Pride Bead Tutorial: Aro Stars

Handdrawn illustration of a green meadow foreground with green pine trees growing against various green-hued mountain ridgelines. Scene is overlaid with the dark green/light green/white/grey/black stripes of the aromantic pride flag. The text Aro Worlds Crafts sits across the image in a black, antique handdrawn type, separated by two ornate Victorian-style black dividers.

This tutorial transforms kandi bead stars into pride-coloured ornaments, charms, keychains, zipper-pulls and necklace pendants. They’re simple and quick to make–plus most materials are readily available at dollar shops and craft stores. Flags with four or more stripes (horizontal or vertical) can be transformed into pride-themed stars using this technique, meaning your pride display is limited only by your bead collection!

Seven beaded stars sitting on a blue microfibre blanket. Three stars are made from pony beads, attached to a small piece of ribbon or cord as a dangling decoration, and four are made from seed beads and are attached to a necklace cord via a jump or split ring. One pony bead and one seed bead star is made in the colours of the five-stripe aromantic flag; one pony bead star is made in the colours of the seven-stripe nebularomantic flag; one pony bead star is made from the colours of a four-stripe cupioromantic flag; one seed bead star is made from the colours of the five-stripe allo-aro flag; one seed bead star is made from the colours of the four-stripe quoiromantic flag; and one seed bead star is made from the colours of the six-stripe aro-ace flag.
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