How to Make a Heart Friendship Bracelet for Beginners
Friendship bracelets are a way for children to express their friendship to one another. A heart friendship bracelet has special meaning for especially close friends. Making a friendship bracelet is a fun arts and crafts project for children, especially young girls. Most of the materials needed to make a friendship bracelet can be found around your own house or in an arts and crafts store.
Things You'll Need
- Scissors
- Measuring tape
- Safety pin
- Sewing pillow
- Two different colors of embroidery floss
Instructions
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Cut the two embroidery floss strand to a desired length. As a general rule of thumb, 65 inches of floss will produce a 6-inch bracelet, an ideal size for children.
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Fold the two strands in half, and make a loop and tight knot at the top. Pin the knot on the sewing pillow.
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Arrange the colors in an alternating pattern.
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Make three backward knots with the far right strand. With the far left strand, make four forward knots. Join the strands. Repeat using the new outer strands.
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Make a forward knot with the far right strand. Make a backward knot with the left strand.
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Make two backward knots with the far right strand. Make three forward knots with the leftmost strand to join the strands together.
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Make a forward knot with the strand on the far right. Make a backward knot with the far left strand.
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Make two backward knots with the far right strand. With the leftmost strand of the same color, make three forward knots. This will join the strands.
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Repeat until your bracelet is complete.
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Tips & Warnings
Provide adult supervision when young children use scissors.
References
- Photo Credit Roger Weber/Digital Vision/Getty Images
