Cell Phone Charm Crafts
Check out these bright and colorful cell phone charm crafts. Here are a few ideas for a starfish or bow or even a dragonfly cell phone charm. Girls love to made these for the members of their "club," the Starfish. Come take a look!
Starfish
Cell Phone Charm Crafts are great for girls ages 7-11. They love to create charms that are just like their friends' and hang them from cell phones, belt loops, or purses.
Materials For Each Charm:
- One plain, metal key ring.
- Various beads and small plastic items to string.
- String that comes with the beads or thin wire or dental floss.
Method:
- Cut a length of string about 10" (25 cm) long.
- Tie one end to the metal key ring.
- Put the charms on the string in a pattern.
- When finished, tie the second end to the key ring and cut the excess string.
Cell Phone Charm Crafts - Bow
These cell phone charm crafts are fun to make and girls ages 8-12 enjoy them very much, trading them back and forth, and matching them to the clothing they're wearing.
Materials:
- Small, colorful beads that can be purchased at craft and drug stores
- String that comes with the beads or dental floss
- Glitter pens
- Scissors
Method:
- Cut a length of elastic string or dental floss 16" (40 cm) long.
- Tie a metal ring in the middle of the length of string.
- Choose the color(s) of beads you want to use for one side of the bow.
- String 8 beads in the middle of the length.
- Tie a triple knot (three ties to hold it).
- Without cutting the string, do the same again.
- String 4 beads on each end of the string and tie them with triple knots.
- Cut the ends of the string.
- Put a dab of glitter glue in the middle of the bow to hide the knots.
- Turn it over and put a dab of glitter on any knots that show in the back.
Dragonfly Materials:
- Small, colorful beads that can be purchased at craft and drug stores
- String that comes with the beads or dental floss
- Glitter pens
- Scissors
Method:
- Cut a length of plastic string or dental floss 20" (50 cm) long.
- Tie a metal ring right in the middle of the length of string.
- Choose the color of beads you want for the first set of wings (16 beads).
- String them in the middle of the length of string and tie a triple knot.
- Loop one end of the string around the middle of the beads to form two wings and triple tie it.
- String on one single bead of a different color to start the body.
- Tie it off with a double knot.
- String 8 beads on each piece of string and triple tie them into loops for the second set of wings.
- Tie them with triple knots.
- String 7 more beads for the body and triple tie the end.
- Cut any extra from both ends of the string.
- Put dabs of glitter glue on any knots that show and in between the beads forming the body.
- Turn it over and put dabs of glitter on any knots that show in the back.
Variations:
- Simple, straight strings of various colors, hung from a metal ring.
- Make circles of 16 beads of various colors and tie them all together in the middles to form a flower.
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