We are so excited to announce our newest package for girls ages 9 and up. Our new memory wire consists of gold or silver plated memory wire, glass foil beads in every colour imaginable and silver and copper findings.
We love this package because the girls can get so creative with the colours that they use and the designs that they choose.
A popular bracelet that many girls have been making is a "frozen" bracelet, using different shades of blue, as with white and silver accents.
In
this package children are taught the stringing technique. The package
includes beading materials for a memory wire bracelet, instructors for 75
minutes, beading princess tiara, invitations and elegant jewellery
storage pouch.
Purple, silver and blue bracelet
$18.00 per child. For 10 children or more, only $16.00
per child.
A new school year is fast approaching and the Beading Buds are so excited about our brand new 8 week after school program that we will be running at several schools in Richmond Hill, Oakville and Mississauga and other parts of the Greater Toronto Area.
And to continue with the "back to school" theme, we are sharing this article about the developmental benefits of beading with children.
One of the projects we will be teaching at the after school program is a memory wire bracelet which can also be worn as a necklace, below is a tutorial showing how to make this memory wire bracelet.
Materials:
Memory Wire
Beads
Tools:
Wire cutters
Needle nosed pliers
Take your memory wire and measure so that it loops around your wrist two times and then cut using your wire cutters. Taking your needle nosed pliers, make a loop at one end of the wire. Using your bead board, make your pattern, it is usually best to use 4 beads and keep repeating them, or just make it totally random. String your beads until you have about about 1/2 an inch of wire left and then make another loop using your needle nosed pliers.
Enjoy the rest of your summer, and we look forward to bringing you lots of fun beading projects for the fall and winter season.
