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DIY Beaded Tennis Ball Hoop Earrings Craft

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How to Make Beaded Tennis Ball Hoop Earrings

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Make these quick & easy colorful beaded tennis ball hoop earrings to wear them yourself or give the homemade jewelry as a gift. 

The DIY earrings are made with simple supplies and no special tools are required. 

The bold color hoop earrings are a fun way to show off your love of the game. 

blue and green heishi beads

Bead Colors for Tennis Ball Earrings

I chose blue and green beads for the tennis ball earrings to coordinate with US Open courts. 

If you play on a court that is a different color, you are welcome to use that for your earrings. 

The tennis earrings would also look cute, if you used team colors to represent your child’s school or tennis club. 

Of course, you can also use whatever color beads you happen to like. 

polymer clay heishi beads

Colorful Polymer Clay Heishi Beads

I love the look of small, flat heishi beads for homemade jewelry, so I have a big supply in my craft stash.

Traditional heishi (pronounced hee-shee) beads are formed from a clay made from ground up shell or stone powder. 

Today the term is used for a variety of flat disc shaped beads. 

The most common type of heishi beads used for DIY jewelry crafts are made from polymer clay and come in a wide variety of colors. 

They can be purchased as strands of beads, packages of loose beads and boxed jewelry making kits with beads organized by color. 

Typical size of the beads is 6mm wide by 1mm thick with a hole that is 2mm in diameter. 

Beads are readily available in a wide variety of colors and they are very reasonably priced.  

tennis ball beads

Sports Ball Beads

Tennis ball shaped beads look great and are easy to use, just like any other bead. 

There are beads just like mine and others that have a slightly different size, color or style. 

If you are just into tennis, you can get a whole pack of beads that are all tennis balls. 

Or you can get a mixed package of beads that includes a variety of sports balls: footballs, tennis balls, soccer balls and volleyballs. 

silver ear hoops

Hoop Earrings for Jewelry Making

Earring beading hoops are available in a variety of sizes and finishes at very reasonable prices. 

You can get a package that includes all the same size and shape hoops or an assorted multipack that you can use to make a lot of fun hoop earrings. 

For this pair of tennis ball earrings I used round 1.2″ silver tone hoops, since that is a good size for me and many others – not too big and not too small. 

You are welcome to use whatever size works for you. 

If you are using bigger hoops, you may want to add more heishi beads than I did for the 1.2″ hoops. 

Polymer clay beads are light, but if you are adding more than I did on a larger hoop make sure the earrings will still be comfortable for you. 

If you want to use smaller hoops, make sure the hoops are still big enough to accommodate the cute tennis ball bead. 

bead order for tennis ball earrings

Where to Buy Jewelry Supplies Online

  1. AliExpress has a huge selection of jewelry making supplies at super low prices – incredibly low prices. Plan ahead when you order, since shipping can take longer than US based companies. 
  2. Amazon also has a good selection of supplies and shipping can be very fast. 
  3. Beebeecraft has beads from around the world, jewelry findings and craft supplies with free shipping on orders over $25.

heishi bead tennis ball hoop earrings

Tennis Ball Hoop Earrings Craft

Supplies / Materials

Green Polymer Clay Heishi Beads (8 for a pair of earrings)
Blue Polymer Clay Heishi Beads (8 for a pair of earrings)
Tennis Ball Beads (2 for a pair of earrings)
1.2″ Ear Hoops (or another size)

Tools/Equipment

None

Instructions

1) Gather your supplies and make a plan for how you will arrange the colorful heishi beads and tennis balls. Do yours exactly like mine or come up with your own unique design. This is the order of my beads:

  • 1 Green Heishi Bead
  • 2 Blue Heishi Beads
  • 1 Green Heishi Bead
  • Tennis Ball Bead
  • 1 Green Heishi Bead
  • 2 Blue Heishi Beads
  • 1 Green Heishi Bead

2) Open up the hoops and slide the heishi beads and tennis ball beads onto the earrings.

3) Enjoy your new earrings!

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