How to Make Matching Bracelets
When you want to give your best friend a meaningful gift to show her that she means a lot to you, you can give her a bracelet to wear that matches one that you can wear at the same time. Although you can buy matching bracelets at a gift shop or department store, it can seem generic. Make the matching bracelets more meaningful by creating them yourself using a few basic materials that you can buy from an art supply store.
Things You'll Need
- Polymer clay
- Clay knife
- Toothpick
- Cookie sheet
- Opalescent paint
- Paintbrush
- Cotton cording
- Scissors
Instructions
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Roll out 8 oz. of polymer plasticine clay, using your hands, into a coil that measures 1/4-inch wide, 8-inches long. Select any color of clay that you prefer.
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Cut the coil into 16 pieces, each measuring 1/4-inch wide, 1/4-inch long. Roll each piece into a sphere.
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Poke a toothpick into and out of each sphere to create a hole. Smooth the edges of the hole using the tip of the toothpick.
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Poke the tip of the toothpick around each bead to create tiny pockmarks, and then place the beads into a single layer on a cookie sheet. Bake the beads in a 200-degree Fahrenheit oven for 10 minutes. Let the beads cool for 20 minutes.
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Paint each bead using opalescent paint, and then allow the paint to dry for 30 minutes.
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Cut two pieces of cotton cording, using scissors, to measure 8-inches long each.
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String eight beads onto each cotton cord, and then tie the ends of each cord together to create two identical bracelets.
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Tips & Warnings
Hot polymer plasticine clay can burn skin. Always allow hot polymer clay to cool completely before handling it.
References
- Photo Credit Roger Weber/Digital Vision/Getty Images
