Craft ideas for making jewelry
Jewelry making craft projects generally involve using jewelry supplies to make all kinds of items – some portable, some useful, and some decorative. It’s a fun way to use scraps and pieces of leftover supplies, or to mix other forms of crafts with jewelry techniques. If you have a creativity block, have fun using your supplies on a totally different kind of project.
Kids love jewelry craft projects too. You can attach a variety of beads, finds, colored art wire, ribbon, glue, and a few other details, and a group of creative kids can be happily entertained for a couple of hours.
You can also make and sell kits for specific projects and include photos of some suggested ways to create the project using the supplies in the kit package. Jewelry-making craft kits are popular gifts and can sell well if you get great projects and colors today.
Craft ideas for making jewelry
Here are some initial ideas for projects that you can experiment with. Many of these items make wonderful gifts, especially if you customize the design for the person you are giving it to.
* Home Decor – Try using your jewelry supplies to decorate vases, create wall hangings, make a bookmark, or make a wind chime.
* Baby Gifts – Make a dream catcher to hang over baby’s crib or a dream catcher to shine on the window.
* Clothing: Use rhinestones or artificial pearls to decorate a T-shirt, a pair of jeans, or a jacket. Make a fancier belt buckle with your jewelry making craft supplies.
* Handbags: Embellish a cigar box and turn it into a rhinestone clasp bag, or crochet a beaded evening bag, or decorate a beaded fringe tote bag and photo charms of grandchildren.
* Shoes: Make nice clips for shoes with wire and other items. Or add beads to the ends of tennis shoe laces.
* Gift Packaging: Use jewelry supplies to decorate a gift bag or create package decorations.
* Christmas Ornaments – Design seasonal decorations small enough to hang on a tree or large enough to hang on a door. Or give ordinary embellishments a makeover with jewelry-making craft supplies.
* Party Favors – Make wine glass charms or coffee mug markers.
* Little Gifts for Anyone – Create zipper pulls, cell phone charms, ceiling fan pulls, and key chains.
What can be used to make jewelry?
In addition to your usual jewelry supplies and tools, here are some examples of other great items to keep on hand for your projects:
* Variety of queues.
* Fabric paint.
* Spray paint.
* Sharpie markers: wide tip and fine tip.
* Craft knife and cutting mat.
* Mod Podge.
* Interesting and ephemeral bits and pieces of paper.
* Used postage stamps.
* Sponge brushes.
* Small brushes for painting.
* Scrapbooking paper.
* Embossing powders.
* Ribbon, thong, raffia, embroidery thread.
* Rubber stamps and ink.
After enjoying a few jewelry making craft project sessions, don’t be surprised to come across the use of craft materials in your jewelry designs. Open up a whole new universe of addictive supplies and tools to collect!