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After far too long of an absence, here's a fun and easy craft tutorial.
Lucky Cat Beaded Charms
I got the idea for these charms sometime after finding these cute cat bead at JoAnn's, but that was before they closed up. Sigh...
Don't worry, I found similarly cute kitty beads here at Amazon. So, on to the tutorial.
- Cat beads or large novelty beads of your choice.
- Smaller round beads like these.
- Small bells. These ones from Michael's should work, also these from Dollar Tree.
- Eye pins, like these ones.
- Some phone charm straps. I got mine at Daiso, but these ones should worked too.
- A pair of pliers like these.
First slide one of your round beads and a cat bead head first on to a pin.
Use your pliers to bend the pin as shown. Just grip with the pliers, then turn your wrist to bend the wire pin, leaving enough space between the cat and curved part to slide a bell on.
Slide on the bell, then continue to bend the pin with your pliers to wrap the rest of the pin loosely around the top of the bell. It needs to be loose, or the bell won't be able to jingle.
Now just attach the charm strap to the "eye". The straps I got use a lobster clasp, but some use a split ring. Either works. Now the next step...
...Is to make more!
Make plenty to give to friends and family. Maybe it will bring them luck.
Just don't forget get to save one for yourself. I love their cute little faces.
That's it for now. I am planning to post another simple craft tutorial later. Hopefully, it won't be quite as late as this one.
Look forward to it!
Give it a try:
