We love making DIY jewelry, and these dangle earrings are the perfect activity for a fun craft night with friends. Choose your favourite shapes and colours and make your own earrings with rhinestones!
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Where can I get a template to make rhinestone earrings?
For the flower earrings in the tutorial above we used the top right flower from the first image on our flower outlines post. We also used a template from our heart outlines to make another pair of earrings. You can also check out our many free shape outlines. We have tons of shapes available that would make adorable earrings, like cats, shamrocks, butterflies, and more! Or, if you don’t want to use a template you can trace or freehand circles, triangles, and teardrops like we did for some of our earrings. Remember, shrink film will reduce in size by 40% to 45% in size depending on the type you use.
What else can I use as a base for rhinestone earrings?
We love using shrink film as a base for our rhinestone earrings! It allows you to choose your own size and shape, and it provides a solid base for the rhinestones. But you can also cut a base from felt, craft foam, or clear vinyl. Or you can buy metal blanks or wood blanks from the craft store. Resin or acrylic shapes also work well!
What size and type of rhinestones are needed for making rhinestone earrings?
We recommend having a variety of rhinestone sizes available to you. We mostly used ss10, ss16, and ss20 rhinestones (which are 3, 4, and 5mm, respectively), but even smaller rhinestones are perfect for filling in small gaps on the earring. For example, we used ss5 rhinestones on our blue flower earrings, which are less than 2mm in size. Flatback rhinestones are what you need to make these earrings. Flatback rhinestones, like they sound, have a flat back with no glue attached. This is as opposed to hotfix rhinestones, which have an adhesive on the back that gets fused to fabric with a special tool.
What glue is the best for making rhinestone earrings?
We used B7000 glue, which came with one of our rhinestone kits. It works well, dries quickly, and creates a strong bond. This is very similar to E6000, another craft glue. Or you can use Liquid Fusion or a specific rhinestone glue, like Gem-Tac.
Add a little sparkle to your life with these DIY rhinestone earrings! We can’t get enough of rhinestones around here, and these rhinestone dangle earrings are SO PRETTY! We love the glimmer, the shine, and working with them is so meditative.
Here’s even more DIY jewelry ideas:
Polymer Clay Earrings
DIY Wire Wrapped Rings
How to Make Resin Jewelry
Our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids is loaded with 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple!
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