Paper Beads» Paper Beads – Recycled Paper Made Into Paper Bead Jewelry http://paperbeads.org Jewelry Made From Recycled Paper Beads Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Beaded Paper Chains http://paperbeads.org/beaded-paper-chains/ http://paperbeads.org/beaded-paper-chains/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:25:30 +0000 JaniceMae http://paperbeads.org/?p=3145 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 :)

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