| Mardi gras beads are throws that are tossed | | | | prominently display the box on a shelf or table. |
| from the floats as they pass during a Mardi gras | | | | You could even fill a glass lamp with beads to add |
| day parade. It is so much fun to try to catch as | | | | a touch of color in the room. You could also use |
| many beads as you can, but you end up with | | | | the container of your choice filled with beads and |
| bags and bags of beads of various sizes and | | | | add a lamp kit and shade and you will have made |
| colors. What can you possibly do with all the | | | | your own lamp. |
| beads? Here are some ideas for bead control: use | | | | Mardi gras beads can be used in craft projects as |
| the beads to decorate, crafts, and easy party | | | | well. You can use the beads to decorate a frame |
| identification. | | | | for Father's Day, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, |
| One way to use Mardi gras beads is to decorate | | | | or whichever holiday is being celebrated. Another |
| your home for the holidays. You would choose | | | | craft idea is to attach the beads to a tote bag or |
| the beads with the right colors for the holiday you | | | | backpack to personalize it for school. Of course, |
| are decorating for. You can cut the strand to | | | | you can cut the beads apart and glue them |
| attach another strand by twisting the end of the | | | | anywhere your imagination takes you. |
| beads together. This will allow you to form a | | | | Have you ever attended a barbecue and lost |
| strand of beads in whatever length you need. For | | | | track of your glass? You set it down beside |
| example, you can twist red and green beads or | | | | someone else's glass and couldn't remember |
| silver and blue beads and form a strand long | | | | which glass is yours when you went to pick it |
| enough to wrap your Christmas tree. You could | | | | back up. Mardi gras beads can help keep that |
| also use a curtain rod to drape beads or put | | | | from happening. You can cut a small strand from |
| strands together to form a longer curtain of | | | | your beads that can be wrapped around the |
| beads in the colors of your choice. | | | | stems of the glasses. By assigning a different |
| Another decoration idea is to fill an acrylic or glass | | | | color to each guest, you will always know which |
| box (vase or other container of your choice) with | | | | glass is which. |
| beads that coordinate with your décor and | | | | |