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How to make a paper bracelet from strips of paper

5/31/2015 1:57:06 PM
By: papersculpture
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You can make these unusual and impressive bracelets with strips of paper!

Difficulty level: Beginners

Instructions:

<p> Materials:</p>
<p> Colored paper</p>
<p> Elastic string</p>
<p> Sewing needles</p>
<p> Scissors</p>
<p> Cutting board</p>
<p> Crafts knife</p>
<p> Styrofoam tray or a piece of corrugated cardboard.</p>
<p> Optional:</p>
<p> Thimble and plyers</p>
<p> </p>

Materials:
Colored paper
Elastic string
Sewing needles
Scissors
Cutting board
Crafts knife
Styrofoam tray or a piece of corrugated cardboard.
Optional:
Thimble and plyers

Cut strips of paper 3 inches wide and then cut them into 3 / 4 inch strips.

<p> Measure and cut a strip of paper that wraps comfortably around your wrist.</p>
<p> Cut as many 3 X 3 / 4 inch strips needed to equal the length.</p>
<p> </p>

Measure and cut a strip of paper that wraps comfortably around your wrist.
Cut as many 3 X 3 / 4 inch strips needed to equal the length.

<p> Take 2 of the 3 x 3 / 4 inch strips.</p>
<p> Place 1 horizontally and the second on top of it vertically.</p>
<p> Align the left and top edges.</p>
<p> Mark the right edge of the top strip on the one below.</p>
<p> </p>

Take 2 of the 3 x 3 / 4 inch strips.
Place 1 horizontally and the second on top of it vertically.
Align the left and top edges.
Mark the right edge of the top strip on the one below.

Make a diagonal line from the left top point to the bottom right point.

Mark a diagonal line from the right top point to the bottom left point.

<p> The result is an X .</p>
<p> Repeat on the other end.</p>
<p> </p>

The result is an X .
Repeat on the other end.

Make a dot at the center of the X’s.

<p> Pierce a hole through the 2 dots.</p>
<p> This is your hole template.</p>
<p> </p>

Pierce a hole through the 2 dots.
This is your hole template.

<p> Align the hole template on top of one of the strips and punch a hole at each dot.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> *It will be easier later if the needles you use to punch the holes are wider than the needles you use to string the paper strips.</p>
<p> </p>

Align the hole template on top of one of the strips and punch a hole at each dot.

*It will be easier later if the needles you use to punch the holes are wider than the needles you use to string the paper strips.

Punch holes in all the paper strips.

<p> Thread the elastic thread through a needle and knot the end.</p>
<p> Push the head of the needle through a hole on some strips.</p>
<p> Pull the strips onto the elastic thread.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> *It may be easier to grasp the pointed side of the needle with plyers when you pull the strips over the eye of the needle.</p>
<p> </p>

Thread the elastic thread through a needle and knot the end.
Push the head of the needle through a hole on some strips.
Pull the strips onto the elastic thread.

*It may be easier to grasp the pointed side of the needle with plyers when you pull the strips over the eye of the needle.