Beads & Jewellery

Bracelets, Necklaces, Keyrings and more, our Beads & Jewellery ideas section contains projects galore!

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Heishi Bead Projects

Heishi beads are popular flat, disc-style natural beads that create beautiful patterns and gradients when stacked together on bracelets, necklaces or other jewellery. You can even use them to create fun bag tags and keyrings!
  • Step 1Choose what sort of project you wish to create and make sure you have the extra accessories needed on hand, as well as your heishi beads.
  • Step 2To Make a Keyring/Bag Tag: Cut a piece of elastic twice as long as your desired length of your finished keyring. Adult supervision is recommended when using scissors. Fold the elastic in half and attach it to a keyring using a cow hitch knot. Choose different colours of heishi beads and begin to thread them onto the elastic. Think about the pattern you wish to create and experiment with adding blocks of colour or single beads. You may wish to add in other designs or shapes of bead to compliment your heishi beads. Once you are happy with the design, tie the elastic in a double knot to hold the beads in place. Trim any excess elastic and your keyring/bag tag is now ready to use or gift!
  • Step 3To Make a Bracelet: Cut a length of elastic that is long enough to go around your wrist. Choose different colours of heishi beads and begin to thread them onto the elastic. Think about the pattern you wish to create and experiment with adding blocks of colour as well as single beads. You may wish to add in alphabet pony beads to spell out a message or a name. Choose how you’d like to finish your bracelet. You can use sliding knots, jewellery clasps or simply tie the ends together. Your bracelet is now ready to gift or wear!

Materials used in this activity

Alphabet Pony Beads - 150g Pack
Optional
Product Code: 10338
EACH $10.99 (inc GST) $9.99 (ex GST)
5 to 9 $9.34 (inc GST) $8.49 (ex GST) 10 or more $7.69 (inc GST) $6.99 (ex GST)
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Product Code: 15518
EACH $3.84 (inc GST) $3.49 (ex GST)
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Metal Keyring with Snap Hook - Pack of 10
Optional
Product Code: 19054
EACH $5.49 (inc GST) $4.99 (ex GST)
10 or more $3.84 (inc GST) $3.49 (ex GST)          
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Wooden Star Beads - Natural - Pack of 100
Optional
Product Code: 20259
EACH $6.59 (inc GST) $5.99 (ex GST)
6 or more $4.61 (inc GST) $4.19 (ex GST)          
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Coloured Elastic - Pack of 10 Colours
Optional
Product Code: 20704
EACH $15.39 (inc GST) $13.99 (ex GST)
4 or more $10.77 (inc GST) $9.79 (ex GST)          
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Heishi Bead Box
Optional
Product Code: 20709
EACH $27.49 (inc GST) $24.99 (ex GST)
3 to 5 $21.99 (inc GST) $19.99 (ex GST) 6 or more $19.24 (inc GST) $17.49 (ex GST)
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