Making Beaded Jewelry with Simple Tools: A Beginner’s Guide
Creating beaded jewelry is a fun, creative, and accessible craft that anyone can enjoy. Whether you’re designing necklaces, bracelets, earrings, or anklets, all you need are a few basic tools and a bit of imagination to get started. Here’s a quick video on the few simple beading tools you’ll need to make beautiful beaded jewelry. I call them the 5 Essential Beading Tools because they are really the only tools you need to get started making your own terrific designs. I’ll bet that you already have two of them in your home. For the other tools, please see our picks for affordable beaded jewelry tools.
Transcript of the video for those of you that would rather read than watch:
Make great beaded necklaces bracelets and earrings with just five essential tools.
- #1- A towel! A towel on your work surface keeps your beads from falling off the table.
- #2 – A wire cutter: it allows you to cut your stringing material easily or any kind of wire that you need.
- #3 – Blue tape or masking tape. It allows you to keep your beads from falling off of the string!
- #4 -A round nosed plier: it allows you to form loops in wire.
- #5 – A flat nose or chain nose plier that allows you to open close jump rings with your round nosed plier, allowing you to attach clasps to your necklace.
Making beaded jewelry with simple tools is a wonderful way to explore your creativity and craft personalized pieces. With just a few essential tools and materials, you can create stunning necklaces, earrings, and bracelets that showcase your unique style. Whether you’re looking to make jewelry for yourself or as gifts, the possibilities are endless with beads and basic jewelry-making tools.
Products used in the 5 Essential Beading Tools Video
This very basic three piece set includes a wire cutter, needle nose (or chain nose) plier, and a round nose plier. The handles are conveniently color-coded with a rubberized and padded material so that you'll always be able to pick up the right tool, just by seeing the handle color. (Sorry about not having a picture here ... Amazon tagging is not working properly).
This kit has the three essential beading tools (chain nose, round nose, cutting pliers), plus a nice storage case to keep your tools together when you are not using them. It also has two pair of tweezers, which can be helpful for tasks like pearl knotting or for getting a knot out of chain or beading thread.
Want to make the necklace that is shown in this video? Click here to learn How to Make This Easy Necklace. The 5 Essential Beading Tools can also get you started making your own earrings – check out is article: Make Earrings – It’s Easy!
