In the spirit of her playful and popular first book, Totally Beads, Sonal Bhatt presents children with a delightful collection of more than 20 beaded animals, fruits, sea creatures, and even people. Bright, colorful, and utterly appealing, they’re great for adorning clothing, decorating book bags, wearing as jewelry, giving as gifts, or just showing off. And best of all, each vibrantly illustrated and carefully explained project is fun to make and well within the ability of kids trying this craft for the first time. A thorough introduction presents all the basics, from stringing to knotting, right at the start. Youngsters age 7 and up (pre-teens too!) will love fashioning a ladybug, butterfly, bat, seahorse, mermaid, bunny, grapes, and much more.

Use a variety of beadweaving stitches and other techniques to make these 23 fun beaded animals. Make frogs, insects, fish, birds, and more! Page after page of great projects will inspire you to make your own menagerie. Easy-to-follow instructions will help you complete the projects with confidence.

From penguins to anteaters, butterflies to kangaroos, witches on broomsticks to wizards with magic wands, these charming beaded projects are colorful, challenging, and original. The appealing variety features creatures of the sea, air, forest, and, of course, the imagination. Some--including a fun honeybear holding a hive with a bee on top--are beautifully lifelike, and they make great toys, hanging ornaments, jewelry, or display pieces. The detail on each one is amazing too: a red-bearded Viking sits in a dragon boat, carrying his shield and holding oars to row. Best of all, they’re easy to craft, with all the information on techniques and materials thoroughly outlined in photos and diagrams, and accompanied by professional tips.

Build your beading skills with this step-by-step guide to capturing the delightful shapes and vibrant colors of beautiful bugs. Beaded Bugs features thirty fun, easy, and creative projects designed to help beginners learn new beading skills. Based on just six basic prototypes, the projects are graded by difficulty level, so you can start with a quick and simple butterfly before moving on to more complex bees and beetles. Each project includes full-color photos, illustrations, and step-by-step pattern instructions. The finished bugs can be turned into beautiful jewelry or adornments for key rings, cell phones, and more. The cute critters in Beaded Bugs are based on real species, and the book also includes a few fun facts on each bug to read as you bead. Beaded Bugs includes: * A tiny scarab beetle * A little ladybug * Beautifully detailed bees with intricately veined wings and striped bodies * Intricate and colorful butterflies, such as the peacock swallowtail * 3-D caterpillars and cocoons *And more!

Introducing a pop bead book unlike any other. We've improved the beads so they create the perfect pop, and then tossed in some animal-shaped bead for good measure. The result? A step-by-step guide to creating zany spiders, sea stars and octopi, as well as illustrated playscapes for them to play on. You can also create classic necklaces, bracelets and chains but why would you when the critters are so much fun?

Provides instructions and patterns for making a variety of bead animals.

Create 23 cute and clever bugs and little crawly critters out of beads, wire, and other craft materials with Bead Bugs! Each project is shown in step-by-step photos with clear instructions that anyone can follow. Variations of each project encourage the crafter to imagine all kinds of ways to make the bugs unique. Bead bugs and critters can be used in various ways—as ornaments, put on display, made into jewelry, made into mobiles, displayed in a terrarium, or framed in shadow boxes. In these pages, you’ll learn to create: - Dragonflies - Spiders - Butterflies - Hermit crabs - Scorpions - Sea horses - And more The possibilities are endless. Get your imagination crawling with this fun-filled book!