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10 Easy Friendship Bracelet Patterns for Kids

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10 Easy Friendship Bracelet Patterns for KidsWhen I was a kid, friendship bracelets were the “go-to” craft when you wanted to get even the littlest bit creative. My friends and I would get together to show each other the new ways we learned how to braid our bracelets. Of course, we didn’t know how to do the nifty friendship bracelet designs like the Trendy Simple Stick Bracelet or the Hand-Crocheted Knit Bracelet, but we perfected the art of crafting the Classic Friendship Bracelets and the Tightly Woven Friendship Bracelet. I taught my kids how to make the classic braided bracelet first, but then I found all of these cool new ways to make a bracelet! They absolutely loved these cool friendship bracelet design ideas that I found.

Your kids will have a blast with all of these new friendship bracelet patterns! They can get super creative by adding beads to “bling-up” the bracelet, or they can make their friendship bracelets out of felt. There are just so many new and fun ways that they can create bracelets for their friends to let them know that they’re thinking about them. The great thing about these bracelet design ideas is that they’re super easy! Most of them take no time at all, so your kids will have plenty of time to make a lot. They’ll also love being able to share the new ways they learned to make a friendship bracelet with their friends.

 

Classic Friendship Bracelet Patterns

Classic friendship bracelets are always super fun to make, and they’re a great way to start teaching your kids how to weave a simple friendship bracelet.

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Classic Friendship Bracelets

How to Make a Braid Round

 

Easy Bejeweled Bracelets

If you want to give your friend a little something extra on her bracelet, then put some bling on it! You can never go wrong with a little extra sparkle. There are so many fun ways that you can add something else to a friendship bracelet. Your kids will love being able to add colored beads or gems to their hand-woven creations. My little girl loves putting jewels on the bracelets that she makes.

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Giant Jewel Bracelet

Easy Beaded Bracelet

 

Other Friendship Bracelet Designs

If you want to make your friendship bracelet design even more unique, then why not make it out of something other than just string? You can make it out of felt, or you can put your favorite buttons on it! There are just an endless amount of cute and fun ways to make your friendship bracelet a one-of-a-kind.

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Trendy Simple Stick Bracelet

Whimsical Button Bracelet

Hand-Crocheted Knit Bracelet

 

 

What fun kinds of friendship bracelets do your kids know how to make?

10 DIY Beaded Bracelets for Every Occasion

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I used to wear a watch every single day until it broke. I couldn’t really fix it, and after a few days of going to work with a bare wrist, I got the itch. Do you ever feel that itch? Do you ever feel that need to have something decorative on your arm? As a temporary fix, I put together a couple of quick DIY beaded bracelets. They were simple, colorful, and fun, and at the time, I considered these bracelets as only a replacement to ward off that bare-wrist itch until I found a new watch. Little did I know that this temporary fix would become a regular jewelry-crafting habit.

If you’ve ever spent hours searching the web for beautiful watches, you already know that the ones you will want to show off are super expensive. In this day and age, watches are more for decoration than for practical purposes, too. We can always just check the time on our phones, right? Bracelets, on the other hand, can be cute and bubbly or decadent and ornate for way less money. For the price of one gorgeous watch, you can make a crazy amount of bracelets.  In crafting DIY beaded bracelets, I soon found myself making them for every occasion. I had bracelets for formal parties, small gatherings, summer outings, holidays, trips to the beach, and everything else under the sun! What started off as a simple bandage for my broken watch problem became a fun craft to pair with my daily wardrobe. These crafts also made phenomenal DIY gift ideas for friends, loved ones, nieces, cousins, etc.

10 DIY Beaded Bracelets for Every Occasion

10 DIY Beaded Bracelets You’ll Absolutely Love

  1. Party Time DIY Bracelet
  2. Sunshine Yellow Beaded Bracelet Pattern
  3. Beaded Friendship Bracelet
  4. Byzantine Beaded Chain Maille Bracelet
  5. Elegant Black Bead Flower Set
  6. Shades of Pink Bracelet
  7. Bead Soup Cuff Bracelet
  8. Daisy Chain Beaded Bracelet Pattern
  9. Bugle Cluster Beaded Bracelet
  10. Briolette Beaded Bangle

Looking for even more DIY beaded bracelets? Check out 35 Free Beaded Bracelet Patterns.

I’ve listed 10 fantastic DIY beaded bracelets. Are there any amazing bracelets that you think should be featured in this list?

12 Fantastic Friendship Bracelets

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One of the best ways to accessorize for summer is to pretty up your arms with friendship bracelets!  Great for boys, girls, women, and men, friendship bracelets have made a comeback…and we’re so glad to see their return!

