Doing crafts is a great fun activity. While having fun, you can even do a little bit to save the environment by making recycled plastic beads. If you are into crafts, you know how beautiful and attractive these plastic beads are but then plastic is always a threat to our environment. So, why encourage making beads of new plastic when we can recycle plastic that is already on earth! You can use plastic bags as well bottles to make recycled plastic beads. Here, in this article, you'll know how to make recycled plastic beads with bottles. It's easy and a fun. So, lets get started with making recycled plastic bottle beads!

Materials Needed for Making Recycled Plastic Beads

You don't even have to go to any crafts shop to collect the things required for making recycled plastic bottle beads. They are at your home- just go get them:

• A clean plastic bottle or any other plastic item that resembles the hard plastic of a bottle.
• Colors- it can be anything from acrylic paints, permanent markers or even nail polish.
• Pliers – one and if possible two.
• Scissors.
• Heat gun or a hair dryer.

Steps to Make Recycled Plastic Bottle Beads

Do the following step-by-step and you'll get the very much home made colorful and attractive plastic bottle beads!

• Take the scissors and the plastic bottle. Cut strips of plastic from it. A longer narrower strip will help you make round and fairly shaped plastic bead. Wider strips will give you large plastic beads that are often shapeless. The choice depends upon you according to the craft project you'll use these recycled beads.
• Paint the inside of the strips of plastic with any of the colors you have chosen to use. You can make full use of your creativity here by using multiple colors and designs to make your plastic beads more and more attractive.
• Hold one of the ends of the strip with the pliers. If you have cut triangular plastic strips, begin at the widest part. Now roll the other end of your strip around the end held in the pliers. When it is rolled tightly, hold the visible end and move the pliers so that they are keeping the whole roll together.
• Now take the heat gun or the hair dryer and hold your plastic roll in front of the heat for about 30-50 seconds. Keep on moving it gently so that the whole roll is heated.
• Your recycled plastic bead is ready. Just one more step- if you have used acrylic paint or nail polish, you should cover your recycled plastic bottle bead with a sealant to protect its color.
• Make the other plastic bottle beads in the same manner.