou asked, I have made a tutorial on how to make homemade beads!

You Will Need

2 Cups of Flour
1/2 Cup Salt
3/4 Cup Water
Medium Sized Bowl



Mix the flour and salt



Add water and stir until doughy



Knead the dough for a couple of minutes



Put in fridge for 15 minutes, or until cool



Take about this amount for medium sized beads



Roll dough into beads



Use a nail or something to poke a hole



It should look something like this from the top



Arrange on a pan (I recommend using parchment paper)



Bake in oven at 350º for 2 hours, or until they look like this



then you can paint! I used acrillic



This is my second final project!

[xXSo_thats_who_i_amXx]

This is cool!! Do they shrink at all? It doesn't look like they did. And also, how ,like moveable/shape-able is the dough before, and after? I'm sorry about all the questions, I just want to know, because I was planning on making some cupcake earrings.

[Victor]

cool! now I can make some of those giant bead necklaces you see around these days.

do you think these can be sanded to make them smoother?

[bones]

The best thing is, if you are stranded with no food you could eat unpainted ones. *Laughs histerically* Cool!

[Victor]

Originally Posted by bones

The best thing is, if you are stranded with no food you could eat unpainted ones. *Laughs histerically* Cool!

haha!

[lindsclou]

Thanks CrazyLady! I used almost that exact recipe (the one I got online called for on the stove and cream of tartar) for the kids! However they never put in the instructions how to bake them! I will try your temp and time and make some beads if they will let me steal some! LOL!

And Victor I imagine they could be sanded to be made smoother. If regular sanding doesn't get you the results you want, try wet-sanding them.

[Crazy_Lady1234]

Originally Posted by xXSo_thats_who_i_amXx

This is cool!! Do they shrink at all? It doesn't look like they did. And also, how ,like moveable/shape-able is the dough before, and after? I'm sorry about all the questions, I just want to know, because I was planning on making some cupcake earrings.

they don't shrink, they just harden

the dough is really moldable before you put it in the oven
it's rock solid after words
so if you need to reshape them you might want to take them out early and try it then
I don't know how easy that will be though

[Crazy_Lady1234]

Originally Posted by Victor

cool! now I can make some of those giant bead necklaces you see around these days.

do you think these can be sanded to make them smoother?

After you asked, I ran to find some sand paper and i tried!

It turns out you can! it takes a little effort though

[KoolKatKellie]

OMG!!!!!! i really want to try this!!!!

but i have a question..... do they sometimes break or crack in the oven?

[Crazy_Lady1234]

Originally Posted by KoolKatKellie

OMG!!!!!! i really want to try this!!!!

but i have a question..... do they sometimes break or crack in the oven?

they didn't for me
and i'm assuming they wont if you knead them enough