Michaels Word Beads Kids Jewelry Kit

Craft stores like Michael’s and A. C. Moore sell jewelry kits that can get you started. If your child likes the jewelry making, they can create their own set of beads, wooden balls, glass beads and semi-precious stones to create their own unique products. Remember when you made bead jewelry at summer camp. You may feel that summer crafts are only for little kids, but teens can benefit from activities that engage their hands as well as their minds. During the summer, all that information they learned at school the previous year seems to leak out little by little until they are starting again when the new educational year rolls around. Devise craft ideas to help stop the boredom and even create a new hobby for your teens. * Jewelry – This can work for girls and guys. Jewelry can be given as presents for birthdays and Christmas. Maybe your kids will think of a few of their own. Summer crafts can help put that brain to work.

The Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Show takes place from 10 am-5 pm July 9 and 10 at the White Eagle Banquet Center, 6939 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles. Exhibitors from around the nation will display an array of precious and semi-precious gemstone beads,

June 25, Polymer Clay Bead Jewelry • July 2, Canvas Mosaic • July 9,Wearable Art • July 16, Stamping Project. For adults • Watercolor classes: instructor Cathy Benfield Matthews, no experience needed; choose Mondays 1-3 pm or 5:30-7:30 pm, or Saturdays