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Beaded Wrap Bracelet Tutorial – Kid Craft

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With the Holidays fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about gifts. And that’s exactly what Gabrielle has been doing! This year she wants to make gifts for family members. She decided she should start making things now if she wants to be able to make something for everyone. (Smart thinking!) The first gift she worked on was a beaded wrap bracelet. She asked if I could share a tutorial with you in case you would like to make some too. (Of course she didn’t have to ask me twice! hehe)

Beautiful Beaded Wrap Bracelet - Kid Craft! This bracelet was made by a 9 year old. Come check out the tutorial so that you came make some too!

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Beaded Wrap Bracelet – Kid Craft

Supplies:
– Glass Seed Beads
– Stretch Cord (Gabrielle used Jewelry Designer Stretch Cord by Darice size .5mm)
– Bowl
– Scissors

Glass Beads and Stretch Cord

Instructions:

Step 1: Gabrielle started off by opening all the packages of beads she had chosen at the store and poured them in a bowl. She used her hands to mix all the beads. (Aren’t the colors fabulous?! It’s beaded goodness in a bowl!)
Glass Beads

Step 2: She unraveled a little bit of the stretch cord and started threading beads. She did not cut the stretch cord because she finds it easier to thread that way. If she needs more cord, she just has to slide the beads back and pull on the cord. No worries about the beads slipping off the other end. PLUS, it makes it super easy to put aside until you are ready to work on it again. I found the idea quite genius! She stopped threading the beads once the length hit 50″.
How to thread beads to make a beaded bracelet.

Step 3: Once she had threaded 50″ of  beads, she cut the stretch cord that was still attached to the packaging. And then she took both ends and made a double knot.

How to make a knot on a beaded bracelet

Step 4: She cut the extra stretch cord and voilà, she was finished!

Beautiful Beaded Wrap Bracelet - Kid Craft! This bracelet was made by a 9 year old. Come check out the tutorial so that you came make some too! Beautiful Beaded Wrap Bracelet - Kid Craft! This bracelet was made by a 9 year old. Come check out the tutorial so that you came make some too!Beautiful Beaded Wrap Bracelet - Kid Craft! This bracelet was made by a 9 year old. Come check out the tutorial so that you came make some too!

The beaded wrap bracelet is quite fabulous, right?!
I think it turned out so beautiful, I LOVE the colors she picked too! They look so pretty together.

P.S. If you liked Gabrielle’s bracelet, please feel free to PIN and/or Share with your friends. :)

Hope  you enjoyed this tutorial! Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

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  1. That is insanely clever! You are doing a good job raising a new crafter! Pat yourself on the back for that. Then pat your daughter on the back for giving an old lady a new craft to do with the great niece!

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  2. Thats genius! My daughter can make these for all my nieces! Im broke so thank you very much!! I have some hemp string and it is just to heavy but this would be perfect!

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  18. Can I ask you some advice please? On the one I did in Kenya they told me to thread the needle with some string that you tie to the elastic for your bracelet. I’m having trouble with the right kind of knot as the beads won’t go over the knot I’ve made. Isn’t there a special sort of knot I should use?

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    • Hi Poppy! Hope you are well!

      To avoid the beads from slipping while making the bracelet, my daughter kept the string on the string reel. She cut the string off the reel when she was finished then she made a knot with both ends.

      Perhaps a loop knot? Maybe that would be big enough to prevent the beads from slipping?

      Or another option, if you want to make a knot on one end while threading beads, maybe you can tape down the knot on a surface, that will stop the beads from slipping over the knot. Or you can even wrap it to a bigger object (like a popsicle stick) then make a knot and start threading. Once you are finished, unwrap the string from the object, attach both ends, and cut the extra string you had wrapped around the object.

      I hope this helps!

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