Often made with embroidery floss, like this Ultimate Friendship Bracelet, friendship bracelets are fun and easy projects that can be worn individually or layered for a really unique effect.  Depending on how you tie your yarn or thread, you can create all kinds of really neat designs.

As a way to celebrate summer, we’ve gathered up 12 of our favorite friendship bracelet patterns!  Ranging in difficulty and style, these summer bracelets are sure to satisfy your crafty itch this weekend!

Can’t get enough friendship bracelets?  Scroll on down for a bonus giveaway we just know you’re going to love!

 

12 Fantastic Friendship Bracelets

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BONUS!  Can’t get enough friendship bracelets?  Check out this week’s giveaway!  We’re giving away a collection of 4 awesome jewelry books, including Friendship Bracelets: Beyond the Basics; Jewelry on a String; Oh-So-Easy Jewelry; and Cords & Bling Jewelry.  You have until August 1st to enter, and you can enter to win once a day…so the more you return, the greater your chances of winning this awesome giveaway.  Head on over to the giveaway page now and register to win today!  Good luck!

Find 12 Ways to Make Friendship Bracelets in New AllFreeJewelryMaking eBook

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When you picture friendship bracelet patterns, you probably think of basic embroidery floss and knots, but friendship bracelets have come a long way since our playground days, and they’ve never been more on trend. The very definition of “friendship bracelets” has expanded to include all kinds of awesome arm candy, from crystal-embellished macrame bracelets to colorful leather cord wrap bracelets, and in our new free eBook, How to Make Friendship Bracelets: 12 Fun Friendship Bracelet Patterns, you can find 12 ways to make friendship bracelets that you’ve probably never thought of before.

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If you think friendship bracelets are just for kids, think again. This collection of patterns includes designer-inspired knockoffs that any fashionista would want to get around her wrists. These chic DIY Silk + Chain Friendship Bracelets are inspired by a much-buzzed-about Ariel Gordon design and look just like the original (but cost way, wayyy less). And they couldn’t be easier to make!

 

If basic string bracelet patterns seem like a bore to you, then you’ll love the super hip Punch and Judy Friendship Bracelet, which turns up the volume on traditional friendship bracelet designs by adding bead weaving into the mix. This bracelet has a tribal vibe that is so fun and boho chic, don’t you think?

 

 

But don’t worry! If traditional embroidery floss friendship bracelet patterns are what you’re looking for, this collection includes those too! Projects like the Classic Spiral Friendship Bracelet tutorial and the Wavy Friendship Bracelet will get you your recess-esque friendship bracelet fix (with a twist).

 

 

This is just a little taste of what’s in store for you when you download your free copy of the How to Make Friendship Bracelets: 12 Fun Friendship Bracelet Patterns free eBook. In addition to these awesome friendship bracelet designs, you’ll also find a crochet pattern, a bangle bracelet tutorial, a painted wrap bracelet, and macrame patterns galore. There’s definitely something for every style and skill set included in this collection. Grab your free copy and make an arm party today!

 

Now the only question left is…

Will you give these friendship bracelets to your BFF, or will you keep them all for yourself?

 

 

 

Learn How to Make Easy Bracelets with a New Free eBook

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We’ve all been there: It’s morning and you’re exhausted. Your outfit is in dire need of accessorizing. Painfully, you drag your feet to your jewelry box, but when you open the lid…nothing looks good.

It’s time to end this nonsense! AllFreeJewelryMaking proudly presents a new eBook as a tool for everyone who has struggled with stitching, stringing or knotting.  By downloading this eBook today, you can learn how to make easy bracelets out of hemp, embroidery floss, beads and more. The bracelet basics featured in Easy DIY Bracelet Designs: 14 Ways to Make Bracelets will help you make simple, but beautiful bracelet designs. Detailed photographs in this eBook accompany step-by-step instructions, making it impossible for you to get lost along the way. Some of these bracelet designs had been on my list of jewelry projects to try for a long time. With the help of this crafty collection of DIY bracelets, though, I’m ready to break out my pliers and stuff my jewelry box with new bracelets.

Learn How to Make Easy DIY Bracelets with New Free eBook

Easy DIY Bracelet Designs: 14 Ways to Make Bracelets
When I first browsed through Easy DIY Bracelet Designs: 14 Ways to Make Bracelets, I was amazed at the bracelet patterns featured. They looked so complicated from the pictures. After taking a closer look at the jewelry instructions, though, I realized I could actually make these stunning pieces easily. I passed these designs on to some buddies who were equally as surprised. In some cases, you can whip up a new DIY bracelet in less than an hour.

