DIY Wool Bracelets

My daughter is almost a pre-teen and I noticed how more and more, my progeny is inclined to dress up entirely on her own. To exemplify, she wants me and her dad to buy her things that she herself picked (after spending an eternity in the dressing room). She takes longer than usual getting dressed up for a children’s party just next door. She is closely watching my own fashion forecast and dictates what I should and should not wear. She is also beginning to accesorize, and to my surprise – she has impeccable taste!

Of course being that young, I do teach her to improvise. There are a lot of ways to be in fashion for much less, and the amount of hand-me-downs I can provide her is more than enough to spark her catwalk dreams. I came across this do-it-yourself wool bracelet at crafttutorials.net that is super cool and just as easy to make:

Image: Jenni of Craft Tutorials

Materials Needed:

Scissors
Clothespin
Plain plastic bangle bracelets or Mailing tubes
Yarn or ribbon
Fabric glue

Instructions:

1. Create a ball of yarn slightly larger than a golf ball.

2. Densely wrap the yarn around a plastic bangle bracelet, making sure to neatly keep the yarn aligned, and pulling tightly as you go.
Tip: Work over a table or in lap in case the ball slips out of your hands.

3. Finish by overlapping a few wraps at the point where you started. Glue the strand of yarn in place along the inside of the bracelet with a fabric glue.

4. Hold the glued end of yarn in place with a clothespin and allow to dry. Once the glue has fully dried, snip off the extra yarn.

5. Bangles can be covered in thin decorative ribbon using the same process.

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