Like all kidful households, we’ve got a mountain of paper with crayon scribbles and I just can’t bring myself to throw it out. So I took a little bit of it to make decoupage kids’ art beads, from which I made a fun dress-up necklace for each of my girls plus two for myself!
To see the Decoupage Kids Art Beads and Dress-Up Necklaces tutorial, please visit my craft blog, The Silly Pearl. Thanks!
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These are so great! They would make perfect stocking stuffers. Would you be willing to post this on my stocking stuffer share-a-long (or give me permission to post it)? I just started my list yesterday and this would make a perfect addition to the little list that is forming. You can check out the list here:
http://twelvecraftstillchristmas.blogspot.com/p/stocking-stuffer-ideas.html
Love the design of your blog, by the way. It's so clean and fresh feeling!
Wow! What a fun idea! I love how the kids can totally make it their own! Thanks so much for linking up with us this week! :)
This looks so cute and a lot of fun to make too. Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday!
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Trisha
AWW! I love this so, so much! They're gorgeous! Thanks so much, I'll be linking.
What a great way to showcase your children's art!
Love these!! I really love children's art and this a fine example. Thank you for sharing. I will be featuring this on my wrapup.
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Found you via ohdeedoh – this is FANTASTIC!! We're always on the hunt for recycling art in fun, functional ways – thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the intro! Lovely tutorial. And, what a great activity for kiddos! Love it!
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Have a great night!
What a great idea!!!
the beads are cute, but those babies are even cuter!
Very cute and so simple to make.Like it very much
What a wonderful way to use your childrens' crafts. They turned out beautiful!
Thanks for sharing at Saturday is Crafty Day!
Laura @ along for the ride
Oh, so cute! I need to try this one with my littles!
Wow, is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
These are so fabulous!!
Those necklace looks gorgeous!
Btw, thanks for dropping by and commenting on my Writer’s Workshop post!
Wow, I love them! So creative! I’m going to try that out.
Those turned out really cute!! LOVE it!
So very cute and crafty! I bet your kids had a blast! Thanks for linking up @PonyTails&FishScales!
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Hi, Steph – this is genius. Using kid scribbles as bead art – what a fantastic idea. This is a great tutorial, too, because getting paper onto round beads is not easy. Your method very helpful. I’m gonna make these! (I also love the 2-sided velvet ribbon.) Keep blogging, more craft tutorials please, if you can find the time.
They turned out beautifully. Great job, girls.
I bet they had tons of fun helping.
Very cute and looks like you guys had great time! Thank you for sharing this with us!
What a wonderful tutorial! And I love the picture of your little girls enjoying the necklaces, too. :) Thanks for linking up at Creative Moms Show ‘N Tell!
OMG! The necklaces are so cool! Great tutorial, Steph.
Have a wonderful weekend.
I featured you @PonyTails&FishScales! Thanks for linking up and grab an I ROCK button from my blog!
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Hi there – stopping by from Pony Tails and Fish Scales. I LOVE your idea!!! How totally clever! I can’t wait to do with with my kids!!!!
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Now, there’s an idea! Dropping by from SITS!
What a clever idea. I think I might put this on the summers to do list for my daughter and myself!
Look at those two little cuties getting into their artwork :D
What a fabulous tutorial! I’m sure all kids would enjoy this fun project.
This is a really lovely idea for using those drawings, I hate to throw them away too. The necklaces look so cute!
This is such a precious idea. I just love it! Using the art work is so creative…and what a great keepsake! I’ll be featuring this today Steph! Stop by and grab a featured button if you like. Thanks so much for joining the Sunday Showcase Party! I greatly appreciate it! Hope you are enjoying your weekend! ~ Stephanie Lynn
this is an awesome craft!
That’s a wonderful tutorial. I especially like the pearl and chain version. I will link in a future blog post. Thanks, Pearl
I used your tutorial and covered wooden beads with some of my daughter’s first drawings. They came out so beautifully and she gets so excited whenever I wear the necklace! She’s about to turn two and she loves to tell people she helped make it. I just posted photos: http://www.prettylittleprojects.com/post/1137829827/beautiful-beads
Thanks for the great idea!!
This is so great! What a creative way to use some artwork. Thanks for sharing!
Incomprehensible squiggles immortalised for life – fantastic!
Hello, I love your blog! Thank you for sharing your craft project. I hope you don’t mind, I’m linking to your project on my blog!
what a wonderful idea! I adore paper beads. Adore them! And I like the way you added clusters of tiny pearls between the larger paper covered beads. Very sweet and bohemian chic too :)
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