 

Easy DIY Bracelet Designs: 14 Ways to Make Bracelets
I’m also very pleased that there are several hemp bracelet designs in Easy DIY Bracelet Designs: 14 Ways to Make Bracelets. The combination of the coarse rope and seed beads in these bracelet designs is just what I’m after as the weather heats up. I’m so excited to rock out my wrists with bohemian-style bracelets. You won’t believe how accessible these jewelry instructions are.

 

Easy DIY Bracelet Designs: 14 Ways to Make Bracelets
‘Tis the season when those friendship bracelets make their full-blown appearance on the wrists of every girl from ages 8 to 80. These DIY bracelets will never cease to be a hit in the jewelry-making world. Maybe you’re a little stuck, though, on exactly how to knot these beautiful bangles. Don’t worry; in Easy DIY Bracelet Designs: 14 Ways to Make Bracelets, there are some great bracelet tutorials that you can work off of to make the personal friendship bracelet you’ve been after.

 

 

Make your mornings bearable again by loading your jewelry box with DIY bracelets that you love. Once you download Easy DIY Bracelet Designs: 14 Ways to Make Bracelets, you’ll be amazed at how much your jewelry-making world opens up. You’re most welcome in advance.Learn How to Make Easy DIY Bracelets with New Free eBook

What’s your favorite DIY bracelet design from this eBook?

 

5 Festive Friendship Bracelet Patterns for the Holidays!

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Celebrate the gift of friendship this holiday season with some fun and festive friendship bracelet patterns! The holidays are all about giving, being thankful, and spending time with friends and family. What encompasses all of those warm holiday sentiments better than friendship bracelet patterns you can make with and for your friends?

Featuring merry motifs, Christmas-y colors, and wonderful winter designs, these fun friendship bracelet patterns are the perfect way to pass cozy winter nights by the fire with your pals. Make them together or give them as gifts; they make fabulous stocking stuffers!

5 Festive Friendship Bracelet Patterns

Follow along with these friendship bracelet pattern instructions to have some ho-ho-homemade fun this holiday season! Make friendship bracelets for all your best pals this year to show them how much they mean to you.

  1. Christmas Stocking Friendship Bracelet Pattern – Stuff your friends’ stockings with this spirited friendship bracelet design.
  2. Garland Friendship Bracelet Pattern – After you adorn your tree, work on adorning your friends’ wrists with some festive friendship bracelet patterns that look like gorgeous garland.

  3. Penguin Friendship Bracelet Pattern – Make a ring of little penguin pals that your own pals can wear with this adorable, wintry friendship bracelet pattern.

  4. Christmas Tree Friendship Bracelet Pattern – Craft some cute ornaments for your best friends’ wrists with this awesome Christmas tree friendship bracelet pattern.

  5. Snowflake Friendship Bracelet Pattern – Make a wearable winter wonderland for your friends with this friendship bracelet pattern that is sure to keep them looking “cool.”

 

You’ll feel the joy of giving and creating all in one with these festive friendship bracelet patterns! Find even more fantastic friendship bracelets to make in our collection of 9 Macrame Bracelet Patterns: How to Make Friendship Bracelets.

Let us know what you think of these friendship bracelet designs! Will you make some this holiday season?

 

FaveCrafts Giveaway: My Friendship Bracelet Maker

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One of my favorite childhood memories is going over to my neighbor’s house and making friendship bracelets. We’d grab some yarn or string from her mom’s craft box and we’d sit there knotting and braiding bracelets for hours. I remember marveling at the awesome designs we could make by simply tying one string to another. So when I heard about the My Friendship Bracelet Maker, I was really eager to try it out.

Let me just say that I’m jealous I didn’t have one of these when I was a girl! The My Friendship Bracelet Maker is the ultimate threading machine! This awesome kit comes with everything your little girl could need to make bracelets for herself or her friends. The String Holder’s unique design holds strings firmly in place so she can knot and braid away without worrying about her work unraveling. There’s also a cute butterfly clip to help secure the string during the knotting process. I had to pin the knot to my jeans when I was little!

The My Friendship Bracelet Maker also comes with 56 threads, each precut to 60 inches, so there’s no measuring and cutting involved. The threads are neatly organized by color in a unique storage system, totaling 14 colors in all. Thankfully you can store the threads right in the Bracelet Maker, so everything you need to make awesome bracelets is all kept together all the time.

 

Want to win the My Friendship Bracelet Maker?

 

Head on over to the giveaway page and register to win.  You have until August 31st to win and you can gain extra entries by talking about this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!

12 Friendship Bracelet Patterns and Designs for Best Friends Day

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Jess here from AllFreeKidsCrafts, wishing you a Happy Best Friends Day today! In honor of this momentous occasion, AllFreeKidCrafts is going crazy for best buddy gifts, and we’re getting “knotty” with some exciting friendship bracelets for girls and boys to make!

