Pony Bead Meltie Plant Markers


Check our blog for Easter Pony Bead Melties” and you will find where this infatuation with melted pony beads began. The simplicity and creativity of this craft will have you finding new and exciting shapes to make.

These bright and shiny markers really liven up a garden and are weather-proof! We made these for common garden plants, but create them for any plant in your garden. And look at the “peas in a pod’ in the pictures to see melted alphabet beads!

Age range: 6+ with adult supervision (must use oven)
Approximate time: 15 Minutes
Difficulty Level: Beginner Crafter

Things you’ll need:
Plastic pony beads
Alphabet beads
An oven
Parchment paper
Cookie sheet (with a rim!)
A kitchen timer
A toothpick
Sharpie marker

Things to do:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Lay parchment paper on the cookie sheet. Do what you must to get it flat, wetting the pan with water might help.
3. Arrange your beads to create the shape of your flowers, fruit, or vegetables. Use toothpicks to move beads “in tight quarters’ to save your sanity.

4. Add four or five beads to create a “stick’ for your marker.
5. Carefully move the cookie sheet into oven. Turn on the oven light! (If you’re careful, you won’t have to find out why we suggest a pan with a rim!)

6. Set your timer for 4:00 minutes. Turn on a fan and open a door, this can get smelly!
7. At 4:00 minutes, check your markers to ensure no beads rolled out of place. Carefully push them back into shape with a toothpick, if necessary.
8. Return to oven for 6:00 minutes. Set your timer.
9. Check that the melties are as melted as you want. Add minutes to bake time as needed. By this point you should just stand by and keep an active watch!
10. When everything looks smooth and melted, remove the cookie sheet from the oven.

11. Let the markers cool completely.
12. Plant seeds and use your markers to remind you which are supposed to grow where!

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