Plastic Beads

Plastic beads come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and colors. Plastic beads are lots of fun to use in your DIY jewelry designs, but they tend to wear down and are easily damaged when worn frequently.

Resin Beads

Resin beads are also made from a type of plastic. These beads are cast into different shapes and can feature a variety of textures and colors. These beads will lend a more luxurious finish to your DIY jewelry designs than if you use standard plastic beads.

Here are some tutorials that use plastic beads:

• Plastic bead and pearl stud earrings
• String hoops with plastic beads
• Glasses chain with plastic vintage beads
• Ear jacket earrings
• Plastic and glass bead chain anklet
• Recycled headphone bracelet with plastic beads
• Fringe earrings
• Beaded bobby pin
• Chain loop earrings with plastic beads
• A beaded bracelet made from recycled headphones