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This beaded bracelet
craft makes a wonderful gift for your Mother or any special woman in
your life. These also sell well at craft bazaars! They are made from
beads which are threaded on to safety pins. The safety pins are then
threaded on either end with some elastic cording to hold them together.
Different shaped and different colored beads can be used to create
drastically different results, I show two examples below. Experiment
and let your creativity take over. This is a simple craft, and most
elementary school kids are able to assemble these bracelets easily.
There are only three materials needed to make these: safety pins,
beads, and elastic cording. You can also make these into choker
necklaces. To do this, do not use the elastic cording. Use thin jewerly
cording or fishing line, and add on jewerly end clasps of your choice
for securing around your neck. All the step by step instructions
follow.
Things Needed:
- Size 2 Safety Pins (about 25 for a small
bracelet, 30 for a larger bracelet) NOTE: smaller safety pins could
also be used, but you also will need to use smaller beads)
- Assorted beads of your choice (experiment
with glass beads, wood beads, pony beads, etc.) For the red bracelet, I
found a large package of assorted red glass beads of different shapes
and styles.
- Elastic bead cord
- Super glue
1. Begin by threading on the beads to each safety
pin. Experiment with some different techniques. For the red bracelet
shown in this example, I made each beaded pin look different. One pin
had a long bead, followed by a round one, followed by a long one again.
The next safety pin had all small ones threaded on it next, followed by
a safety pin with three large stone like beads. For the wooden beaded
bracelet, I made each pin threaded with the same color of beads, but
alternated pins with different colors. There is no right way, just be
creative and thread all your safety pins, then close them all up.
 
 
2. Next, lay all your safety pins in a row as they will be in the
finished bracelet. Using the elastic cording, begin to thread the cord
through the bottom loop of each safety pin. I like to thread a double
stranded elastic cord for more durability.
3. Next, thread another length of elastic cording through the top of
each safety pin. Thread it through the little hole that is in the head
of each safety pin.
 
4. Holding on to the ends of the elastic cording, gently flip the
beaded bracelet craft over, and curve them around in a bracelet shape,
and tie the ends of the elastic cording to each other to make a square
knot, then double knot it again. It is a good idea to put a drop of
super glue on the knot to help secure it.
5. Snip off the ends of the elastic cording and the beaded bracelet
craft is ready to wear or give as a gift.
 
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