Valentine's Holiday Jewelry Crafts for Children

Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching, and a fun way to celebrate is with holiday jewelry crafts for children. You can do these crafts with your own kids or as part of a group activity at school or in church.

The simplest Valentine's Day crafts involve beads and basic jewelry strands or strings. Make sure if you choose to work with beads that the children are old enough, as they can be a choking hazard to younger children.

At a crafts store, pick up some red, white, and pink beads to string on necklace and bracelet threads. You may also want to pick up letter beads to write "I Love You" messages on the jewelry.

Set up the beads in containers and give each child the appropriate length thread for a necklace or a bracelet. Let them place the beads in the arrangements they wish or write their messages of love for their recipients.

Make Arts and Crafts Jewelry Flowers from Clay

You don't necessarily need metal or any fancy tools to make beautiful arts and crafts jewelry items. For example, all you need to make a jewelry flower is a bit of clay.

As you'll see in the video, making the flower is quite simple. You just take a bit of clay and roll it in between your fingers to make the center of the flower.

You make the petals in much the same way and then join them with the center. Make sure all of your petals overlap with each other to make your flower more realistic.

Once you have all the pieces together, you can begin shaping the petals. Give them shape by curling them down from the edges, and you'll have a complete jewelry flower.

Ideas for Crafts from Costume Jewelry

Do you have old costume jewelry lying around the house not being used? If so, you might be able to get some terrific crafts from costume jewelry you no longer need.

Many of the items you need to make jewelry crafts, such as beads, chains, clasps, etc., can be found on costume jewelry pieces. If you dismantle the pieces, you can use their parts for beautiful crafts.

For instance, if your costume jewelry has accessible beads, you can use them to make wine rings as a gift for a hostess or friend. Simply thread the beads along a wire tie while circling it up one of your own wine glasses for reference.

When complete, wrap the ends of the wire around pliers or the tip of a pencil. Untwist the rings from your sample glass, and you have the perfect wine glass markers to use yourself or offer as a gift.

Jewelry Crafts Ring Top Mount Spoon Ring

If you're looking for jewelry crafts ring top mount ideas, you might want to try making your own spoon ring. Spoon rings were all the rage in the 70s and have made their way back into fashion.

The first thing you'll need is a silver, not steel, spoon. Also get a soft-faced mallet to shape your ring with. You can find these mallets in jewelry or crafts stores online or in person.

You will also need a ring mandrel, a hacksaw, and a grinder/polisher. Once you have your spoon selected, cut the bowl off the utensil.

After you remove the bowl, shape the handle on your ring mandrel with the mallet. Remember that the thickness and shape of your handle should complement the finger for which the ring is intended. For instance, you don't want an overly thick spoon handle on a very small finger, such as your pinky.

Find Artiquel Fashion Jewelry and Crafts Online

Artiquel fashion jewelry and crafts is a special brand created by Raquel Atibagos. Raquel is a young artist and designer from the Phillipines.

You can visit Raquel's site to view her jewelry at Artiquel.com/ph. The site has dozens of pictures of Raquel's pieces, including earrings, necklaces, brooches, and more.

You can also read about Artiquel, or Raquel's brand of jewelry. Raquel began her brand in 2005, first finding success with local sales, but she now ships her jewelry for worldwide sales.

"I've been experimenting with scrap and craft materials as long as anyone can remember," Raquel says. "I'm inspired by the beautiful natural colors of my motherland."

Buy Glass for Crafts and Jewelry Online

If you like to make glass crafts or jewelry, it can be difficult to find the right supplies. The Internet is usually the easiest place to shop for glass for crafts and jewelry.

Sites like DelphiGlass.com specialize in the sale of craft and jewelry glass. You can find glass tools, mosaic supplies, and stained glass supplies on the site.

For the most variety, you can order packs of glass tiles of different colors. These packs usually come with about a dozen different glass panels and sell for about $100.

If you know someone who makes glass crafts or jewelry and are looking for a gift idea, you can also buy gift cards on the site. Gift cards ship free, so you can send them right to your recipient at no cost.

Shopping Online for Arts and Crafts Jewelry

The Internet has the best selection of arts and crafts jewelry you will ever find. You can browse hundreds of galleries for the piece you are looking for.

Using a search engine, try looking for pages with the keywords "art nouveau" or "art deco" as well as "arts and crafts." These phrases all tend to pull up galleries that offer similar folk-inspired pieces.

You can even find galleries that specialize in jewelry pieces of a certain time period. For example, some galleries only offer arts and crafts pieces from the 19th century.

Another option is to narrow your search by region or country of origin. British arts and crafts pieces are especially popular, but you can also find items from other countries.