Pony beads.

Christmas is coming and by now everybody has got there trees up so its time to think about tree decorations.  

this year i was attempting to have a completely home made tree so began to make a variety of tree decorations, below is the process made to make pony bead melts. 

 so i forgot to take a pic before they made it into my oven, but basically  you need a single layer of pony beads in your choice of color in pre oiled metal cookie cutters.  as i was making tree dec's i chose Christmas ones  [bought in america so i really planned it out. ]

also make sure you place backing paper under neath them to ensure they are easily removed off the tray. 

these are about 10 mins in the oven, i had it set on 200 c and kept a very close eye on them with extractor fan on and all windows open!

and this is them fully melted, sorry for the blurred picture.  

at this point the desicion is to leave it a bit longer and melt them more of take them out... i took them out.

and above it what it looks like once pooped out of the cookie cutters, you can leave them in as well and secure with a bit of glue [or dont oil them] for a slightly different effect. as you can see from the Bell decoration i had a hard time getting them out and ended up breaking a few of them so will have to glue some of the bits back on! but otherwise quite impressed with them. 

recommended for anyone as a quick and easy craft idea!