A few weeks ago we were sent an Aquabeads Deluxe Studio to craft with. As you know I love crafting. I was interested to see what the Aquabeads would be like to craft with. I’m a firm believer in getting to grips with the basics of a craft before letting my imagination run wild with things; so I sat down and followed the instructions faithfully. I made some lovely Aquabeads hanging decorations using the templates in the Aquabeads Deluxe Studio.
The Aquabeads Deluxe Studio costs £29.99 and contains everything you need to get started with Aquabeads crafts including 1300 jewel and solid beads in 24 colours. The set includes a tool case with bead palette; 1 bead peeler, 5 easy trays in a range of shapes, a rainbow bead pen so you can arrange your beads easily and a sprayer to set them. The instruction booklet is really useful and worth reading a couple of times before you get started.
I began by unpacking the whole set and filling the bead tray with the beads included. You can buy extra beads if you need to, but there are plenty of beads included to get you started. It’s quite simple to use, it’s be designed to be used by children, so it should be within my capabilities.
I decided to start with the star shaped easy tray, which I just filled with coloured beads using the rainbow bead pen. This was really quick and easy to use and I completed the star within a couple of minutes. I sprayed it liberally with water and left it to set and dry. The instructions say to leave it for an hour to set. It was still a bit sticky so I left it a while longer before removing it from the tray.
I then used one of the templates to make a crown, which seemed quite topical since it’s the Royal Wedding this coming weekend. I used some of the jewel beads in the crown and they’re lovely. The light shines through them and they’d be perfect to use in sun-catchers and Christmas crafts. The easy peeler makes it so easy to remove the beads from the board.
I wasn’t sure what to do with my finished creations; but I liked the way the light shone through the jewel beads, so I decided to make them into Aquabeads hanging decorations. This is really simple to do, all you need is a needle and thread. The beads don’t all melt together and there are small gaps between them where you can thread a fine needle through.
To turn my Aquabeads creations into hanging decorations, all I did was thread a needle and cotton through the topmost gap and knot the ends of the thread together. It’s as simple as that really.
I enjoyed playing about with the Aquabeads Deluxe Studio set and getting to grips with it. I will definitely be putting together some more Aquabeads crafts, so watch this space!
If you enjoyed this, you might also like to try making these button decorations.