Comments on: Make Beads from Recycled Soda Bottle

By: Jody

Jody — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:29:15 +0000

you could proobably do them in a crock pot–more controlled, you get to watch them shrink up, and no risk of igniting yourself or other stuff, hee hee. but you can do shrinky dinks in the crock pot so i am assuming you could do this too–fun for doing it with kids w/o fear of major burns

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:50:36 +0000

Melting plastic soda bottles releases Dioxin, which causes cancer.
please don’t do it.

By: Kulsum

Kulsum — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:28:33 +0000

Awesome..! x

By: African Beads

African Beads — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:41:55 +0000

Really very creative work. Will really try it out in my leisure time. Looking forward for more good posts from your side.

Thanks

By: Demonna

Demonna — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:08:20 +0000

Just letting you know that the link leads to a 404 error page.

By: heather

heather — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:30:17 +0000

Try it and let us know. Embossing tools (also called heat guns here) are about $20 at your craft store. You can use a 40% coupon (always available in Michael’s and JoAnn’s circulars) to get a deal on it if it’s the kind of thing you might use for more than one project. Or maybe you can try using your hair dryer.

By: Person

Person — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:15:06 +0000

Can you heat them in the oven? I dont have a blowtorch handy!

By: Songbird

Songbird — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:57:12 +0000

Okay, this project is awesome, thanks! My fourth grader has a class project where they all have to come up with a product and “sell” it in class, and we are making these – he’s cutting and coloring, and I’m doing the melting. Definitely takes some practice to get them to melt in evenly without burning.

One cool thing I’d like to add…we mixed it up using some pre-colored bottles as well, like green Mountain Dew bottles and brown root beer bottles…they turn out really beautifully!

By: Tammy Burton

Tammy Burton — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:48:25 +0000

Hi, We tried it and it was so cool, plus alot of fun. Thanks for showing us what to do!

By: Crafty Beader

Crafty Beader — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:41:57 +0000

hey cool idea! I want to give this one a try