When I ask the girls what color beads they want, they always respond “rainbow.” Using one box of beads, we came up with different patterns in order to keep their braids looking different every time. Below are some examples...
1. Random Theme
The random look can turn out super cute. Simply pick any color -- the only consistency is the number of beads on each braid.
2. Primary Color
In this pattern, use one primary color. This picture shows primarily light wood beads, and a cream one on the end.
3. Metallic Beads
In this metallic design, we used all metallic beads on one braid, and then all pink beads on another. You can alternate to get a really beautiful blend of shine and texture.
4. Letter Beads
For this pattern, we chose to alternate one color with a letter bead. You can try this with a clear bead, yellow bead, jumbo bead, or whichever bead best matches your future outfits.
5. Top Heavy
In this pattern, the top layer has more beads than the bottom. This pattern involves a 3-1-2 color combination, with 3 yellow, 1 white and 2 pink. You can do other number combinations, like 3-2-1, 1-2-3, and 2-1-2-1.
6. Patterns With Shapes
In this scheme you can play around with shapes. We chose stars, hearts and a round bead. Try mimicking this pattern, but have all the shapes in the same color.
7. Rainbow Beads (with Black)
This pattern is another random theme, but instead of including white beads, it has black.
8. Mixed Materials
In this pattern we mixed wood and acrylic beads. It gives an "earth meets modern" vibe.
9. Black Beads With A Hint Of Color
This pattern involves mostly black beads with a hint of color on the ends.
10. Solid Color
Using just one bead throughout the head looks absolutely gorgeous! You can go for all jumbo beads, clear beads, or whichever theme is inspiring you that day.
11. Even Spacers
This pattern has two evenly spaced white beads, with two specific colored spacers. You can play around with the spacers and the colors you choose to stack.
12. Random Spacers
This pattern is a play on the pattern above. But instead of having a consistent color for the spacers, you can choose three or two colors to switch up.
13. Start-to-Finish
This is another random pattern, but the first and last bead color are the same. In this example they are pink.
14. 411
This final pattern is all about colors and numbers. In this design we used 4-1-1. This means, 4 yellow, 1, pink, and 1 orange. Continuing to play around with the colors and numbers you use can great some cute, but unexpected designs.
That's it for our list. What are your favorite bead patterns?
Until next time...
Love The Journey,
