Category: Kid's Arts and Crafts

I’ve got a pair of little artists in my house which means I’ve always got a new pile of art to hang up and show off. Magnets are my favorite way of hanging the art and I love to display their work with fun, preferably child made magnets that add to the kid-pride look and make for a fun refrigerator front. These bottle cap and pony bead magnets are a great afternoon project. Your kids will love watching the beads melt and fill the bottle caps and they’ll be so excited to see them displaying their very own art on the fridge when the magnets are done.

Difficulty level: Easy *requires use of an oven so adult supervision is recommended
Time to complete: 20 minutes

Things you’ll need:
Pony Beads
Bottle caps
Foil
Baking pan
Oven
Oven Mitts
Magnets
E6000 glue

Things to do:
1. Preheat the oven to 475 and line a baking pan with foil.
2. Set a row of bottle caps out on the foil and fill the interior of each with beads in whatever pattern you want.


3. Slide the pan into the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until the beads have melted.
4. Pull from the oven carefully wearing your oven mitts and allow the beads to cool and harden.

5. Once the bottle caps are completely cool, flip them over and glue strong magnets to the backside. Allow the glue to cool before using the magnets.

I love office supplies. When I was little I used to visit my mom at work and spend all my time in the supply room, fascinated by the boxes of pens and pencils, the stacks of paper pads, and the rows of tape. Ever since I’ve had a thing for fun office supplies and I love turning drab, ordinary objects I use in my every day work life into something exciting and playful. These Melted Pony Bead Paper Clips are a perfect addition to my collection. Pretty and festive, they would be a great touch to a special work or school project. Plus they are just plain fun to make!

Difficulty level: Easy, requires use of an oven so adult supervision is recommended
Time to complete: 30 minutes

Things you’ll need:
Pony Beads
Paper Clips
Foil
Baking pan
Oven
Oven Mitts

Things to do:
1. Preheat the oven to 475 and line a baking pan with foil.
2. Set out a row of paper clip on the foil, spacing them a few inches apart.

3. Arrange beads so that at least one or two beads in your pattern overlap the top edge of the paper clip.

4. Slide the pan into the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes or until the beads have melted.
5. Pull from the oven carefully wearing your oven mitts and allow the beads to cool before peeling them off and using.