DIY Hemp Bracelets

Hi, You Crafty People, welcome to our little blog. Come with me. I want to share something with you that Cole has been working on.

This week we are featuring a DIY Hemp Bracelet. It was first posted on Young Mommy Memoirs.

Now let's take a look and imagine the possibilities. 

 

Materials for DIY Hemp Bracelet

I'm a huge fan of hemp because it's eco-friendly, natural, vegan, durable and nice looking. However, any type of cord can be used for this as long as it's about 1 mm thick.

And the fun part - selecting the beads you want to use! Keep it clean and simple with pretty white beads, or mix it up with some funky colours, shapes and sizes! 

The materials you will need are:

• 1 mm Hemp 
• Small beads of your choice
• Scissors
• Fabric Adhesive (or White Glue will work)

Instructions for DIY Hemp Bracelet

1. After you have selected your cord, and the beads you want to use, it's time to decide on how long you want it. The way I do this is by wrapping the cord around my wrist. I wrapped mine around my wrist 18 times.

2. Next, you start putting your beads onto the cord. It doesn't matter how many you put on, if you need to put more on after you start you can. I did mine 5 seed beads, 1 blue, 7 seed beads, 1 blue, repeat.  I find that making it too even makes the larger beads cluster once you've wrapped it around your wrist to wear.

3. Now that your beads are on, you can start tying knots between them. The space between the beads is up to you. I seem to like tying the knots 2  cm apart. I tie the knots right up against my larger beads though. This part can be time consuming depending on how long your cord is, but how easy is tying knots? Right?

4. Once your beads are all secured in between your knots, you can attach your lobster claw on one end, and a little loop on the other end - both tied off with double knots. To make sure they don't come apart, I recommend adding some fabric adhesive. I also like to twirl the excess cord around a couple times, then adding more fabric adhesive. But you really don't have to.

And there it is, a cute bracelet. Or you can use it as a necklace or anklet as well. Mix it up!

Or if you don't enjoy making your own jewelry but like the look of these bracelets, you can purchase them at my shop Amity Arts and Crafts.

Have you tried your hand making a hemp bracelet? I know Cole really enjoys making jewelry. 

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This was quite a surprise to me. I found this post featured by Loraine Brummer on Squido. The title of her Lens is All Teacher Gift Crafts. It's a fantastic round up. You should check it out HERE.

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If your interested, stop by one or both of our Etsy Shops, Little Shop of Treasures or Amity Arts and Crafts or check out this free printable calendar.

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