Pony bead suncatchers

This one was relatively simple, but time consuming. Not much work involved, but a lot of waiting.
What you need:
Translucent pony beads
Metal pan (cupcake pans work best for little ones and their short attention spans)

Preheat your oven to 350. You WILL need to leave your house while they cook and then let it air out. Unless you open every window and have quite a few extra fans going, I would strongly advise against staying inside. I thought nothing of it, but went in to grab some clothes for fish and after about 5 minutes came outside lightheaded and nauseous. Or, you could do the cooking on a GAS grill. Charcoal results in some ash getting in the suncatchers. Which may show on a few of my pictures as this was our first try. Charcoal also heated unevenly which doesn't work well for this.
Enough of my tips.... Take your pan and place the beads in a single layer as close as possible to eachother. I set all of mine with the holes up, but placing them on their sides results in different shapes. Bake the beads until melted. Once totally liquefied, pull out and set somewhere to cool. Once cooled, they easily popped out. They left a slight mark where the tops were, but I checked it with my fingernail and it removed easily. Next, drill a hole in the suncatchers and hang them with kite string. I haven't completed this step yet. I have a bunch of small ones, but want to make one large one to hang them off of. However, I have to wait for a day when I can take runt outside for a few hours. Once it is completed we will hang it in the window in her room. It could also be used as windchimes. However, I hate windchimes. So, in her room they will stay :)