DIY Friendship Bracelets – Studio DIY

DIY friendship bracelets are a traditional summer time exercise! They’re simple to make and enjoyable to commerce (particularly in case you’re headed to the Taylor Swift live performance!

I used to spend HOURS making friendship bracelets. I’d go to the craft retailer and purchase oodles of thread and simply go to city making bracelets for everybody. As we speak, I’ve acquired three completely different designs to share with you, utilizing some tried and true strategies… and a few new ones too! All within the brightest colours in fact, with some enjoyable gildings too. Let’s get began!

We’ll train you how one can take advantage of well-known model of DIY friendship bracelets, a braided one! Plus, a beaded model that you would be able to jazz up with some easy-to-make tassels and even a bangle selection for a extra distinctive possibility!

Provides Wanted

Right here’s what you’ll want for every model of DIY friendship bracelet.

For the beaded tassel bracelet:

Matte Beads or Neon Beads
Craft Thread (We love this neon assortment!)
Needle
Scissors
Scrap of Cardboard

For the braided bracelet:

DMC Embroidery Thread
Colorful Chain
Scissors
Charms or Cabochons for Embellishment (We used cute meals ones, much like these, plus some mini disco-like beads!)
Jewellery Glue

For the bangles:

Plain Bangle Bracelets
DMC Embroidery Thread
Scissors
Cabochons (We used cute meals ones, much like these!)
Jewellery Glue

Beaded Friendship Bracelet Tutorial

1. Reduce a chunk of thread the size of your wrist plus 4 to 5 inches (for tying).
2. Tie a knot about two inches into the thread and string on as many beads as match round your wrist. Tie a knot within the different finish.
3. To make the tassels, minimize a chunk of scrap cardboard right into a two inch broad rectangle. Wrap thread round and across the cardboard, about 15-20 occasions.
4. Slip the looped thread off of the cardboard and tie a knot within the heart with a separate piece of thread. Fold the tassel in half now, so that each one the looped edges are going through in the direction of the underside.
5. Take a 3rd piece of thread and wrap it round and round all of the threads, about six occasions.
6. Use a tiny little bit of glue to attach to safe the ultimate finish in place. Lastly, minimize all of the loops so your tassel is fringed, and trim any strings that look longer than the remainder. Tie the tassels in between the beads the place desired.

Braided Friendship Bracelet Tutorial

1. You will have 9 items, every minimize to double the size of your wrist: two items of every of three embroidery colours and three items of chain.
2. Tie all 9 items collectively in a knot.
3. Braid the items collectively, treating every coloration + one strand of chain as a piece. After getting a braid so long as wanted to wrap round your wrist, tie one other knot and trim the surplus, leaving about two inches for tying.
4. In case you’d like, tie a bead onto the ends or glue a cabachon on high of the braid.

DIY Bangle Bracelet

1. Tightly wrap embroidery thread round and across the bangle till the bangle is totally coated.
2. Use a small bead of jewellery glue to safe the ultimate finish in place and trim the surplus.
3. Use one other bead of glue to attach any cabachons or different charms to every bangle. Let set utterly earlier than sporting.

Photographs by Jeff Mindell

This might be such a enjoyable present to offer to these besties who’ve been round since childhood. After which you’ll be able to put on them whereas watching Now & Then and taking part in Dream Cellphone and MAN who must be an grownup!? Have FUN!

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