Jewelry Crafts for Kids – Cute and Colorful Kids Beaded Necklaces

Easy jewelry crafts for kids make creative gifts. Kids can make their own creations using the colorful summer-hued acrylic beads and soft brass pins. When combine with a kid’s imagination, even the plainest item may be full filled with possibility and magic!

Supplies needed in the kid’s beaded necklace:

6mm Colorful Acrylic Bead

Cross Alloy Pendant

Spacer Bead

Eyepin

Memory Wire

Round Nose Plier

Flat Nose Plier

Side Cutting Plier

How to make the kids beaded necklace?

Step1: Create the focal dangles

1st, open the loop on eyepin and attach the cross pendants one by one. Close the loops with pliers then;

2nd, arrange your beads on each eyepin;

Unit # 1: one spacer bead, one magenta acrylic bead, one green acrylic bead;

Unit # 2: one spacer bead, two green acrylic bead, one magenta acrylic bead;

Unit # 3: one spacer bead, one magenta acrylic bead, one green acrylic bead, one magenta acrylic bead, one green acrylic bead; 

For one necklace, you’ll need two of unit # 1 & unit # 2;

3rd, keep 6~7mm at the top, cut off the excess and loop the 6mm pin part.

Step2: Slide the dangles onto memory wire

1st, cut a full circle out from the memory wire;

2nd, string the dangles in the order: unit # 1, unit # 2, unit # 3, unit # 2, and unit # 1.

Step3: Add on the clasps

1st, create a simple loop at two ends of the memory wire;

2nd, hook the clasp and end chain onto the ending loops.

Done!

Though the kid’s beaded necklace is easy enough to create, make sure the kids use pins under your supervision. A simple jewelry craft for kids is a pretty good beginning project that helps kids develop fine operational ability and explore their talents.