Making a Decorative Bell: Supplies

Series Summary

One of the easiest ways to introduce your child to the world of artistic exploration is to allow them the freedom to initiate and participate in their very own art projects. One very simple but truly fun project for children and adults is the creation of decorative bells using a variety of art supplies and, naturally, creative vision! Parents who are drawn to such timeless and innovative hobbies as scrap-booking and homemade frame-making will delight in the project featured in this series. Your kids will love creating their own designs and watching their mind's eye create something for friends and family, and you will open your creative spirit wide as you help your child discover their artistic potential.

This free crafts video series will take you from choosing supplies to adding finishing touches to the outside of your bell. Learn how to paint the outside of a cup, decorate and string beads and create a handle out of a pipe cleaner. Get started watching these videos and you’ll have a beautiful bell for decoration or a toy before you know it.

Video Transcript

"Today, I'm going to show you how to make a decorative bell. It will also be able to make a sound, but we're not going to use a piece of metal on the inside to make it a loud bell. It will be more of a like I said, a decorative bell, or possibly, something that a child can play with. We're going to be using wooden beads for the inside, as to minimize the loud noise it's going to make, and it's going to be made with a Styrofoam cup, so the noise of the beads banging against the cup will be a lot less than a regular metal bell, or musical bell. Let me tell you the supplies we're going to need. We're going to be using a scissors, and a regular paper cup, like a coffee cup. We're going to need a wooden skewer, and we're also going to be using a lot of permanent markers, or colorful markers to decorate the bell. We're going to need a piece of string. I'm using a fishing line type of string. We're going to be using a pipe cleaner that's going to be run through the coffee cup; where the beads will be strung on, and then we're going to be using some wooden beads. We'll be needing a set of different colors of paint, regular either watercolor paints, or acrylic paints will do and a regular paintbrush. This is all going to be used to decorate the cup, or the bell. And those are the supplies we'll be using today to make our bell."