Friendship bracelets are a great summer craft. Do you remember making them when you were younger? Bracelet making by far was one of my favorite crafts! I have noticed they are making their way back on children’s wrists lately.
Easy and Fun Friendship bracelets
These are different than the macramé knot tying bracelets. These are all done by finger weaving loops. Depending on which loops you use you get a different pattern. The first bracelet it a flat 7 strand braid (which I will demonstrate), the second bracelet is a 4 sided cubed braid. Both are cute and your little girls will love to make these.
Friendship Bracelet Supplies
- Embroidery Floss
- Scissors
- Pins
- Nimble fingers
Friendship Bracelet Video
These friendship bracelets really aren’t tricky, use this video to get the hang of the technique.
How to make Friendship Bracelets
1. Cut 7 strands of embroidery floss about 24” long. Take both ends and tie it in a knot.
2. Pin the knot to a pant leg or pillow. Separate the stranded loops and put them on your fingers (4 strands on one hand and 3 on the other).
3. You will always be working with the hand that has only three strands on it. In the picture above it will be my right hand. Your pinky does all the work.
Depending on how you want your bracelet to look you will loop your pinky under that strand and pull the end loop (#7 and #8) through them all.
4. For the flat braid you loop your pinky through the 2, 3, 6, and 7.
5. Then grab that last loop with your pinky (letting go with the pointer finger) and pulling it through the rest of the strands and tighten. Now you have 4 loops on your opposite hand.
6. Shift the loops on your hand with 3 loops on them towards your pointer so that pinky is free again.
7. Keep finger weaving back and forth with your pinky until it is complete. Un-loop all of your fingers and tie an overhand knot in the end.
Your girls will be kept busy making embroidery floss bracelets all summer. I used to have a bracelet making stand and sold them on my street corner for $.25. Since inflation I am sure they could get $1.00 for them. {giggle}
by Beckie from Infarrantly Creative and Knock Off Décor
Friendship bracelets styles
Once you have this bracelet mastered here are 15 friendship bracelet styles to try.
Fabric Scrap Friendship Bracelet
What a great way to use those fabric scraps and this technique couldn’t be any easier.
The yarn in this friendship bracelet makes it easier for younger kids to make.
Kids Activities
Keeping kids busy and engaged all summer long can be a challenge. I have 50 ways to keep kids entertained this summer. You will find links to all the instructions, tutorials and free printables with each idea listed.
If you need even more boredom busting ideas print off this 100 Summer Fun Activities Ideas list! Check them off as you go.
Pick out the ideas most important and interesting to you and create a summer bucket list.
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