![]() Tie all the laces together in a tight knot. Thread three pony beads on all four laces. Make sure all four laces are pulled tight. Fold the left yellow lace to the right over the nearest purple lace and under the next purple lace. Fold the right yellow lace to the left over the nearest purple lace and under the next purple lace.Fold the top purple lace down over the left pink lace, and fold the bottom purple lace up over the right pink lace.Fold the right yellow lace to the left over the nearest purple lace and under the next purple lace. Fold the left yellow lace to the right over the nearest purple lace and under the next purple lace.Fold the top purple lace down over the right yellow lace, and fold the bottom purple lace up over the left yellow lace.For more ideas and instructions for fun craft activities, see: Still have more keys to corral? On the next page you'll get all the information you need to create a cool lanyard-style key chain. Use nail clippers to trim the excess lanyard, leaving a 1/2-inch tail. Repeat this process to make 2 more bows with yellow and light blue beads.Ħ. Tie a second overhand knot about 1/2 inch from the first, then string 1 red bead on each strand of lanyard followed by another overhand knot - this creates the "bows" that weight the tail of the kite. ![]() To do this, twist both lanyard ends into a loop and then pull the free ends through the loop.ĥ. Finish the body of the kite by tying both lanyard ends in an overhand knot. Be sure to pull the cords firmly and to keep the lanyard flat as you weave each row.įollow this guide to create your kite key chain.Ĥ. Keep stringing and weaving in this manner, following the pattern in the picture below. Weave the right strand through the beads from right to left.Ĭan you see the kite shape being to take?ģ. Now slide 3 light blue beads onto the left strand. ![]() Weave the right strand through the bead from right to left. String a light blue bead onto the left strand and slide it all the way up. I know that this description isn’t gold or anything, but it was the easiest way to explain without a diagram.Start your kite beaded key chain by looping lanyard around the ring.Ģ. The tail is a one bead row with a string of 5 beads looped through each side and reconnected through that one beaded row. The bottom flipper (7 beads) is started with it’s connection in row 7 and reconnected through row 8 (after looping the string back through the closest bead in row 7 and through the last bead on the flipper). The top fin (4 beads) is connected through row 6 and reconnects in row 7. I started at the ‘nose’ and just worked my way to the left. I did draw out how I was going to alter the pattern, but my drawing really stinks and only makes sense to me, probably, so I’m not going to post a picture of that! I based this pattern off of one those that I found. None of the patterns I saw were of a free form, actual, dolphin, they were all just patterns of dolphins in a square or rectangular form. I tried to look up a pattern for a pony bead dolphin, but all the ones that I found really stunk. A very awesome cousin of mine really likes dolphins. Then I remembered that I had pony beads! (I have no idea why, but I do.) So I decided that I was going to make a pony bead animal. So I was getting pretty bored with not really being able to go anywhere because of the weather, so I was just thinking about all the different (and random) things in my craft room. I remember going home and showing my mom how you could weave the string around these beads and make something so cool out of it! I knew that you could make a lizard almost the same way as a snake, and so I remember sitting at the kitchen table, teaching myself how to do so! That’s my first memory of creating something just by thinking things through (other than coloring pictures), and I haven’t stopped since! I don’t remember how old I was when the neighbor across the street taught me and my twin sister (Hi sis!) how to make our first pony bead animal (a snake), but I do know I was pretty young. ![]() Do you guys remember making pony bead animals when you were a kid? If you don’t I’m really sorry, because they were a ton of fun to make!
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