Plastic pony beads are great for arts & crafts projects, banners, beading projects, jewelry making, key chains, hair braiding styles and more. Pearl & glittery beads will add sparkle to any jewelry, craft, fashion or decor project. Pearlized beads are opaque with a shimmery finish. Glitter beads are transparent with glitter. Transparent beads allow light to pass through. Opaque beads are solid color (not see-through). The bead color is solid all through the plastic material so the color will not flake off or peel off. Made in the USA with pride using quality materials & premium colors. Cotton cord, hemp, rattail, satin cord, leather, paracord, macrame cord, embroidery floss, pipe cleaners & other materials including hair braids will also work if they fit through the 4mm hole. Pony beads are sometimes referred to as crow beads, barrel beads, drum beads or rondelle beads. Large holes will work with a variety of elastic, string & cording. Pony beads are popular for arts & crafts with the simple, versatile shape and large selection of colors and mixes. These craft beads are plastic, barrel shaped beads. *Above info based on 6mm wide beads. If you use different size beads, the amount of beads you need will change depending on the bead size. 2000 pony beads can make about sixty six 7' bracelets and twenty six 18' necklaces.1000 pony beads can make about thirty three 7' bracelets and thirteen 18' necklaces.500 pony beads can make about sixteen 7' bracelets and five to six 18' necklaces.150 pony beads can make about five 7' bracelets and two 18' necklaces.To make a bracelet that is about 7' in length, you will need about 30 pony beads. To make a necklace that is about 18' in length, you will need about 76 pony beads. To make a necklace that is about 24' in length, you will need about 102 pony beads. To give you some reference points, it takes about 51 pony beads to create 12' of length. The jury is still out.HOW MANY BEADS MAKE A BRACELET OR NECKLACE They, also, have a very cute shamrock that I may or may not decide to make. Lately, it’s been video games because I can pick them up and put them down and not have to worry about it.Īnyway, if you want to try making a banner visit The Beadery for project instructions. My “real” work is so crazy in August and it’s hot and I’m whiny. This blog is my safe space and lately, I’ve been too distracted to really focus on it. Lately, I’ve been skipping posts and just pretending it didn’t happen and that’s not fair – not to you and not to me. In the end, I’m sharing because my brain is completely fried.

I have been sitting on this for weeks, debating about sharing. When it was done, I hung it up and have to really think about where in my house it is. I just realized I never took a picture of it completely finished. How can I share a project I completely screwed up? I don’t think you can tell in the final project (much) but I finished it and just didn’t know what to do. While I don’t hate the banner – it’s cute, I made a ton of mistakes. So I thought, I’d find one online that I could share, make that one and share the process. I couldn’t come up with a way to share that project because it is more complicated than it looks. The apple banner was a project I printed off way too long ago and the instructions are no longer available online. They do relax some (you can see the bamboo skewer I inserted to help with getting the project to lay straight).

Tension is really hard to maintain, no matter what you do. They are time-consuming and just come out all wonky.

I don’t seem them like I used to and I understand why. There were kits and patterns and I drooled over them. Years ago, these little banners were super popular. I have been hesitant to share these projects.

Pony bead banners patterns