Wednesday 25 April 2018

Giveaway No 8 Hama beads



On April fifth my humble little blog was seven years old. Seven years of sharing the ups and downs of life, the growth of my family from two grandchildren to seven not to mention a house move and the demise of two pets.

So by way of celebration I am planning on running a series of competitions. Some of the prizes I am providing myself and some have generously been donated by various companies. So I have ten prizes so will run one every third days to spread them out over the month.

Today's giveaway is from Hama Beads. We are lovers of Hama Beads and have been using them for a number of years now.
 Fifi has made some great basic items

a butterfly

tree and parrot 
and I made her a picture for her wall. This measured approx 18 inches by 2 ft.

a unicorn mounted on hardboard, pearlescent card and edged with sticky ribbon. 


Hama Beads are small, coloured, craft beads that can be used in various ways to create wonderful designs and beautiful pieces of art. Visit our How To page to find out how to use them.
They are available in three different size ranges – Midi, Maxi and Mini – for all ages and abilities so they can be enjoyed by everyone; male, female, young and old.
The recommended ages below are to be used only as a guide. Suitability always depends on the individual’s ability.
Please note that beads and pegboards from different size ranges are not compatible with each other.

Hama beads are offering a Pirate Art set.

Approximately 1,100 assorted Midi Hama Beads and a Large Heart Pegboard. Follow designs on the packaging to create a pirate, skull, anchor, heart and arrow, and love scroll - ideal for Halloween! Also includes Ironing Paper and instructions.


picture taken from Hama beads web site 




Giveaway No. 8 hama beads pirate set

105 comments:

  1. I love Hamma beads, me and my daughter play every chance we get. Great giveaway x

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  2. my niece loves hama beads fabtastic giveaway

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  3. Yes, I have used hama beads before. I made a bracelet.

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  4. no i havent used them before but we would make the pirate one first x

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  5. We haven’t used them, but the pirate set looks fun.

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  6. Yes, we have used them before and I made a unicorn coaster!

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  7. Never used any would like to try some I like crafty things think I would do the pirate with my grandson

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  8. Yes! I used to love making coasters with them for the house when I was younger!

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  9. Have you ever used hama beads before, if so what did you make? If not which model do you think you would make first?
    never used before, would love the opportunity to experiment with my grandson to see what sort of pirate we could make

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  10. Would love this to do with the grandkids

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  11. I've used a tiny free set my son got in a party bag but not a larger set!

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  12. I haven't used hamma beads before. Our lg is only just old enough. Would love to try!

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  13. I used hama beads about 10 years ago when my little sister was well into them. We used them to make fridge magnets and key rings.

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  14. Yes we love Hama Beads, we love making different coasters with them.

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  15. I loved Hama beads and would make loads of hearts and butterflies with different patterns and colours each time

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  16. We haven't mad anything before, but animals would be a favourite with my grandchildren

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  17. I love the mega hama beads for little hands, we started with those and moved onto the standard hama beads. (@bexallum) on twitter.

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  18. I've never tried Hama beads before they look like fun, my daughters would probably love to try them out

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  19. no we haven't tried them yet. it is certainly something that my little Grandson would enjoy

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  20. I used to love hama beads as a child myself but havn't used them with my kids yet, am sure I will when they are older!

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  21. Yes have used before with my son making a dinosaur

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  22. Never heard of them, never seen them and my family doesnt have any but they look pretty great for a creative toy

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  23. Ive used them to make teddy bears amongst other things.

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  24. I always loved Hama beads but am yet to introduce them to my daughter. She is just about old enough to start enjoying them now.

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  25. Never ever used them, cannot wait to try! I think me and my daughter would make some kind of animal first!

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  26. My kids loved Hama beads and I know my nephew would love these ones!

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  27. Ive seen them but we havent tried them out, great fun and we would probalby make som e floral mini pics and frame them....

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  28. Yes, I got my daughter some for Christmas and she loves them , she made a princess .x

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  29. Helen Rosbotham29 April 2018 at 15:51

    We made some cool drinks covers in the shape of segments of fruit oranges, watermelon etc.

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  30. My son has used them and made butterflies.

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  31. NEVER USED THEM OR SEEN THEM BUT IF I DID I THINK I WOULD BUY THEM

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  32. We haven't tried them before but they look like lots of fun and very creative.

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  33. I never had them but my friend did next door I was so jealous I brought my niece some so I could relive my childhood

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  34. Emily Hutchinson30 April 2018 at 13:05

    Not tried them, love the pirate head!

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  35. My sons are so creative, they love Hama beads and we’re used them to make cars, gingerbread men, Ninjago!

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  36. I haven't but my kids have, they make seasonal stuff and butterflys

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  37. Danielle Dudley30 April 2018 at 16:14

    Haven’t used them yet but they look so fun

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  38. I haven't but my Niece and Nephew have, last time was at christmas, making Christmas decorations, I think we would make garden tree decorations like little wind chimes

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  39. My daughter loves Hama beads she has made butterflies,ponies,cats and dogs x

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  40. I don't have any children but would love to win this prize to donate to charity, to go to Romania.

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  41. Amanda Baggott1 May 2018 at 09:11

    I haven't used them before but they look like great fun!

