Rainbow Creations - Art and Craft for Children - Blog

With Mother's Day not too far away, we realise that many people will be thinking ahead as to what children can give to Mum for Mother's Day this year. We think that handmade gifts are so much more meaningful than an off the shelf purchase, so what better than for children to make something to give. Today we have been making bracelets for Mum using beads which are suitable for any age of child to use, even preschoolers. To personalise the bracelets we used children's alphabet letter beads . We have both smaller letter beads and larger ones for the little children to use. We sell the beads by the letter so that the choice of letter is guaranteed. Also in mixed letter packs . For an individual child, a mixed pack would be fine, but for groups who would require several of the same letter (in this case letters M U and M) the additional packs of single letters are advisable so as not to be disappointed that there are not enough of the letters you need. Bracelets made for...

Staring at a bag of newly delivered children's beads for making bracelets, well staring into space really, as you do... Painted Wooden Beads Suddenly inspiration came to us for making some kid's bracelets with these beads, based on the art activity we did for Autumn . Blackberry Art for Children  How much those beads looked like blackberries - the colours were similar and the little painted dots looked like the light shining on to the bumped surface of the blackberries. So, using the colours of nature we selected similar coloured beads to the blackberry. Usually Autumn colours are associated with the falling leaves, such as the golden colours, the russets, reds, oranges, browns and yellows but here we have an Autumn bracelet that is different. For children to make this bracelet they will only need a few beads from the bag , depending on the size of their wrist. Kids beads for making bracelets - selected colours - purple, green and red Simply t...