Tutorial of Making Polymer Clay Beads Jewelry for Beginners

Many jewelry makers like to use polymer clay beads to create jewelry designs, and some of them even like to create handmade polymer clay beads themselves. What is polymer clay? Some beginners of jewelry making may not know. Clay is not a natural material. On the contrary, polymer clay is blended by polymers (a kind of plastic) and softeners, like oils and waxes.

 

Fashion Earrings

Polymer clay beads are always made in various shapes, colors and sizes. The popular shapes include round, flower, oval, flat round, tube, butterfly, human, heart and many others. Some of them even produced with holiday themes, such as Christmas, Halloween and so on. Polymer clay jewelry is very popular. And here, I’d like to share two simple but lovely jewelry making ideas with beginners of jewelry making.

The first design is a pair of earrings with polymer clay flower beads and glass pearl beads. The other materials you need to prepare are headpins, eyepins, earring hooks and jewelry pliers. First, string a flower shaped polymer clay bead on a headpin, and use your jewelry plier to make a loop at the top of clay bead. Second, string a glass pearl bead on an eyepin, and use your jewelry plier to make a loop at the top too. About the color of glass pearl beads, you can choose a similar color as your clay bead, or choose a different color. Third, use your round nose jewelry plier to attach the top loop onto one end of eyepin. Fourth, attach the whole earring drop onto the ring of earring hook. Fifth, repeat the above four steps to create the other earring for a pair. A pair of simple but lovely polymer clay flower beads earrings is finished.

 

Handmade Polymer Clay Flower Bracelets

The second jewelry design is about a bracelet. The materials we will use are 3pcs polymer clay flower beads, about 19pcs clear faceted round glass beads (about 8mm in diameter), clear elastic crystal thread. Stringing is the simplest method of making handmade jewelry, and it is the method we will and only use for this design. First, cut off a length of elastic crystal thread (longer than the size of your wrist), and string 3pcs flower polymer clay beads with a clear glass bead between each two flower beads. Second, string all the rest clear glass beads on one by one. Third, make a knot and cut off the extra thread. Fourth, hide the knot into a hole of polymer clay flower bead to make this bracelet look clearly.

Many people like to wear polymer clay beads jewelry; no matter they are young or old. Would you like to create your own one of a kind jewelry designs with polymer clay beads? If yes, it is time to purchase some polymer clay beads and other jewelry materials to start now.