Beaded Pin craft

Mini Bandana Pins

Items needed:

• Bandana or patterned material/felt
• Safety pin (1 per person)
• Pony bead (1 per person)

Instructions:

• Cut material into 4" or 5" squares (depending on how large you want the final bandana (depending on the material if it is going to fray you may wish to glue the edges over to form a small hem)
• Cut the square in half diagonally to make 2 bandanas
• Roll long side down a couple of times (like doing a Guide necker)
• Slide bead on both ends (like a woggle)
• Add a safety pin and your pin is ready to wear

Camp out pins

Items needed:

• Felt or fun foam (coloured for sleeping bag, pink for face)
• Large safety pin or 'nappy' pin
• Wiggly eyes
• Wool for hair
• Smaller pin (1 per person)
• Card for message

Instructions (sleeping bag):

• Cut felt 2" x 3" (may need to be a little longer depending on the size of the large pin)
• Fold in half and glue the edges, leaving the top 1"
• Fold the top 1" diagonally and glue in place

Instructions (person)

• Cut a circle of pink felt for a face (enough to cover the pin) and glue onto pin
• Cut wool and glue around face to make hair
• Glue on wiggly eyes
• Slide pin into sleeping bag and glue into place

To finish

• Attach pin
• Make own message - Suggestions 'My first camp' or 'I love camping' etc.
• Glue message to back of the sleeping bag

Bunny Slipper pins

Items needed:

• Pink chenille pipe cleaners
• Wiggly eyes
• Pink & brown fun foam
• Badge pin backs (1 per person)

Instructions:

• Cut piece of foam into an oval measuring 1½" x ¾"
• Cut a piece of pipe cleaner to be glued around the oval - as per picture. Glue into place
• Cut out ears & nose, and glue on, also glue on the wiggly eyes
• Repeat above for second slipper
• Glue badge pin back across the back of the two slippers (you may need to hold this in place for a while to keep the two together)

from makingfriends.com - adapted and submitted by Carole Summers
July 2009

 

Download the activity instruction sheet from the Leader Training Day 10 October 2009

Design & Material Resources

Family Crafts - Free bead patterns as above, bead designs for all occasions - Christmas. Easter, Halloween, Chinese New Year etc.

Making Friends - Lots of designs for swap badges in every shape and form - just remember they may use different terminology to us!

Craft suppliers for beads / pins (links to the general craft suppliers' page)

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