How to Make a Rosary Bead Bracelet Out of a Necklace

You can transform your rosary beads into a bracelet.

Rosary beads are often made in a necklace form that you can slide over your head, so the rosary bead necklace does not have a standard jewelry clasp. If you would rather wear your rosary beads as a bracelet, you can transform your existing rosary into a bracelet with a bracelet clasp and scissors.

Things You'll Need

• Needle-nose wire cutters (if rosary is on a chain)
• Jewelry clasp

Instructions

1. Place the rosary necklace around your wrist to fit it to the size of your wrist. Measure approximately 1 to 2 inches up on the rosary necklace from your wrist to allow for room to add the bracelet clasp.

2. Remove the necklace from your wrist, but keep your fingers at the point where you need to trim the necklace down to a bracelet.

3. Place the rosary necklace on a flat surface. Use the scissors or the wire cutters to trim away the portion of the necklace that you do not need to make the bracelet. Remember to leave 1 to 2 inches of excess necklace on each side. It is better to have to trim away additional necklace than to cut it too short to transform into a bracelet that fits your wrist.

4. Attach the jewelry clasp. Unhook the jewelry clasp so that the clap is in two pieces. Attach one side of the clasp to the right side of the bracelet. Attach the other side of the claps to the other side of the rosary beads. If the rosary beads are on string or fishing line, you can tie the clasp to each side of the rosary with a knot. If the rosary is a chain, then you should hook the clasp into the end link on each side of the rosary.

5. Trim away any excess string, line or links. Cut off any extra string, fishing line or necklace links that remain from above the jewelry clasp.

Tips & Warnings

• If the rosary is necklace is on string or a fishing line, tie a knot on the end of each side of the bracelet to keep the beads from falling off of the line prior to add the clap. Tie the knot right up against the last bead so that you have excess string or line to attach the jewelry clasp.

• If the crucifix or metal hanging from the bottom of the rosary beads is too long, you can attach the bead string the metal is hanging from to the bracelet with a small piece of jewelry wire.

References

• Bead Daily: Clasps