Beaded Paper Chains

Posted on Jul 9, 2010 in Paper Bead Creations | 3 comments

Don’t you just love paper chains?  You remember making them as a kid and the satisfaction you get when you see them getting longer and longer?  We have been making a lot of elastic bracelets and we just have a pile of them.  I was playing with them one day, and discovered that they make really nice and colorful chain links!  We made several of the elastic bracelets using small round beads and small olive shaped beads.

Bead Paper Chains

It is very simple to turn them into chains and here’s how I did it

This style of linking the bracelets into a chain is so versatile and a lot of possibilities.  Because there is no clasp involve, you just tie them with a ribbon for closure you can wear them several ways.

Beaded Paper Chains

This would also be pretty as a belt.  The same necklace, we converted it into a bracelet.

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You can use it as a hair scrunchie

Beaded Paper Chains

I think it would work great as a head band also! 

Beaded Paper Chains

Soon, you might find this versatile way of turning elastic bracelet into beaded chain links in catalogs and stores!  Just say you saw it here first 🙂

Upcoming posts: More updates on the Paper Bead Trade, Crochet with paper beads and Simple Wire Wrap for Shell Pendants.

3 Comments

  1. This is so cool I love how simple it is to make and the fact that you can wear it several different ways. Im going to try this one out for sure. 🙂

  2. What a great idea! I love it!

  3. This is reallly cute. I am going to try it. Thank you!