I have been seeing all these posts about melting beads
and I just had to try them!
I made a modification where I added an eyelet to the beads so that we could hang them easily, wasn't sure it was going to work but it did! Now we can hang these easily!
You just have to make sure to surround the eyelet with beads so that it stays snug!
I also used glow in the dark beads and sunburst bead which was really a great addition and it melts so pretty!
You can see more details here
I just love the way the beads melt together
Here is what I used:
Any of these can probably be found at local craft stores and take a coupon! Any metal eyelet will do.
Use the pan for shape and so that it stays a little thicker, dollar store has small pans sometimes, I only use them for crafting and don't mix with the food ones. Make sure the eyelet is snug and that beads are close to the sunburst beads, you want them to be close so you don't have gaps.
I used a toaster over that is an old one, only for crafts because this really stinks. Seriously, I took the toaster oven outside it smelled so bad - yuck. I also use it for shrink plastic and polymer clay. Some people have used the BBQ outside.
I had the little oven at 450F and watch them melt, takes about 10 min on mine.
Pour some cold water to make them pop out
Enjoy!
