Magazine Bead Bracelet

Recycle old catalogs and magazines into stretchy swanky bracelets that cost next to nothing to make. Great activity for the older girls

You need

Cardboard/ruler/magazines/wooden skewers/glue stick/Mod Podge/paintbrush/6 ft of clear elastic cord

How to

Cut out a cardboard triangle with a 1 inch base that is 6 inches high. Use it as a template to cut 30-35 triangles from colorful magazines

To make a bead, tightly roll one triangle base to point around a skewer,then glue down its tips.Leave the bead on the skewer and roll the next one beside it. When the skewer is full and the beads are dry,slide them off of the stick. Brush on a thin layer of Mod Podge and let the beads dry

To assemble the bracelet,thread one bead onto the center of the cord. Add the next bead,as shown,threading one end of the elastic through each end of the bead. Pull the elastic tight.

Continue adding beads in this way,tightening and straightening them as you go,until the bracelet is long enough to stretch around your wrist.Feed the remaining lengths of elastic back through the first bead,then know them multiple times and trim.