How to Make Your Own Jewelry Kit

What girl doesn't like to create? Purchasing kits for a girl to design accessories can be expensive and heeds very few, cheap-looking crafts at a big price. Make the kit yourself and she'll be quite impressed and have loads of fun. The size of the kit is up to you and you'll first have to think of a container for the kit. Something unique for a jewelry-making kit, is a large jewelry box - a good way to house the craft items and give the girl a place to store her creations later. Or, simply put everything in a box and decorate the box nicely.

A craft store, or department store with a craft department, will have everything you need to make a nice kit. First you'll need beads - choose a nice selection of various sizes, shapes, colors, and types. Some beads are plastic and look very cheap but make a good starter kit. Other beads are more expensive but will be very impressive to a teen. You may also want to pick up some metal trinkets, such as a small cross, fish, butterfly or other ornaments to use for earrings.

After selecting the beads look in the craft department for jewelry hardware. Earring wires, earring studs, clasps and other hardware is sold in small packets containing many. One pack of earring wires, for example, will usually make 25 pair of earrings. There's a large variety of different hardware such as pin backs, metal necklace wire and other selections.

Try to purchase one pack of pin backs (there are two or three different types), a pack of earring wires (or post earring hardware), a pack of necklace/bracelet wire and a pack of clasps. If the girl will be making key rings as well, purchase a pack of gold or silver-tone key rings. In addition, purchase some elastic thread in gold and in silver to make stretch necklaces, chokers, bracelets and ankle bracelets. Also in the craft department you'll find tinsel sticks which look like pipe cleaners but are gold or silver tinsel. These are helpful when making pins and key rings.