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Page 5 of 10 A great gift idea for Mom!
You need: - White, Green, and Pink Pony Beads
- Green Paint
- Six Plastic Drinking Straws
- Tacky Glue
- 3" x 5" Wooden Blank
- Cardboard (optional)
 Instructions:
Paint wooden blank. Let dry. Use tacky glue to secure a row of eleven white pony beads 1/2" from side edge of wooden blank. Glue them side-to-side with no space in between. Glue another row of 11 beads 1/2" from the other side. Let dry. Cut plastic drinking straws in half. Split each piece in half lengthwise. Put a dab of glue in each bead on your wooden blank. Place one of your straw pieces in the first bead. Push 13 white beads onto the straw. Place a dab of glue inside another bead and add to top. Trim straw. Continue using pattern show above. Repeat for other side. Place a dab of glue on the sides of the top beads to hold them together. For more support, glue a piece of cardboard to the insides of the beads.  © MakingFriends.com, Inc. All rights reserved.
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