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Hi there! Welcome to Petite Bootique Supplies Video Tutorials.
We are based in Australia and today we are bringing you a video on how to make bubblegum
bead bracelets using elastic stretch cord.
Well firstly what you need to do is gather your supplies and if you're in Australia
or you can click on the link below.
Alright, so what we have here is our bubblegum beads and our elastic stretch cord.
Now we're using 0.8mm elastic stretch cord and both these items and more can be found
on our website, so don't forget to pop over there.
and from home you need a pair of scissors.
Alright let's get started!
Firstly, we need to design our bracelet.
So what we need to do is take your beads and line them up.
Now you can use a design board - we sell them on our website aswell, however for the purpose
of todays tutorial we are just using this small tray just to give you an idea on how
to make things - and especially fun bubblegum bracelets!
Ok so what I'm doing is I'm just lining up the design that I like to make.
Now with bubblegum beads there are so many designs, colours and textures that you can
choose from... so design yours that reflects your personality, that lets you shine through,
your INDIVIDUALITY *hehe* (sorry!) let that shine through all your creations.
Ok there we go, there's our bubblegum beads lined up there ready for the cord.
Next step, we need to thread the beads, so we take our elastic and measure it along the
length of your beads.
What we like to do is to make it easier in tying off at the end, we actually allow for
alot more cord just so I can get those knots correct.
Also, for added security we actually double thread our bracelets so it gives extra strength
especially for children as they will be wearing them day in day out.
They certainly wear our bubblegum bling and we need to make it strong and durable.
Ok there is our elastic ready for our beads to go on.
So take our elastic and what I like to do is pop the elastic over my pinky finger so
that it acts as a stopper and it doesn't let the beads roll around all over the table.
So let's get started with threading.
Make sure your elastic ends are together - it just makes it easier when threading your beads.
Now what we like to do here at Petite Bootique Supplies, when we're making our jewellery
for our retail store Petite Bubblegum Bling is we don't use spacers and that's how we
like to make ours, but you can use spacers, small beads, you can use whatever beads you
like to make your own designs.
For a child aged 3-12 years old we use 9 beads without spacers.
So spacers are smaller beads that space out the bigger beads in between them.
Another very important tip...
Almost done, last bead!
So there we have it, we have our beads on our elastic stretch cord.
Now what we need to do is we need to tie it off.
So what we like to do here at Petite Bootique Supplies is when we're tying off our bracelets
we don't use any adhesive as we have found that some adhesive actually can eat through
the cord and as we want a strong and durable bracelet.
we prefer to stay away from adhesive and ideally the bracelets need to be able to stand alone
without any adhesive, so that's why we brought this tutorial to you - to show you how we
do it!
Ok, so while I was talking I have just tied one knot and now I am tying a double knot.
So that's just a simple double knot there.
So what we like to do is a series of knots and what that does is with so many knots it
becomes impossible for the knots to become undone so we will show you that now.
The first knot we will do left over right and tie it off so that in effect becomes knot
#2.
Then we go right over left and tie, bring the knot down and tighten.
Left over right bring that down, so that becomes knot #4.
We like to do about 5-6 knots just so that it's durable with extra added security and
then we just do the last knot - this will be knot #5 and tie that off.
Pull it taut so it's nice and tight.
So in effect what you actually have is what we like to call a caterpillar and with those
many knots it will be very difficult for the bracelet to come undone.
So now take your scissors and cut off the excess elastic cord and you will have a little
caterpillar with some tails.
What you then need to do is hide the knot.
What we do is pull the knot through a bead.
As you can see how I am pulling along the elastic here, this will actually cause the
stretch in the bracelet which is what we want.
We don't want a taut bracelet, we need it to actually stretch to give that move-ability.
Just pull the knot through and it is in now.
We then need to swish the beads around so that we know they move until we get back around
to the bead with the knot.
Ok, so that there is an elastic bracelet using bubblegum beads.
We hope you've enjoyed that today, it's a really fun and great craft to do for all ages
and a great holiday activity.
Don't forget to pop over to our website...
Stay tuned for more tutorials.
Hope you have fun making bubblegum bead bracelets. Bye Bye!