How to make Daisy Chain Beaded Friendship Bracelet

Step  1.

Sort your beads in the lid of the Ultimate Jewelry Center. Choose a color for your center, petals, and accent. The center and petal beads should be small, but make sure they’re the same size.

Step  2.

Plan beads for your name or initials too. For example, use sticker and the flat beads to spell out “Eva,” or use square alphabet beads to spell out “Naya.” Then,cut a piece of elastic about 2 feet long. Tape it down to your work surface.

Step  3.

Thread a few of your accent color beads.

Step  4.

Continue the pattern by threading 4 petal beads and then a center bead.

Step  5.

Take the end of your elastic. Thread it back through the first petal bead, from the direction that the elastic exited when you first added it, towards the accent beads.

Step  6.

Pull the elastic tight so that the petal beads start forming a circle around the center bead. Thread on another 2 petal beads.

Step  7.

Thread your elastic back through the bottom petal bead. 

Step  8.

Pull the elastic until those last 2 petals sit around the center to form your first daisy!

Step  9.

Add another accent bead. Repeat Steps 4-8 to add another daisy and then add another accent bead.

Step  10.

Thread on your name or initials.

Step  11.

Finish off with an accent bead, a daisy, an accent bead, a daisy, and three accent beads. If your bracelet isn’t big enough, just add more accent beads to the end. Or remove the end accent beads, slide your design over, and add more daisies! 

Just make sure to place a piece of paper tape at the end of your elastic that you’re not working on so that the beads don’t fall off.

Step  12.

Knot your elastic tightly and trim it to complete your bracelet! Ask an adult to dab a bit of glue on the knot to make it more secure.

TIP: Vary your pattern! Place daisies between each letter bead using larger beads or spelling out a longer name.