Here's a craft my friend Meg directed me to. I'm including a link to the original post I worked from in addition to my own, slightly modified directions.
Materials:
*Fuse beads
*Cooking spray
*Bowl (preferably one that is not very valuable to you)
*Cookie sheet
Directions:
*Preheat the oven to 400
*Spray the inside of the bowl with a generous amount of cooking spray
*Take a couple of handfuls of fuse beads and drop them into the bowl
*Smooth out the beads so that you have only one layer of beads. They should just migrate up the sides of the bowl on their own if you press on a spot with multiple layers of beads
*Alternately, you can arrange beads in the bowl in a pattern, like I did with the tie dye bowl. It may take a lot more time, but you can get some pretty neat results
*Pop in the oven for 10-15 min
*Take out of the oven and let cool
*Ideally, the fuse bead bowl should pop right out, but that's not what happened for me. If you use a new bowl without any wear to the glaze and you use a lot of cooking spray you will probably have better results
*If the fuse beads do stick to the bowl, use a butter knife to peel it off the bowl
*These cute little bowls can serve many purposes as candy dishes, key holders, etc., and even wall art
Bekah would love this, she loves her fuse beads (or perler beads, if you're looking for them in the craft store).
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