These are super simple and super cute.. My kids absolutely loved making them and arranging the
ir beads.
What you’ll need:
Various shapes of metal cookie cutters – Must be metal and not coated
Plastic beads. Opaque or translucent. We used pony beads and they worked great.
Thin wire to make hooks. We used ornament hooks that we had on hand.
Cookie Sheet
What you’ll do:
Preheat over to 425 degrees
Place your cookie cutter on the cookie sheet ON TOP of your wire/hook and fill the inside of the cutter with your beads. Single layered and get them as compact as you can but don’t worry if there are a few little gaps around the edges, when they melt they will fill in. They can be flat or on their side. Does not matter, as long as they are single layer.
Place your cookie sheet in the oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes. Ours were perfect after 22 minutes.
Once they come out of the oven. Let them cool COMPLETELY before removing from the cookie sheet or the cutter. Trust me on this one. Don’t get impatient. Once they are COMPLETELY cooled, they will pop right out.
Hang on tree, enjoy!
* Open a window if you can. Melty beads stink…
We did these today and we love them!
A very cute idea but I wonder if it is possible that the melting plastic could release unhealthy fumes?
It’s very stinky for sure.. not sure about unhealthy. A friend of mine just did this for another project, sun catchers maybe and she melted hers on the grill outside.