How to Make a Bar Charm Necklace

I’ve seen a lot bar charm necklaces around on Instagram, so I thought I would show you how to make one. The steps for to make this necklace are very similar to the bar charm bracelet tutorial, the only difference here is that the pieces of chains are longer! Making this necklace is really easy, add your own personal touch by using some funky beads or semi precious gemstones to jazz up your charm.

You will need the following tools and materials to make this necklace:

1: Pliers.

To make this necklace you will need to use the round nose pliers and flat nose pliers.

2: One eye pin.

3: Two pieces of chain.

I reused some chain from a previous project so my chain already had the jump rings attached. These pieces were approximately 21cm long (8.5 inches).

4: Two jump rings.

5: One clasp.

6: Beads of your choice.

For this design I used these peridot chip beads.

The Steps:

1: Add the beads to the eye pin. Keep adding beads until the there is approximately 1cm (0.4 inches) of the pin left uncovered.

2: Once you have finished beading, use the round nose pliers to bend the pin at a right angle to the beaded section.

3: Now use the round nose pliers again to create an open loop. Leaving the loop slightly open allows you room to slide on the chain.

4. Slide on the chain and close the loop again using the round nose pliers.

5. Now you should have one side of the charm attached to one chain.

6. Repeat Step 4 for the other side of the charm. Opening the loop slightly using round nose pliers, attaching the chain and then closing the loop again.

7. If you don’t have your jump rings already attached to the ends of the chain, use the pliers to open them and slide them onto the last chain loop. If they are already attached like mine are, open one jump ring using your pliers and slide the clasp on.