How to make a Panda with beads

Another example of turning beaded ball into an animal: the head is a beaded ball, body is a row of cross stitches. Add ears, hands, feet and tail and you get a panda!

Materials:

32 - 4mm bicone bead(transparent)
9 - 3mm round beads (black)
2 - 4mm fire polished beads (black)
8 - 4mm round bead (black)
5 - size 11 seed beads (transparent)

How to Make a Little Bear Head

I used 3mm bicone beads for this bear. It turns out very tiny - about 1cm x 1.5cm. Good size for a charm or cell phone attachment. I'm trying to figure out how to add a body to the head . . .

Materials:
40 - 3mm bicone beads (brown)
3 - 3mm bicone beads (black)

35cm fishing line

How to make a Butterfly with Beads

Materials:
20 4mm fire polished glass beads (purple AB)
Size 11 seed beads (gold)
2 30cm fishing line
1 20cm fishing line

How to make a Doggie Head with Beads

This doggie head was done by connecting a front piece (the one with eyes and nose) and a back piece with whole bunch of cross stitches like how we assemble the Cross. I used a cell phone lanyard that has lobster claw clasp to clip on the bead. You can add jump ring to it to make charm and pendant or sting a ring band from the side to make a ring.

Materials:
Head: 41 4mm bicone crystal beads
Ears: 14 4mm bicone crystal beads
Eyes and Nose: 3 4mm round beads
Fishing lines:
3 x 20cms for front and back pieces and connecting the two pieces
2 x 10cm for ears

How to make a Penguin with Beads

This penguin is sooooo cute and quite easy to make. I found the pattern here. It's basically a beaded ball with eyes, beak, feet, wings and a tail.

Material:
25 bicone crystal beads 4mm (blue)
5 bicone crystal beads 4mm (white opal)
3 bicone crystal beads 4mm (yellow)
1 bicone crystal bead 5mm (blue)
2 round plastic beads 3mm (black)
approx. 1 meter fishing line

How to make a Rabbit with Beads

The rabbit is composed of two beaded balls. So please be familiar with how to make beaded ball first. I used 3mm firepolish beads for making the rabbit head, ears, body, hands and feet. Eyes and nose are made with 3 mm bicone plastic beads. You will need about 40cm fishing line (or nylon thread) for each beaded ball so that you have enough thread left for the ears, eyes, nose, hands and feet plus restringing the whole figure.