moshelbeads tutorial blog: 2013

Making paper beads is a fun way to recycle your old magazine or any paper you intend to discard.If you do it well you can make beautiful jewelry out of them.
The materials you will need are:
1.Paper e.g magazine,newspaper,computer paper e.t.c
2.Scissors
3.Toothpick
4.Glue

Instructions:
STEP 1) Randomly cut the paper into long triangular strips with your scissors.

STEP 2) Start rolling the strip of paper with a toothpick, when getting to the end of the paper apply glue and continue rolling.

STEP 3) Apply glue to the bead and pull the toothpick out.Leave it to dry

STEP 4) Paint the bead with nail polish or acrylic paint.

STEP 5) Make a bracelet with it.Click on the video below for tutorial.

What is trash? Trash in this context would mean " things thought to be worthless or that have been thrown away". Treasure is simply a "valuable or valued item". The way to turn your trash to treasure is by recycling.

Recycling is "the collection and often reprocessing of discarded materials for reuse". Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, and electronics.The benefit of recycling are as follows:
-Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators
- Prevents pollution caused by reducing the need to collect new raw materials
- Reduces greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change
- Helps sustain the environment for future generations

Have you wondered where all the paper calendars go at the end of the year? Yes most of them end up in trash cans. Perhaps it could be reused and turned into vase,jewelry,bag,picture frames and decorations.