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  42. We've made some angry birds art before with them.

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  43. I haven't used these beads before but they look fun, I would make a dog first as we are dog mad in our family

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  44. i have never used these before but it would be lovely to see what we could make with them

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  45. We love Hama beads. My kids like to make minecraft characters with them.

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  46. I've never used Hama Beads before, but they look great

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  47. No haven't used them but I think it would be something my children would love 💜

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  48. I would give it to my nephew and I'm sure he would make a pirate first

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  49. My daughter used to love them when she was little and made loads of designs. She had a Disney princess set- that was the most complicated to make but the most beautiful and even gave me as an adult such a sense of achievement.

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  50. We've never tried them, would love too though, my little 1 likes making bits

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  51. We've never tried them but my niece loves them so we'd love to give them a try

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  52. I haven't use them before but I would love to make unicorn with my daughter.

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  53. we have tried them before we made a dinosaur

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  54. I used to play with them when I was a kid. I made every thing with them and even used them as pretend food for my Barbie's

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  55. We love them! I think my boy would make the pirate first!

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  56. Yes my daughter did a butterfly

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  57. Somehow I have missed this brand despite being an enthusiastic crafter and encouraging the children to do the same. We would probably start with the butterfly.

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  58. Would love this to do with my three grandkids

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  59. We have never used them before, grandson loves anything to do with pirates at the moment so he would choose that one

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  60. never tried used these before, I think my granddaughter would make a unicorn

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  61. We tried to make Teenage Mutant Turtles the other day. they looked like Granny Smith apples, but we had fun. The boys would love to try again.

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  62. Love Hama beads, we have made coasters & keyrings, ironically spent last night colour sorting 2 boxes of beads!

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  63. My cousins kids would love these

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  64. My daughters loved making things with Hama beads they used to make rainbows and make mobiles out of them hours of fun

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  65. We have never made anything with Hama Beads but i would love to make something with my granddaughter which would probably be a butterfly.

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  66. i love hama beads! i even ran a hama bead after school club! the children loved it. My daughter has a few princess templates however my son is now old enough to join in the hama bead fun and would love these pirate templates :)

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  67. My grand-daughter loves the princess beads.

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  68. I made drinks coasters. Thankyou for the competition x

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  69. Fiona Johnstone7 May 2018 at 20:14

    I have never used them but will look for them now. Looks great fun. I like children doing creative things. Helps their imagination. Also I like helping too

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  70. I've not used hama beads but my daughter loves anything crafty and would love these! My daughter would love to make a unicorn!!

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  71. We make all sorts the last thing my daughter made was a horse

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  72. we have never used before but would make a butterfly

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  73. My twin girls would love these

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  74. Un manga est une bande dessinée japonaise.

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  75. We have used them quite a bit - I have a few handmade coasters.

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  76. Yes..my sons have made them at youth club I have made one myself butterfly..they love making minecraft ones!

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  77. zoe somerfield8 May 2018 at 09:43

    We haven't tried them out yet

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  78. My grandchildren have made some christmas tree decorations and some drinks coasters!

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  79. We have not used the beads before but we'd like a go.

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  80. We did a big R for our son's bedroom which hangs on his bedroom door!

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  81. i use them alot, lots of inspiration on pinterest

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  82. We have not used these before but my daughter Sheriah 5 would love to

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  83. My daughter loves them, she literally can spend hours making her patterns

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  84. I work in an afterschool club where the children want to get their massive tub of hamma beads out often, I bought my granddaughter some for christmas, she made some super cute tree decorations with hers, I shall certainly be buying her some more thanks for the givaway

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  85. I've never used them before. I'd try the skull first.

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  86. kayleigh robinson8 May 2018 at 14:07

    me and my daughter made some sunflowers out of hama beads and made them into magnets for grandmas fridge!

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  87. I have used them alot over the years we have some amazing pictures in frames and i made a brilliant mario money box

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  88. I loved Hama beads when I was younger - I used to enjoy making patterns and now my son does too x

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  89. christine westlake8 May 2018 at 17:03

    never used these beads, would love to win and use them making animals with grandchildren

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  90. The kids have used them and made some fine pictures - a truly great crafting product

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  91. Ive used these before and made cats and rabbits for some reason :-)

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  92. Loads of times we love them dinosaurs, tucks and also make pokemon ones

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  93. My children love these , they make patterns and flowers mainly .

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  94. I've not used before (although i used something very similar when i was a kid) the first thing we'd make is a rainbow!

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  95. No, not yet. But we would love the opportunity to make a beautiful picture with the product.

    Rachel Craig

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  96. to make a dog picture with my son it was fun

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  97. Yes, my daughter and I used them to make a necklace though, we have never melted them.

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  98. Yes we have, the kit we had contained the template for a rabbit and a crocodile

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  99. Yes we have used them at an arts and crafts party. My daughter made a flower.

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  100. we use them to make christmas decs and coasters as gifts

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  101. No we haven't we would make a castle x

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  102. Definitely a pirate, my daughter is studying pirates at school and loves them now! Ahoy!

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  103. We mainly make animals and dinosaurs as they are very popular right now in this household!

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