How To Make Water Beads

Keep reading to find out how to use water beads and some ideas for incorporating them in decorations in plants and with kids.

How to make water beads. After 6 hours pour the beads into a strainer or colander to drain any excess water. Well when our package came i poured a little over half of the package into a bucket then added a lot of water. Knead the dough that you ve created for 10 15 minutes. Prepare to make a glass bead as you normally would.

Take small pieces and work them into ovals circles squares or whatever shape takes your. Mix the flour and salt. When they are placed in water they absorb the water and grow to about the size of a marble. Clamp your propane torch down and put on your safety glasses.

We underestimated how much they would grow. If it feels flexible when you bend it and does not fall to. You can also store them in a ziplock bag or in a rubbermaid. The purer the water the larger and more durable they will grow.

Take your mandrel and coat it in bead release. Add water and mix well. Empty the entire packet into the water evenly. Water beads also called orbeez water pearls water crystals gel beads etc are polymer crystals that look like little beads.

Drain the pearls and run them under cold water. Another option is to lay them out on a tray until they dehydrate and then put them back into a bag. Soaking the beads in distilled water which is pure allows the beads to absorb 800 times their weight. Water beads make the best discovery bottles.

Then after about an hour we realized we needed a second bucket and more water. Once you are ready heat your mandrel by moving it vertically back and forth through the flame. The instructions say to add 3 cups of water to every teaspoon of these tiny beads. Separate the pearls into different containers depending on how many colors you want to dye them.

Once it is warm set it aside.