DIY Teacher Lanyard Pop of Color Bubble Gum Inspired

My Summer School Look

Teaching summer school is something you do because you 

have to. To make summer school more fun.  

I made a stack of summer school lanyards inspired by bubblegum and skittles.

The beads were all glass, but they were cheap. 

I try to avoid acrylic...

 This sample has a large pink wood bead on the end. These beads are in a bag at JoAnne Fabrics. I used a button at the very end just to add more color. 

This is a display of the beads I bought from Walmart and JoAnne's to get ready to make my summer lanyards and also bracelet stacks. 

You can buy these assortments at most of the craft stores. They are usually about $10.00 but I only bought them when I had my teacher discount card and a 50% off coupon. They work well making the summer lanyards. I also added the stretch elastic while I was shopping in Walmart because I wanted to make some stretch bead bracelets with the extra beads.

I love the color of these bright pink beads. These look like a strand of 8 mm agate I bought at Joanne's to use for the lanyard and a bracelet. 

This is another one of my summer lanyards. I bought the pretty butterfly bead from FireMountain Gems. 

I wear black pants most of the time so I make some bright colored lanyards I can wear with most of my clothes. If you look you will see mint green, kelly green, red, blue yellow, orange accent 6/0 seed beads. 

The green bicone are part of the special collection but I mixed in assorted glass beads with the 6/0 seed beads around the neck to get in as many colors as I could. 

I made a lanyard to hold my library card. The purple beads were from a Jessie James assortment. 

From  all this mess, I can sit and make summer school lanyards mixing in inexpensive beads from local craft stores with priceless vintage beads from Africa.

Materials Used

• 60 pound test fishing line
• lobster clasp
• clear nail polish to seal the knot
• scissors
• 6/0 assorted seed beads
• 4-6 inches of fun beads 4-10 mm
• large end bead with hole big enough to hide the knot

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