Here’s how to make a little person out of beads! This is such a cute tutorial!

I love things that look like other things, so I just had to make this little beaded body! This bead person is made using some head and eye pins and a bunch of beads. Please note that this tutorial contains affiliate links.

You’ll need these tools and materials to make this funny bead person charm:

1: Pliers. I used my round nose, flat nose and cutting pliers for this piece.

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2: Two eye pins, one longer and one shorter. These will be for the head and body.

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3: Four head pins for the arms and legs.

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4: A selection of beads. You will need a round bead for the head and a larger bead for the body. I suggest going a bit crazy with your beads and using a mix of sizes and shapes to represent the different body parts.

Link to a round orange bead:

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Some body bead options:

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Mixed bead options:

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And now here are all the steps to follow to make your bead person charm:

1: Take the shorter eye pin and put the round bead on it.

2: Bend the pin to form a right angle with the bead.

3: Create a loop at the end of the bead using the round nose pliers. This will secure the bead onto the pin.

4: Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the larger bead and longer eye pin. I had to trim my pin for this one, to do this, I used my cutting pliers to cut the pin down so that there was about 1cm left of the bent part of the pin.

5: Once I trimmed the pin, I looped it to secure the bead in place using my round nose pliers.

6: Now you will need to open one of the bead loops on either the head or body charm to attach the head and body together. Close the loop once you have slid the charms together.

7: Set the head and body aside.

8: Add beads to each of the head pins to form the arms and legs. Get creative with the patterns and beads you choose.

9: Once your pins are beaded, you can bend the ends to form right angles and create loops at the top to secure the beads.

10: Add two of the leg pins to the bottom of the larger bead (the body), do this by slightly opening the loop at the bottom of the body bead and sliding the pins on. Close the loop to secure the legs in place.

11: Add the arms in the same manner to the loop at the top of the body bead. This time you will need to open and close the loops on the end of each arm so that you can attach the pins to either side of the head.

Once all your appendages are attached, your little bead person charm is finished and ready to go! Make another one to wear as a pair of earrings or attach one to a chain to make a cute necklace. Maybe it could also keep you company as a phone charm?!