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How to Make a Bracelet

This Cluster Bracelet Design is so Fun and Pretty to Boot!

cluster bracelets

These cluster bracelets are so fun, to make and to wear! They look great when made with bright and colorful beads.

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

1: Pliers. You will need your round nose pliers, flat nose pliers and cutting pliers to make this bracelet.

Cutting pliers, round nose pliers and flat nose pliers

2: A piece of leather cord long enough to fit closely around your wrist. (Cut it to length using your cutting pliers).

brown leather

3: Two leather crimp ends.

large crimp ends

4: Five large jump rings.

5 large jump rings

5: Fifteen small head pins.

15 head pins

6: Two small jump rings.

two silver colored jump rings

7: A toggle clasp.

toggle clasp

8: Beads of your choice. I used small yellow glass e-beads and some small natural colored wooden beads.

15 e beads

15 wooden beads

Follow these steps to make your beaded cluster bracelet:

1: Add one glass bead and one timber bead to each of the head pins.

adding beads to pin

3: Create a loop at the top of each pin to secure the beads in place. You can do this by curling the pin slowly around the barrel of the pliers.

curling pin

looped pin

all pins beaded

4: Add three beaded charms to each of the large jump rings (five in total). Close the jump rings to secure the bead charms in place.

adding beads to jump ring

all rings finished

5: Set the cluster charms aside. Add a leather crimp end to one end of the leather. Do so by squashing one side down around the leather using the flat nose pliers, followed by the other side, folding it over the first.

squashing one side

squashed crimp

6: Add each of the charms to the leather.

all charms added

7: Add the other leather crimp end to the other end of the leather cord.

both crimps attached

8: Add a jump ring to one side of the bracelet and attach one part of the toggle clasp. Close the jump ring to secure it in place.

attaching clasp 1

9: Repeat this step for the other side of the bracelet, attaching the second part of the clasp using the remaining small jump ring.

attaching clasp 2

Once your clasp is in place your bracelet is finished! What colors will you make yours in?

finished bracelet 1

finished cluster bracelet 2

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