How To Make A Rainbow Of Bangle Bracelets

These Rainbow Boho Bangle Bracelets have boutique style, and they are so easy to make! Just wrap inexpensive bangle bracelets with a rainbow of ribbons, then add crystals and charms. This is a fun craft for girls’ night. Set out all the ribbons, beads, and charms, and get started wrapping!

We’ll show you step by step how to wrap the bangles with ribbon, then embellish with crystals and charms. Follow along as we make them in the video, then follow the steps below to make your own!

Video How-to: Boho-Chic Bangle Bracelets

How To Make A Rainbow Of Bangle Bracelets

Materials

30 Thin metal bangle bracelets
25 to 30 Charms, gold
6 Bicone crystals, 4mm, rainbow of colors
1/4″ to 3/8″ wide satin ribbon in bright rainbow colors and gold (30″ for each bracelet)
26-gauge wire, gold

Tools

Beacon Fabri-Tac glue
Wire cutters
Chain-nosed pliers
Round-nose pliers
Scissors

Steps

1. Cut a 30″ length of ribbon. Glue one end of the ribbon to a bracelet. Wrap the ribbon tightly around the bracelet overlapping the previous wrap slightly. When the whole bracelet is wrapped, glue the end down.

2. To add a charm, cut a 30″ length of wire. Leaving a 2″ tail, wrap the wire around the ribbon-wrapped bracelet about 30 times all the way around. Make a loop in the wire using the round-nose pliers, slide on the charm then finish the loop with two wraps. Trim the end. Wrap the tail from the start of the wire two times around the wrapped loop and trim the end. Press the cut ends down with pliers.

3. To add bicones, cut a 30″ length of wire. Leaving a 1″ tail, wrap the wire around the ribbon-wrapped bracelet about 3 times, slide on a bicone that matches the ribbon, wrap the wire 3 more times, add another bicone, and repeat until the bracelet has 6 bicones and is wrapped with wire. Make a loop in the wire using the round-nose pliers, slide on the charm then finish the loop with two wraps. Trim the end. Wrap the tail from the start of the wire two times around the wrapped loop and trim the end. Press the cut ends down with pliers.

To round up 30 inexpensive bracelets, skip the bead store and head for Claire’s or the teen jewelry section at Walmart. We got ours in sets of 10 for just a few dollars a set!
Cheers,
Jennifer & Kitty