Bracelet making tutorial-how to make Mexican bracelets

The Mexican string bracelet is regarding to be one

of the most common patterns for making

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.

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!

Step2: add on cord tips and closure

1. Attach on the cord tips by drops of glue;

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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2. Assemble on the clasp on one end tip with

Jumpring.