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Neon Statement Necklace in a Few Easy Steps

Channel your love of neon and shapes into the most fun statement necklace that will ever grace your neck. It’s inspired by summer pool toys!

Skills Required: Beginner. Even if you’ve never crafted before, you can make this project. You’ll be painting beads and stringing them onto a necklace.

Neon Statement Necklace in a Few Easy Steps

Recently I was wandering the aisles of the grocery store and found myself so inspired by the water play/pool section. It’s the funnest section of the store, you guys. All the neon!

All the fun shapes of buckets and shovels and pool toys and floaties! It makes me happy. Just so bright and colorful.

So I decided to channel this love of neon and fun shapes into the cutest statement necklace that’s ever graced my neck. And it was SO easy to make this fashion craft. I’ll show you how.

Wood beads, scotch tape, acrylic paint, a paintbrush, and twine

DIY Statement Necklace

Supplies Needed:

Painting gel stain onto a wood bead with a paintbrush

1. I wanted my beads to have a high contrast against the paint so I decided to stain my beads before painting them. I used a basic gel stain that you can find amongst your craft paints at your craft supply store and just slapped it on the beads.

Painting blue acrylic paint onto wood beads with a paintbrush

2. Once the stain is dry paint your beads! I used tape to make straight lines and give the beads a dipped effect.

Wood beads painted with stain and accented with pink, orange, green, and blue

3. Let beads dry!

Wood beads painted with stain and various acrylic paint colors

4. String your beads and add any clasps or tie to secure and you’re DONE!

Wood beads painted with stain and various acrylic paint colors

This neon statement necklace is SO fun, right? And just think of the color + shape possibilities! I’m obsessed.

Painted and stained wood bead necklace

This sucker is going to make a big impact in your accessory drawer. Now get to crafting! And be sure to come visit my sister and me as we blog about style, food, and the things we love over at The Pretty Life Girls.


If you enjoyed this neon statement necklace, I’d love for you to check out these other bright ideas:

Paige

Tuesday 30th of June 2015

This necklace is so fun and cute! I definitely want to make one this summer!

Paige https://www.thehappyflammily.com/