Total Time Needed: 2-3 Hours
Create a chic pin from an ordinary piece of cardboard, decorative paper, buttons, and beads.
Materials
- Thin cardboard (we used a section of an empty shoe box)
- Decorative paper
- Craft glue
- Paintbrush
- Mod Podge Sparkle
- Seed and jewelry beads
- Thumbtack
- 26-gauge jewelry wire
- Needle-nose pliers
- Buttons or jewels
- Pin back
Instructions
- Cut a shape from the cardboard, then cut a piece of decorative paper large enough to cover it. Glue the paper to the front of the board and fold back the excess. Brush on a thin layer of Mod Podge Sparkle and let it dry.
- To add a strand of beads, use the thumbtack to poke a hole in the bottom of the brooch. Cut the wire to the desired length, plus 1/2 inch. Insert the wire through the hole so that 1/4 inch sticks out the front. Use the pliers to twist this piece around the longer length of wire and then press it against the back of the cardboard.
- Thread on the beads, then twist the bottom of the wire into a knot to keep them in place. After adding the last strand of beads, glue another swatch of decorative paper to the back of the brooch to conceal the wire ends.
- Glue on buttons or jewels, then glue on the pin back.
