How to Make a Pony Bead Heart
Have fun making this cute pony bead heart! Use simple supplies to make this DIY keychain that also makes a perfect Valentine's Day craft.
Yield: 1 heart keychain
Cost: $1
Materials
- Red rattail cord
- Split ring keyring
- Jump rings
- Pony beads (red or other heart colour)
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Prepare the cord
- Cut a 32 inch piece of rattail cord and use painter's tape to secure the keychain ring to your working surface.
- Fold the cord so that one end is about 4 inches longer than the other.
- Attach the cord to the jump ring using a lark's head knot. To do this, slide the loop up through the jump ring and then pull the ends up through the loop.
Step 3: Add the first beads
- To make the pony bead heart keychain we'll be working with the ends of the cords.For Row 1, start by adding 1 bead to the left cord.
- Then bring the right cord through the right side of the same bead.
- Pull the ends of the cords, bringing the bead right up under the knot.
- Row 2: Add 3 beads in the same way. Pull the cords so the beads are tight under the first row.
- Row 3: Add 5 beads to the left cord.
- Bring the right cord through the 5th bead in the same direction (coming in from the left).
Step 4: Make the right part of the heart
- Add 4 beads to the longer cord. These beads will be separated to form the first 2 rows on the right side of the heart.
- To form these rows, bring the same long cord back through the first 3 beads (coming in from the left).
- Add 4 beads to the same cord.
- Bring this cord back through the first beads in Row 3. (The center bead and the 4 on the left.)
- Now the shorter cord should be coming out near the middle of the heart. Put it through the 4 beads on the right (coming in from the left), so there will be 1 cord on either side of Row 3.
Step 5: Form the bottom of the heart
- Now we're going to be working normally again, attaching the beads to both cord ends, coming in from opposite directions. For Row 4, add 8 beads.
- Follow the same steps for the remaining rows:Row 5: 6 beads.Row 6: 4 beads.Row 7: 2 beads.Row 8: 1 bead.
- Tie knots on each cord end, as close to the last bead as possible. Then cut off the cord close to the knots.
- Hold a BBQ lighter close to the ends of the cords to melt the ends. This will stop them from fraying.
- Your pony bead heart is complete!
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Notes
Looking for more pony bead fun? Here's a few of our favourites:
Pony Bead Flower Keychain
Kandi Star
Pony Bead Ladybug