How To Make A Bracelet

Learn how to make a bracelet. This is a collection of the very best bracelet making techniques with tons of different bracelet ideas, tutorials and patterns to inspire your creativity.

If you have a tween girl, then you probably know that friendship bracelets of all kinds are trending hard right now. My 11 year old can’t get enough of them! It was bracelet making central at our house all summer long, so today I thought I’d share a compilation of the best bracelet making tutorials.

There are so many cute ways to make bracelets! We love all different types of bracelet crafts, so I’ve organized them into four sections: stretchy beaded bracelets, traditional embroidery thread friendship bracelets, unique bracelets and bracelet finishing techniques. If you are looking for a specific type of bracelet, you can scroll to that section of the post by using this Table of Contents tool:

I hope that’s a helpful feature for you. I like to include lots of ideas for you all in one place, but it does make for a long post, so hopefully that navigation feature helps you find things.

Anyway, let’s get to all the cool bracelet ideas!

Stretchy Beaded Bracelets You Can Make

Tila Bead Bracelet Tutorial

These flat beads are so unique and pretty and make a really comfortable stretch bracelet that lays flat to the skin. One of my favorite types of bracelets to make!

Clay Bead Bracelets

Clay beads are really fun to use when making bracelets! They are also flat, but in a different way than tila beads. LOL. They stack together really nicely and make a very cheerful bracelet.

Taylor Swift Eras Tour Bracelets

This post is for the Swifties. Get tons of friendship bracelet word ideas based on Taylor Swift songs lyrics in this post dedicated to Eras Tour bracelet trading.

Beaded Fruit Bracelets

Look how cute these beaded bracelets are with little fruits on them. Learn how to make seed bead oranges, cherries, lemons, and grapes to add to your next stretchy beaded bracelet.

Beaded Daisy Bracelets

Oh, these beaded bracelets with the little daisies in them are too adorable! Once you learn the technique, it’s not much harder than a standard beaded bracelet, but it adds SO much character.

Beaded Pumpkin Bracelets

These mini beaded pumpkins are too cute for fall! It’s a similar process to making beaded daisy bracelets. What a fun idea!

Embroidery Thread Bracelet Ideas

Watermelon Friendship Bracelet

This is a super unique embroidery thread friendship bracelet pattern that looks subtly like watermelon and I love the fun summer vibes!

How To Make A Kumihimo Bracelet

This bracelet is also called a Jellyfish bracelet and when you see how it’s made, you’ll get why it has that nickname. These turn out super cool!

Zig Zag Friendship Bracelet

This embroidery floss friendship bracelet features a striking zigzag pattern that almost has a 3D effect. Really neat!

Unique Bracelets You Can Make

Magic Braided Leather Bracelets

For something totally different, try making a leather braided bracelet. It is the weirdest process, but then it all works out like magic in the end.

Wooden Craft Stick Bracelets

Another super unique bracelet idea is to make wooden cuff bracelets out of craft sticks. Yep, you heard right—wooden popsicle sticks!

Popsicle Stick Photo Bracelet

Similar to the bracelets above, but this one features treasured family photos for a custom piece of jewelry that holds so many memories.

DIY Stamped Metal Bracelet

Personalize a metal cuff bracelet with a hand-stamped phrase or initials or name… these would make a great gift!

Sailor’s Knot Bracelet

This simple bracelet is made of colorful paracord, but the knot is so beautiful and it has a really sweet symbolism too.

Crochet Leather Tassel Bracelet

Okay, this is too cool. This tutorial will show you how to crochet a bracelet out of leather cording! Talk about a unique bracelet! I love the look of this one and I bet you’d get SO many compliments.

Safety Pin Bracelet

This is an oldie but goodie. Did you ever make a little safety pin American flag as a kid? Same concept, but a whole bracelet!

Soda Pop Can Tab Bracelets

This is another nostalgic craft for me. We totally made these in middle school! Turn soda can tabs into a cool and funky bracelet!

DIY Phrase Bracelets

These super cute phrase bracelets are simple to make but super fun to personalize. They would make excellent gifts, especially if you can use a word from an inside joke.

Bracelet Finishing Techniques

Tips for Making Bracelets That Don’t Break

If you’ve ever worked really hard on a bracelet only to put it on and have the elastic break and the beads explode everywhere, you know it’s the worst! These tips will help you make better bracelets that don’t break.