Best Friends Day

Did you ever make friendship bracelets at camp, or just with best friends over the summer? I remember I used to make and exchange them with my Girl Scout troop when we would go on trips to entertain ourselves during the long bus ride. There was always something so calming about the process of weaving the strands together once we had learned how to make friendship bracelets in all sizes, shapes and colors, and I loved exchanging them with my talented pals! Check out the designs below for some exciting friendship bracelet ideas to celebrate Best Friends Day!

Tell us in the comments below which one is your favorite, and we’ll feature that project tutorial on our Facebook page!

These Classic Friendship Bracelets are camp craft favorites that are great for boys and girls, from elementary school to adulthood. Preteens and teens in particular will think these are so cool.

Classic Friendship Bracelets

 

Do you have some creative little gents who want to celebrate Best Friends Day too? Try out these “mancelets” for the little guys! Even tough guys will still look dashing in this Leather Wrapped Friendship Bracelet or a Square Knot Hexnut Bracelet.

Leather Wrapped Friendship Bracelet

Square Knot Hexnut Bracelet

 

Shake things up with some innovative and unique friendship bracelet designs like these Bead Wrapped Leather Bracelets, Hidden Kisses Leather Bracelets, and Spiral Wingnut Bracelets for boys and girls.

Bead Wrapped Leather Bracelets

Hidden Kisses Leather Bracelets

Spiral Wingnut Bracelet

 

How charming! Kids can add all manner of items to their friendship bracelet designs by turning them into charm bracelets with these Shrink Jewelry Charms and Antique Silver Clay Charms.

Shrink Jewelry Charms

Antique Silver Clay Charms

 

For more complex friendship bracelets, check out this DIY Bracelet Loom that makes difficult bracelet patterns a breeze for kids of all ages!

DIY Bracelet Loom

 

Do your kids have an intense need to bead? They can make their own Bright Denim Beads and Glittering Rolled Paper Beads from materials around the house, or they can use seed beads to make some awesome Safety Pin Bracelets!

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Glittering Rolled Paper Beads

Safety Pin Bracelets

 

Be sure to keep up with the latest crafty kid creations from AllFreeKidsCrafts by clicking Like on our brand new Facebook page! Comment below to choose the featured friendship bracelet!

Beginner’s Macrame Tutorial

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Remember the days of sitting outside with your best friends, making beautiful knotted friendship bracelets with your mom’s embroidery thread?  Those were some of my favorite childhood memories…

So it’s no surprise that I was so excited to see that macrame and friendship bracelets have begun to resurface.  I was even more excited when our Facebook fans requested to get a macrame tutorial in our weekly newsletter!  In case you missed it, here’s everything you need to learn to macrame friendship bracelets…from the basic materials to some beginner projects to help you get started.

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Beginner’s Macrame Tutorial

Must Have Materials:

  • Embroidery Thread–This is the best way to make durable and colorful friendship bracelets.  You can find embroidery thread in tons of colors…there’s even some multi-colored string out there!
  • Ruler–This will help you make sure that your bracelet fits around your wrist and, more importantly, insures that you have enough string to get the job done!
  • Clipboard–Having a clipboard on hand makes creating these bracelets much easier…since it holds it down for you as you work.  If you don’t have a clipboard, you can place your knotted string under something heavy to prevent movement, or simply pin it to your jeans like I used to do!
  • Beads–These are optional additions…but they do make your bracelet that much more fun!

Easy Tutorials and Guides for Beginners:

Easy Macrame Projects:

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We want to know:  What other crafting techniques do you want to learn?  Leave a comment below and maybe we’ll feature it in an upcoming mini lesson!

 

AllFreeBeadedJewelry Giveaway: My Friendship Bracelet Maker

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Make fun friendship bracelets for you and all your pals with My Friendship Bracelet Maker! This handy little loom makes crafting friendship bracelets easier than ever. It has everything you need! The kit comes with pre-cut threads in 14 different colors, all kept neat and organized in a convenient slide-out storage tray, so you can make friendship bracelet designs in a variety of color combinations. The cute butterfly clip at the top holds your piece in place while you weave, and the pegs at the bottom keep your thread from tangling!

Take My Friendship Bracelet Maker on your next vacation–you’ll be glad you did! Whether you’re road-tripping or flying to your destination, this convenient kit will beat out any boredom and keep you occupied while you travel. It’s perfect for crafters on the go. Everything you need is contained right there in the loom, so you can grab it on the way to your BFF’s house and make different friendship bracelet patterns together!

We’re giving away one of these crafty kits at AllFreeBeadedJewelry.com. Head on over to enter for your chance to win the My Friendship Bracelet Maker Loom Giveaway today!

The contest ends February 13, 2012. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

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