How to Know the Meaning of Friendship Bracelets

Friendship bracelets are handcrafted string bracelets that are designed with many colors and patterns to be given as gifts between friends. The knotting skills used to make friendship bracelets are drawn from traditional knot-work and hand weaving techniques. Traditionally, the bracelet is kept on the wrist until it's worn and disintegrates naturally.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Craft a personalized bracelet for a friend as a symbol of friendship between two people. They may be worn by either males or females. Receive the bracelet and make a wish.

2. Construct a friendship bracelet for someone as a way to honor your friendship with that person. Demonstrate your willingness to spend time and effort on your friend's behalf.

3. Design a bracelet as a creative expression that shows you understand your friend's likes and dislikes. As you hand knot a bracelet for a friend, pick the colors and pattern best suit them.

4. Give a bracelet as a sign that you cherish that person a friend. Friendship bracelets have been given as gifts between friends in the United States since the 1970s.

5. Wear your bracelet with pride and acceptance of your friendship. Traditionally, they're worn until the threads fall apart and the bracelet drops from the wrist.

6. Let the bracelet fall apart naturally which reveals that the friendship is lifelong and honors the hard work of the person who made the bracelet.

Tips & Warnings

• Some people believe that if make a wish when you are gifted with a friendship bracelet, it comes true if you wear the friendship bracelet until it falls off naturally.