Patriotic fuse bead drink covers are a great way to keep kids busy while you’re preparing for you summer parties, and they are super useful too! There’s nothing worse than bugs ending up in your cool drink, so let guests choose a cover and keep their drink nat-free all night long!
We used the blues from the vivid fuse bead mix and red and white beads from the Holiday mix. My kids love fuse beads and can spend hours, even days creating with them so I know the other colors will not go to waste.
Arrange the beads to create whatever patterns you would like. Be sure to leave an empty circle in the middle of your design for the straw to go through.
Once you’ve completed the pattern, cover the beads with the ironing paper and iron until the beads start to melt together. Once the beads are melted you can peel the ironing paper off. Then cover the other side with the ironing paper and fuse the back of the beads together with the iron.
Here are a variety of different patterns to get your wheels turning! The small circle fuse board makes the perfect sized cover for mason jars. If you’ll be using large cups or wide mouth jars you will want to use the large fuse bead boards to create your designs on. The circles holes in the middle are perfect for holding patriotic straws in place.