Bracelet making tutorial-how to make Mexican bracelets In this bracelet making tutorial, I am about to talking about how to make Mexican bracelets, one of the popular friendship bracelets. These are so much fun and truly easy to make!
The Mexican string bracelet is regarding to be one of
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friendship bracelets. In a Mexican style bracelet, you will need to work with certain large amount of different color strings, and these may looks like a little intricate and sophisticated craft. However, in my tutorial, I will instruct you how to make Mexican bracelets in a certain way of wrapping the colored strings around an elastic cord.
Materials needed in project:
Elastic cord
Colored nylon thread
Matching end tips
Jumpring
Lobster Claw Clasp
Scissors
Long Nose Plier
How to make Mexican bracelets? Step1: string preparation and start to wrap 1. Cut a strip of thick Elastic cord to about 15cm long (be slightly shorter than your wrist size); 2. Tie your first color string to one end of Elastic cord by Clove hitch knot, then you can start to wrap; 3. When you wanna change another color string, anchor the tail of previous string with a half hitch and then add on your new colored string of choice in same way; 4. Keep changing colors and wrapping around to the other end of Elastic cord. Secure the tail with half hitch knot as well.
Step2: add on cord tips and closure 1. Attach on the cord tips by drops of glue;
2. Assemble on the clasp on one end tip with Jumpring.
More colored strings you’ve used, more exotic your bracelet will be. Instead of buying them from the department store, make them yourself. While practice how to make Mexican bracelets, you can choose your own favorite colors and arrange them according to your preference. What an amazing homemade gifts for families and friends.
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