Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

Your child will enjoy feeling independent and creative as she develops her fine motor skills while making this necklace using just yarn and colored straws.

These papier-mâché bracelets are simple to make, and the result is truly stunning!

Stringing beads helps develop the hand-eye coordination kids need to write, and noodles are sized just right for junior jewelry-makers.

Etch designs into discs of plaster of Paris using a traditional whaler technique to create a beautiful artisan necklace.

Help your preschooler create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.