Fuse Bead Pride Badges

June marks the start of Pride season, with marches and street festivals kicking off all around the world. We live in the heart of Berlin’s so-called ‘Rainbow Quarter’, and least year we really threw ourselves into the spirit of things with rainbow flags, socks even wings!

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For anyone heading out to a Pride event this summer, I’ve got an easy little DIY for you to make some badges. You can easily make these with kids too – my eldest is obsessed with fuse beads – just maybe keep the ironing and hot glue gunning for the adults.

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Here’s what you will need:

  • fuse beads in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and white
  • a fuse bead board
  • badge pins
  • a glue gun

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Step 1: Arrange your beads on the board to make a heart shape. Below is a close up to show you how to arrange the beads. You can follow my colour scheme to make the rainbow stripes or mix them up as you please to make your own pattern. In the photo at the top of the post, you can also see a variation of a white heart with a rainbow coloured edge.

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Step 2: Iron the beads to fuse them together. For this, place a piece of grease proof baking paper on top of the beads (still on their board), being careful not to knock them out of place. Then press over them with a hot iron for a few seconds at a time, checking in between to see if they’ve fused enough – you don’t want them to completely melt! Carefully (it might still be hot!) take your fused heart off the board, turn it over, place it between two pieces of baking paper and briefly iron the other side. I then usually put a heavy book on top, to keep them flat while they cool down.

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Step 3: Use the glue gun to stick the badge pins on to the back of the hearts.

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Step 4: Wear them with pride (pun intended!)

Comments: 8

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    8 June 2017

    Aw these are lovely. What a great idea.

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    8 June 2017

    I had something like this when I was little and loved it. This brings back memories!

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    8 June 2017

    I attend pride parades each year as I think it is a lovely way to support the community. Such beautiful badges x

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    9 June 2017

    Ah what a cute idea for such an important event! Even I could make them and I am not craftsy at all!

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    9 June 2017

    Such a simple yet beautiful idea. I used to make things with these all the time with my first son – and then have the scary bit with carrying them to where the iron was!

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    9 June 2017

    oh its ages since we played with these kinds of beads, i feel the need to get the girls some!

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    9 June 2017

    I could never work out what to do with fuse beads after my kids had made things. Turning them into badges is a great tip.

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    9 June 2017

    Great idea to support Pride. My kids aren’t into beads yet but I keep looking at them in the shop hopefully :)

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