Before I get into the how-to, check out this picture I shamelessly screen-grabbed from Sara Zucker’s Pose account. That’s my wrist early on Day 1 of MAGIC. A few hours later I had even more bracelets because I *had* to keep making new ones as examples. 
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Every bracelet I’m wearing is DIY – later this week I’ll share the ribbon and chain DIY that we did on Wednesday. You might also recognize the sparkly wrapped chain bracelets.
Back to the colorful leather friendship bracelets. You’ll need round leather cord, embroidery floss and a wooden bead. We used 2mm metallic leather cord from LeatherCordOnline.com (nice URL, huh?) but in the past I’ve also bought similar cord (in smaller quantities) from Etsy supply sellers. The embroidery floss can be found in any craft store as can the wooden beads. Make sure that the hole in the wooden beads is double the width of the cord – we needed a 4mm hole for our 2mm cord.
Subpar photography due to the fact that I can’t teach and shoot at the same time
Begin but cutting about 22″ of leather cord and 60″ of embroidery floss. Tie one end of the floss to the leather cord in a secure double knot and then fold the cord in half. You want to position the knot you just made about an inch down from the top of the loop. Next, wrap the floss around both pieces of cord 2 or 3 times – this creates the loop that the bead will go through at the end to secure the bracelet on your wrist. After that, start weaving a simple figure-8 pattern by wrapping the floss around the outside of one piece of cord and back into the center. Repeat for the other piece of cord and continue down the length of the bracelet.
Photo by BurdaStyle
See the pattern emerging? This person used two colors of floss. You can weave it as loose or tight as you like. I like to see the leather in between the colorful floss. Stop weaving a few inches from the end (test on your wrist for size) and wrap around both cords like we did at the start. Secure with a double knot and a dot of glue.
To finish thread the wooden bead onto both pieces of cord and tie and overhand knot with the cord ends. Snip off any extra cord. They get easier and faster as you go- I recommend making an armful. Thanks again to BurdaStyle for all their help teaching this project!
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Sara Zucker is so fab – adore her! Amazing job with the bracelets, they turned out so well!
Thanks Grace!
You know I loved these! And so did Scarlett!
Fun for all ages!
I know how you feel about just itching to make new ones. This is so addicting. Reminds me of many a slumber parties. Thanks for this post.
Hi love this Diy but i don’t know if you can make a tutorial with step by step pictures my english is not that good and i want to make them for me and my daughter thanks
I don’t have the materials right now so I can’t, I’m sorry!
Can you explain me how to wrap the thread like a figure eight my english is not so good lol
I’m sorry, I wish I knew a better way to explain it. Google ‘figure 8′ to see what that shape looks like. That’s the pattern for wrapping the thread around each of the pieces of leather cord.
I love those pictures and friendship bracelets. They are so fun to make sometimes!
i love these bracelets, they’re simple and wayyy too easy to make
even when i don’t have leather cord i just cut some old headphone wires to use and it still works great
Way to use what you’ve got!
such a cute idea! love DIY projects. would love to potentially collab.
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I’d love to make these but your instructions don’t explain anything to me. Useless.
I’m sorry that the instructions are useless for you. This project was done live for hundreds of people so I wasn’t able to photograph step-outs as I normally like to do.
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