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Look how pretty they are with the light shining through them!!! OK, I might have been a little excited at this point. I’m guessing the cold temperature helped with getting them to release easily. Which would be equivalent to putting the pan in the fridge or freezer for 10 minutes. I should mention that I let the pan sit outside on the front porch to cool for 10 minutes. Let’s just admire the beauty of the before and after for a quick moment… But don’t cook them so long that they start to bubble, or you’ll wreck the ornaments and your cookie cutters. Heck, if you do this on a warm day, your cooking time will probably be less as well! You’ll have to keep an eye on them.Ĭook the beads until they are completely melted. So if you preheat your toaster oven or grill, your cooking times will likely be less. So I put the pan in a cold toaster oven without preheating, and then turned it on. I didn’t see the point of preheating the toaster oven because the moment I opened the door all the hot air was going to escape anyway. It was a very cold day yesterday with a temperature of 2✬ (35✯) outside. Unfortunately our barbecue died at the end of the summer and we didn’t see the point in replacing it before winter, so this was my only option. You could also use your barbecue for this. Which isn’t the end of the world, but the perfectionist in me wanted them as smooth as possible.īehold! The toaster oven on the front porch to keep the plastic vapors out of the house! If some are sideways and some are upright the surface will end up being bumpy. Then use a toothpick to flip them all so they are standing up in the same direction. Pour the pony beads into each of the cookie cutter shapes. I used a round pie plate lined with aluminum foil because it was the only flat pan I have that would fit in my toaster oven. You can experiment and see what you like the best. The opaque beads won’t work as suncatchers, but they will be a bit more visible on the Christmas tree. You can use either clear or opaque pony beads (I used clear ones). I’m a sucker for gimmicks apparently, because somehow I find the copper cookie cutters to be so pretty! I used the new copper cookie cutters I got for the melted peppermint ornaments I made last week. I can’t find the exact products I used, but here are some affiliate links to similar materials from Amazon that you could use:

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The full printable instructions are at the end of this post. Melted Bead Stars Melted Bead Ornaments | Pony Bead Christmas Ornaments Glow in the Dark Melted Bead Sun Catchers

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*sigh* Check out our video for how to make Melted Bead Ornaments:įor even more melted bead craft ideas check out our posts for: Some sort of fakery I’m sure!” Ha! And sure enough, by the time she got home she looked perfectly fine.

My husband talked to the school secretary and when I asked him what was wrong with our daughter, his response was something like, “Oh, I don’t know. Well, mostly… We got a call from the school about an hour before pick up time that my oldest daughter wasn’t feeling well. This is a PERFECT craft to make with the kids! Although, I’ll admit, that for this post, I made these melted bead ornaments while my kids were at school. I was inspired by the wonderful posts over at The Artful Parent. lolīut it was worth it! Look how gorgeous they turned out! I got some bizarre looks from neighbours. So picture me outside wearing my big, black puffy coat (it was really cold outside yesterday), wearing an oven mitt in one hand and holding my camera in the other hand while squatting on my front lawn taking photos of the mysterious toaster oven sitting on my porch.

So just to be safe, I took our toaster oven outside onto the front porch and melted the beads where I knew we’d be safe from the plastic vapors. And I’m not an expert, but I think those plastic gases that come out when the beads melt are probably not very good for your health. It was also one of those crafts where I got to feel a little like a crazy person.

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I could get addicted to making these! Using simple pony beads, you can make cookie cutter shapes, beautiful free handed patterns, sun catchers, or anything you like! They almost look like little stained glass works of art. These melted bead ornaments are SO MUCH FUN.