Rainbow Creations - Art and Craft for Children - Blog

When buying beads for your children, you might wonder how many beads, what type and what type of thread to use. As a general guide, here are some points to take into consideration: Firstly, and most importantly - No beads are suitable for children under 3 years old and adult supervision is recommended for children older than this. All our beads are safe for children over this age and our wooden beads are made using lead free paint. Size : The younger the child, the larger the bead. Young children will need a bead with a large threading hole. Our plastic pony beads are best. They have the largest holes and the shaped pony beads are chunky beads for little hands to hold. As their hand and eye coordination develops they will be able to use smaller beads with smaller holes. Patience is required too. We have chunky wooden beads for young children. These are best thread onto tipped laces as the plastic lace tip is easy to control whilst pushing through the bead. Our shape...

Clear stretchy beading elastic is invaluable for making neatly threaded pieces of jewellery but....have you ever knotted this plastic type of elastic to find that the knot bounces back and opens up again?   So annoying when all the beads that you or your child has just patiently threaded trickle off the elastic and the necklace or bracelet you had nearly finished is no longer. Knotting tips - Put the two ends of elastic together. With the loose ends between finger and thumb of one hand, hold the elastic close to where the knot is to be formed with the other hand.   Pull gently to stretch the elastic.     Use a reef knot - right over left, left over right When tying the knot, keep pulling the cord as much as possible.   Repeat until you are confident it will not come undone. The more the elastic is stretched, the more elasticity is removed and your beads will be secure. www.rainbow-creations.co.uk

For a long time we have wanted to write a blog for our readers, followers and customers, in which we can share our thoughts, news and ventures and listen to yours too. Our top priority has been getting our website super duper efficient, so it is easy to find what you are looking for, with an easy to order process.  We have had it re-designed lately and we think its fab  Rainbow Creations What do you think? So, today we start blogging. While creating our blog site, we actually wondered where the word blog originated. Interestingly it is an abbreviation of  weblog. We also found a great website here ....which if you too are starting to blog might find useful. We hope to write some great articles, alongside suggestions and tips relating to our children's art and craft products in our online shop and also regarding children's art and craft in general. Don't forget to bookmark our blog or follow us to read on.. and please feel free to add your comments, thou...