Supplies:
plastic bottles (seriously, water bottles work the best.)
sharpies in a variety of colors
pliers (needle nose would probably work best, but I used my jewelry pliers and clampy pliers.
candle!
Cut up a strip of plastic bottle. (this was the coke bottle)
Color it up all purty
wrap it up and clamp that sucka with your pliers! If you have needle nose pliers, you now see why this is easier.
See? wrap it up tight! (PS Sorry about the state of my nails/hands. black nailpolish chips insanely fast.)
heat it over the flame. DON'T LIGHT IT ON FIRE. Just hover it over the flame. In the other tutes they don't talk about the noise, but your plastic will make cracking noises as it gets smaller.. don't freak out, nothing is sparking. If you have rough edges, you can quickly pass it through the flame to melt the sides and even it out.
here is matthew working on his with my jewelry pliers (see? needle nose would be so much better.)
when its all melted up, dunk it in a cup of cool water (it will sizzzzzleeee) and you're done! :D put them on a plate to cool off!
VOILA! Beautifully cheap beads. some of them look kind of busted, but it's a learning process. as you can see, they can come in all different sizes depending on how you cut the bottle. I did some in a triangle shape and some in a rectangle... Coke bottles are thicker, so make your rectangles/triangles smaller so they'll melt evenly. :D
Now I'm on a mission to find other things to melt. watch out legos!
Happy Melting!
XOXO
diZZ <3
