A $6 Halloween Bead Kit… Worth It or Just Scary?
“I bought a $6 bead kit, dumped it on the craft table, and things got weird.” 😂
Six bucks.
That’s what this fun, slightly creepy little Halloween bead kit cost me on Amazon. And obviously, at that price my first thought was BINGO!
My second thought was: Okay, but is there actually six dollars worth of useful stuff in here?
Because we all know how these kits can go. The photo looks like you’re receiving enough supplies to open your own tiny bead store, and then it arrives and you discover you have 47 beads you’ll never use, three of something you desperately need and one completely random green bead.
So I decided there was only one sensible thing to do.
Make coffee, dump the kit on the craft table and see exactly how many Halloween bracelets I could get out of six bucks.
Kit Image From Amazon ( shows 2 green beads, there was only 1)
Things Got Scary Pretty Quickly
Let’s start with the letter beads.
There were three different sections of letter beads in this kit. That sounds promising, right?
It was not.
I started digging through them, thinking I’d make some cute little Halloween sayings. SPOOKY. BOO. EEK. Something clever.
I couldn’t even spell EEK.
EEK!!
If there was ever an appropriate time for a bead kit to frighten me, I suppose this was it.
The clay disc bead situation wasn’t much better. There weren’t enough of them to string even one complete bracelet, so it became pretty obvious that if I wanted to turn this kit into bracelets I actually liked, I was going to have to raid my own stash.
And really, when has “I’ll just grab a couple things from my stash” ever been a hardship in the craft room?
I added some of my own letter beads and little bits and pieces of clay disc beads, and suddenly we were back in business.
And Then There Were the Pony Beads…
I’ll admit it.
I’m not really a pony bead person.
Mostly because I’m no longer six.
But these bracelets are meant to be fun, colourful and playful — and perfect for kids. And by kids, I am absolutely including anyone who is a kid at heart and thinks wearing a bracelet that says BOO is perfectly reasonable adult behaviour.
So I used the pony beads.
And you know what?
They worked.
Sometimes you just have to stop being a bead snob and embrace the plastic. 😂
There Were Definitely Some Winners
The black and white skull beads were incredibly useful. Those little guys found their way into several designs and immediately made everything look more Halloween-ish.
The purple acrylic beads were probably my favourite thing in the whole kit. I loved them enough that I used every single one on one bracelet, along with one of the three charms included in the kit. No regrets. Purple beads, you fulfilled your destiny.
And then there were the little gold spacer beads.
Those are always a win.
They add just enough shine and detail to make a bracelet look a little more finished, and anything left over simply gets tossed into the crafty stash for another day. Around here, leftover gold spacer beads are definitely not going to waste.
And Then There Were… Some Choices
I didn’t use very many of the little clay beads. I think two ghosts made the final cut.
Then we need to discuss the red and white disco-ball-looking beads.
Remember Sesame Street?
One of these things is not like the others…
That was those beads.
I stared at them. I moved them around. I tried to imagine them in a Halloween bracelet.
Nothing.
My creative brain simply refused to cooperate.
But leftovers aren’t necessarily a bad thing. Those red and white beads are going to be fabulous when Christmas bracelet season rolls around.
Perhaps I’ll even pair them with the ONE green rhinestone bead included in the kit.
One.
What exactly am I supposed to do with one green bead? 😂
There were also some pink beads that didn’t really work with the Halloween colour scheme I had going. But again, they’ve now joined the stash, and eventually their moment will come.
Craft supplies are very patient that way.
So… Was the $6 Kit Worth It?
Here’s where this little experiment surprised me.
Even after discovering the useless letter assortment, running short on clay discs, adding a few beads from my own stash and setting aside some pieces that simply weren't working for Halloween…
I made TEN bracelets.
Ten really fun, colourful, slightly creepy Halloween bracelets from a $6 Amazon bead kit.
So was it perfect?
Nope.
Would I recommend buying it expecting everything you need to make ten bracelets without adding anything else?
Also nope.
But if you already have a small bead stash and are willing to treat the kit as a starting point rather than a complete solution, there is a ridiculous amount of fun packed into that little six-dollar box.
And I think that’s probably the biggest takeaway from this experiment: a bargain craft kit doesn’t have to contain everything you need to be worth buying. Sometimes its job is simply to give you enough interesting pieces to get your creativity moving. Add a few basics you already own, ignore the weird green bead, and see what happens.
In my case, ten bracelets happened.
Final Verdict: Damn Straight It Was Worth Six Bucks
Would I buy another kit?
Actually… I might.
For six bucks, this thing was a miraculous little find. It gave me an afternoon of playing with beads, ten Halloween bracelets and a handful of leftovers that will eventually become something else.
That’s basically a bead kit for the price of a coffee.
Speaking of coffee…
Coffee sounds really good right now.
I think my work here is done. ☕👻
I’ll add the Amazon link to the kit so you can grab one if you’d like to try the same experiment. If you do, I’d love to know what you manage to create with yours — and, more importantly, what you do with that one lonely green bead. 😂
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