February 09, 2010- Love is in the air! The annual celebration of love and romance- the very special Valentines Day- is round the corner. Why not make it a little more special for your sweet heart? Give a Valentines Day special gift to her (or to him) made by your own hands- something created with plastic beads! Why beads and why plastic beads only? Beads crafts because there are only few days left for Valentines Day and beads craft is the most easier one to learn fast and make fabulous gifts. Plastic beads because they are easily manageable and if you are new to beads craft, you can handle them efficiently. So, why wait? Here are some easy plastic crafts beads patterns for you to give a try. Make it and gift it on Valentines Day and then look the sparkle in the eyes of your beloved!

Plastic Pony Beads Heart Jewelry

This is for both- boys and girls. Any one can give to his/her beloved- a heart jewelery made of plastic pony beads. It will, indeed, be a true representation of your love! Also It is one of the most simple plastic beads crafts to make a heart necklace or bracelet with heart shaped pony beads.

Materials Needed

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  Beads Heart Necklace
  Lots of colorful plastic pony beads with (or without) messages on them reading 'hugs & kisses', 'Luv Ya!', 'Be Mine' etc. You can even use alphabet craft beads with letters of your choice.
• Cord or beading wire.
• Clasp

Making Instructions

• String the multi color heart beads one by one in the thread, cord or beading wire.
• If you have chosen alphabet craft beads, then string the alphabet beads in a way to make meaningful words like L O V E- first string the alphabet bead with the word 'L', then 'O' and so on.
• Leave enough space on both ends of the wire in order to add the clasp.
• With the help of jewelry pliers, attach the barrel clasp. Knot the clasp to each side of the beading wire.
• Your Valentines Day special heart necklace or bracelet is ready to be gifted to that special someone!

Plastic Beads Butterfly Hair Clip

One more easy to do plastic beads craft. This is for her to make her hair look more beautiful- a hair clip made with plastic beads.

Materials Needed

• A plastic hair clip in the shape of butterfly.
• Plastic beads of various sizes.
• Craft Glue

Making Instructions

• Take the hair clip and think of a design that can be made on it by fixing beads.
• Accordingly take the plastic beads and fix them on the clip with the help of craft glue.
• Wipe off any extra glue from the surface.

So simple. You can make it some more simple with the help of crafts kit available in the market for making such butterfly hair clip. In such a kit you will find the clip with some paper backings at the sticky surface where beads have to be sticked.

Plastic Fruit Beads Earrings

Here's another beaded jewelry for her- this time a delicious one- a drop earrings made with plastic fruit beads! Sounds yummy! If your girlfriend is on diet or loves eating fruits, this gift will sure impress her. She will like your innovative gift idea! Here is how to make a simple drops earrings with plastic fruit beads.

Materials Needed

• Two headpins or eyepins
• Plastic beads of your choice- select an assortment of fruit beads for an attractive earring- banana, apple, orange, guava and whole lot of other fruit beads.
• Round-nose pliers

Making Instructions

• Take a Head Pin
• Add some plastic fruit beads on the head pin.
• With the help of a pair of round-nose pliers, bend the head-pin 90º
• Bend the end of the head pin over to complete the loop.
• Add a french-wire or other earring finding and your fruit beads earrings are ready.
• The above steps will give you an earring that has fruit beads arranged in a single line or drop.
• For variations, you may add several drops to one earring by attaching them to a charm or wire structure. Alternatively, you can add a charm to the bottom of a drop earring.