Plan a Beading Party

• Bead a new pattern each week
• Have each member purchase an agreed-upon bead kit to work each week. Compare the extra touches other members give to the beading.
• Choose a pattern that each of you will follow but will make in a different color or slightly different bead than what is called for in the original. Compare finished items after a set number of weeks.
• Bead for charity: Make beaded items to sell or to offer as fundraising items for a predetermined cause.
• Bead swap items. Decide on a pattern and have each member of the group bead one, using any extra beads they choose, up to a determined price point. Try to keep the value of each piece close to even. After the items are completed, do a "blind swap" between the members of your group.

Index: Plan a Beading Party

1. Decide on One or Two Beading Projects
2. Decide on Refreshments
3. Write and Print Project Instructions for Each Guest
4. Set a Place for Each Beading Guest
5. Give an Overview of the Beading Projects
6. Sit Down, Relax and Let the Beading Begin!
7. Other Group Beading Ideas