Paper beads - do you enjoy making them? Do you get bored with the same old look that everyone is doing? If so you might enjoy this video in which I make paper beads with a different look.

Using my blunt ended plastic paper bead template, I have created tapered tube beads. I made this style of bead to give me the taper of regular paper beads on the edges but having the clear space of a tube bead in the middle to leave room to decorate with my paper bead stickers.

Watch the video to see how I gave my paper beads a wooden, antique look - it's easy and fun to do.

As usual with my videos, I have created a free printable which is available over on my blog:

https://www.funcraftstodoathome.com/2...

I have created this free paper bead strip printable for those people who don't want to take all the steps shown in this tutorial but who want to make beads with a similar look.

All you need to do is get the same paper I have used, download the free printable using the link in my blog post and print it out onto the paper.

Then you need to cut your strips down the black lines I have overlaid on the image, roll the strips into beads and then seal them.

For the more adventurous crafters, you can follow the whole video and create you own papers the same way I did.

If you want to know more or want to source the products I use in my video, visit my blog on the link above.