5 Quick & Easy DIY Bracelets You Can Make For the Summer
I’m going to show you how to make a bunch of DIY bracelets. They are really fun and easy to make and look super cute on. Follow along as I explain step-by-step how to make these bracelets.
Tools and materials:
- Beads
- Pliers
- Scissors
- Embroidery string
- Leather rope
- Cord
- Lobster claws
- Bead tips (with clamp on the bottom)
- Jump rings
- E600
- Bangles
- Tape
- Wire
- Stretchy jewelry cord
Bangle bracelet
Take a plain bangle, and we are going to give it a revamp with some embroidery string and jump rings.
1. Wrap string around the bangle
Place a little dab of glue on the embroidery string. Then stick that onto your bangle, and you’re going to wrap it all the way around the bangle.
Do it as tightly as you can; you can add a bit of glue along the way just to make sure it stays fastened and in place.
2. Add jump rings
Once you’re finished wrapping your bangle, open up some jump rings and clamp them closed around the bracelet. It adds a little extra movement to the bracelet and some bling on it as well.
3. Make tassels
We’re also going to add some tiny tassels. To make these, wrap some of the embroidery string around your finger, then remove it from your finger and make sure it stays in a loop.
Then take a jump ring, wrap that around all of the strands, and cut off any excess.
Finish by tying a little knot at the top for all of the tassels.
4. Add tassels to the bracelet
To attach the tassels to the bracelet, all you have to do is open up the jump ring and attach it to one of the other jump rings.
The tassels are so mini and cute and really easy to make.
Wish bracelet
1. Braid bracelet
Grab three strands of thread, knot them down at one end, and you can tape them to the table. Then you’re going to begin braiding.
2. Add beads
Once you get about a third of the way in, you can start adding beads. Add a bead to the center, and then you can braid the two exterior strands and cross them over.
Continue braiding and add another bead to the center strand, cross the two exterior strands around the outside and do that for however many beads you want; I did five.
Once you’ve done that, finish the braid down to the end and knot it.
The finished design will look like this.
Friendship bracelet
1. Thread beads onto string
Take the embroidery string, double it up, and wrap it two lengths around your wrist. Knot it at one end, and then on the looped end, you want to slide your folded wire over the top.
The wire will act as a needle for threading on your beads. Thread on a small white bead and push it all the way to the end and then add a slightly larger bead. Continue to thread on all your tiny white beads.
You want the beads to be spread throughout the thread instead of all being bunched together.
2. Create a slipknot
Then take the wire and bring the bracelet back through that larger bead, so it’s going to create a slipknot. Add one extra smaller bead, knot it off at the end, and trim off the excess.
When you’re making these, you want to make sure that you can slip the bracelet over your wrist, and then you have the option to pull it tighter once you’ve got in on your wrist.
You can make this bracelet with lots of different colored threads!
Beaded bracelet
1. Add beads to the cord
Cut the stretchy jewelry cord to a length that will fit around your wrist, tie a knot off and begin stringing some beads on. You can do this with any sized beads and any kind of pattern you want.
Once you’ve made the entire length to fit around your wrist, knot it, and then knot the two sides together.
2. Add tassels
Just to add a little bunch to these ones I again attached some tassels with a jump ring.
Wrap bracelet
1. Add metal beads to leather cord
Wrap the leather cord around your wrist however many times you want it to go. Then add metal beads to the end of each leather piece.
This adds a little extra weight and a little bit of glam to this plain bracelet. You want to make sure that the beads are metal so you can clamp them down.
2. Attach the clamps
Then attach the clamp with the tip on the end to one of your lobster claws. Leave some dangly pieces on the bracelet, and then pinch the bracelet where you want to add the clamps.
Use your pliers to place the clamp pieces around the leather strapping. Then, put the bracelet on by wrapping it around your wrist and doing the lobster claws up.
DIY bracelets tutorial
I hope you enjoyed those five DIY bracelets. Each of them is different, but they are all very straightforward to make. Let me know which design is your favorite in the comments below!
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Suggested materials:
- Beads
- Pliers
- Scissors
- Embroidery string
- Leather rope
- Cord
- Lobster claws
- Bead tips (with clamp on the bottom)
- Jump rings
- E600
- Bangles
- Tape
- Wire
- Stretchy jewelry cord
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