Some girls go through lots of hair ties but did you know theyre good for more than just holding your hair? Thats right. Hair ties make great bracelets, too.
The type of hair ties you need to use are the ones that are colorful, but arent regular rubber bands. The elasticized hair ties should be small and have no embellishments. Hair ties made for babies and small children work best. Elastic cord makes it easy to turn the hair ties into cute bracelets. The cord can be purchased by the spool, at places that sell sewing or jewelry-making supplies, and should be less than 1/16th of an inch in width. The cord is often available in colors of silver and gold. The bracelet will look best if the stretch cord matches a color of hair ties youre using. If youre using more than one color of hair bands choose a color of cord that matches one color of the hair ties.
Cut a piece of stretch cord thats long enough to go around your wrist, allow enough extra so you can tie it, and clip off the excess when youre finished making the bracelet. The piece you cut for the wrist should not be tight around your wrist. The hair ties you add on will take up some room and automatically make the bracelet tighter than the cord you cut. Allow plenty; you can always cut off the excess. Begin by stringing the hair ties onto the elastic cord. Youll add many, many hair ties to the cord so just slip them on and continue adding more. The ties will overlap each other and even butt up against each other. Continue adding even more until the elastic cord simply will not hold any more. Its okay to use several different sizes of ties, which makes the bracelet even more impressive, but dont use really large ones. After you stuffed as many ties onto the cord as possible youll tie a knot, then another. Clip off the excess cord. The bracelet is now complete and ready to wear. Although regular rubber bands could be used to make a similar bracelet the rubber tends to pull the hair on your arm and generally annoy. The cotton-coated hair-ties are much more comfortable and look more attractive. You really cant imagine what the bracelet looks like until you make one. They take on a sort of frilly look thats fun. The bracelets are easy, interesting and very unique. Make a similar one as an ankle bracelet, too. Theyre so inexpensive youll want to make many different colored bracelets. You can add other embellishments to the hair tie bracelet if you want. Small hoop earrings, tiny pieces of chain, rings and even other circular objects can be attached. Feel free to add as many other circular objects that you want. Purchase small hair ties in packs of many by visiting a dollar theme store or a discount department store. Youll find them in packs of assorted colors or packs of solid colors. The more interesting the hair ties, the more interesting the bracelets you can make. Depending upon the colors and patterns you choose you can make hair tie bracelets that match every outfit in your little girls closet. Older girls will have fun making the bracelets, too. Let your girl invite some other girls over to have a bracelet-making party. Theyll have lots of fun and will really enjoy the finished item. The craft is the perfect activity for slumber parties, birthday parties or just for an afternoon of fun. Your little girl will love making - and wearing - the hair tie bracelets. All of her friends will be so impressed theyll each want one, too. Your girl will be the life of the party when she teaches them all how to make them!
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