A few months ago, my husband gave me a beaded bracelet stack for my birthday. It had 3 bracelets with different stone beads in grey and white. I love them so much and wear them all the time. So of course I wanted a few more bracelets for those outfits that grey doesn’t match as well. I decided to make a few of my own with some of the stone beaded and charms. I purchased these from Michaels, but I know a lot of other craft stores carry similar items. Watch out for coupons and sales because Joann’s, Michaels, and Hobby Lobby all have great sales (up to 50% off) which means you can make even more! Instead of just plain stone bead bracelets, we thought jazzing them up with druzy charms and other rhinestone beads would be much more fun. They were so easy, too minutes to make, and I was able to make 5 bracelets for the cost of buying 1!
All you need is a strand or two of beads for the main stone and then accent beads or charms for the bracelet and some stretch cording. I used .7mm clear stretch cord I picked up at Michaels for a few dollars. It has held up well! I’ve had to restring two bracelets we purchased, but not the ones we’ve made so far! I chose to do a white bracelet and blue one each with a charm. But I ended up going back and getting a few strands of brown tone beads and a strand gold and rhinestone beads to use a few of with each bracelet.
To make the bracelets, cut a piece of cord about double the diameter of your wrist (to give yourself plenty of length to tie it off when you are done), decide on your pattern or where you will place the accent charms or beads, and start beading! For children, I recommend putting a clothespin at one end so the beads don’t fall off. It really seemed to help Claire when she was making her bracelets.
It’s a wonderful activity to do by yourself or with kids! We had fun and wear our bracelets all the time now!
