How to Make a Bowling Charm Bracelet

Do you have a friend or family member who enjoys to bowl? Are you looking for a unique gift for her? If she is female, she might just enjoy a special bowling charm bracelet made just for her. By finding the right charms and adding some of their favorite colors, you can have a great gift in no time.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• bowling charms
• string material
• jewelry pliers
• different colored glass beads

1. 

   Gather or purchase some stringing material for your bracelet. Thin, beaded wire works the best.

2. 

   Purchase some cute bowling charms. You can find bowling pins, little "strike" bubbles, bowling shoes or bowling balls.

3. Find out the favorite color of the person you are creating the bracelet for. Or, if you plan on selling, use similar colors of a bowling alley or the bowling scene such as white, red, black, or tan to represent the bowling alley floor. You can use big glass beads or small seed beads. It can be any creation that you would like.

4. String your beads onto your bracelet. You could create a pattern using every other color, and then string your charms onto your bracelet as well. You could use some beads and then a charm and then beads.

5. 

   Close your bracelet with a clasp, and trim off any excess. Create a background card to put your bracelet on if it's a gift. You could make it look like a mini-bowling alley.

6. 

   Give your bracelet as a gift, keep it for yourself, or put it on your website to sell.

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on 12/8/2007 Hey great idea for those hard to buy for. Putting crip beads right at the end near the clasp is a good idea to make it last a lot longer.