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EASY Paracord Bracelet aka Safety Bracelets

by Kirsten · on August 17, 2012 · 36 Comments ·

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Kids can learn how to make an EASY Paracord Bracelet aka Safety Bracelet in no time. Everyone will enjoy weaving these fun and functional bracelets.

I’ve been so excited to share this tutorial since I shared that I was making a whole host of these with my kids. My 6-year old can weave these, and they are EASY & FUN. If you ask me, it’s the perfect thing to do during this little bit of summer that’s left (if your kiddos haven’t started school yet). My kids have made a little extra CASH from making these and selling them to their friends.

SUPPLIES Needed to make Paracord Bracelets:

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  • each bracelet takes about 8′ of paracord. If you are using two colors you would need 4′ of each color
  • lighter
  • paracord buckles
  • scissors

CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE PICTURES,

they are better than my word description

Easy Paracord Bracelet Instructions

Burn the ends with a lighter.

Make sure you burn the colored part of the cord and it will stick better.

 TO GET THE RIGHT LENGTH:

to get the right length, go to step 12 and put it on the wrist of the person that will be wearing it and make sure there is room to comfortably place three fingers between the paracord and the wrist.

The color you want in the middle (red paracord in step 15) needs to be the first loop made each time you make a knot. After each knot, you switch the red (or color you want in the middle) to the opposite side. As you can see in step 18, the red is again the first loop, but it’s on the opposite side.

 

FINISHING THE PARACORD BRACELET:

To complete the bracelet, cut the rope with a small amount of extra paracord and use the lighter to burn the ends. Before the end of the paracord is done hardening (which happens quickly), wipe the melted end on a part of the bracelet that it can fasten to so it won’t come untangled. Sand the end lightly if it’s jagged.

HAVE FUN WITH THESE…..these seem to be especially fun for boys, so let them go to town. What is your go-to craft for boys?

HAPPY CRAFTING!

 

 

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Comments

  1. Susan Lawrence says

    August 17, 2012 at 10:43 am

    What a fun craft for my Grandkids! Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • Kirsten says

      August 17, 2012 at 2:48 pm

      Thanks Susan, they are quick and easy and they can choose their colors, they will love it!

      Reply
      • Mark says

        November 12, 2013 at 6:51 am

        Indeed.

        Paracord comes in a variety of vivid colors. I am prety sure you can not go wrong with it!

        The knot featured here is the snake knot. You can try a few other simple ones, like the ones i feature at my blog: http://paracordcentral.org/paracord-jewelry/paracord-bracelet-instructions/

        Regards, Mark

        Reply
  2. Shari says

    August 17, 2012 at 11:37 am

    My Hannah jsut got one of these last night for her birthday. I am so hopping over to Hobby Lobby and getting the materials to make these!!!! Thanks for the tut!!

    and – Guess who is your newest follower over on Instagram? *waves*
    @sharifox

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    • Kirsten says

      August 17, 2012 at 2:49 pm

      SO FUN!! Yes, go there. In Utah if you are near Ben Franklin Crafts, they have a lot of color choices. YES, I’m following you too!

      Reply
  3. Cecilia @ Crearescout says

    August 18, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    I like them! Easy and cheap 🙂
    Cecilia

    Reply
  4. Leslie G says

    August 29, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    Where do you recommend buying the paracord? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Lena Verkuilen says

      November 14, 2014 at 10:37 am

      Craft stores usually carry it, but I found 50′ hanks of it in assorted colors at the local Farm and Fleet (by flagging tape).

      Reply
  5. Tiffany W says

    April 20, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    Do you by any chance have a PDF version of this, or some high quality pics I can print, I would love to take this to my next scout meeting to have my cub scouts make them before our campout, but they would each need a set of pics to work off of (all 20 of them am i ambitious or what!)

    Reply
  6. Theresa Theresa says

    July 22, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    I was really looking forward to reading the instructions. However there are massive ad advertisements on each side of the page which hide half the directions. Can not read read them, can hardly even write this comment.

    Reply
  7. Theresa says

    July 22, 2013 at 10:47 pm

    Wow! All I had to do was leave a comment and the page changed so I can see the directions.
    Seeing my previous posts with the repeat letters is funny, but I couldn’t see the letters as I was writing before.

    Reply
  8. Jenn says

    July 29, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    So fun!

    Reply
  9. Melissa says

    August 11, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    What a great idea! I will have to try it. I pinned it also 🙂

    Reply
  10. Missy says

    August 24, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    So fun and easy. Using this as a craft activity for a camp out sleep over party for my 10 year old girl.

    Reply
  11. Tifanee Kula says

    September 2, 2013 at 10:28 am

    Hi-
    Having a 7 yr. old boy soccer birthday party, and wanted to make them. Have you ever attached an item to them? (a soccer ball)

    Reply
  12. Patti says

    October 7, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    Thanks so much!

    Reply
  13. Lyd says

    October 12, 2013 at 2:27 pm

    thanks for posting this! i couldnt figure out the cobra knot but took one look at this and was able to crank them out in no time 🙂

    Reply
  14. kyrstin enochs says

    October 12, 2013 at 6:05 pm

    Thanks so much for this wonderful tutorial!! It helped a lot! Oh we have the same name too hahaa…

    Reply
  15. Jaime says

    November 17, 2013 at 10:05 pm

    This is great! I need to try it. My 7 and 9 year old nieces would love to make them. Do you know if there is a way to make a hidden compartment on the bracelet? I thought it might be good for the kids to store some emergency money or an extra house key.

    Reply
  16. bucci says

    December 27, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Coool

    Reply
  17. Jackie says

    February 17, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    These are just taking off in the UK. Thanks, really looking forward to trying.

    Reply
  18. Jackie Rawlins says

    February 17, 2014 at 2:15 pm

    Thanks, these are just taking off in the UK. Really looking forward to having a go myself.

    Reply
  19. Dress It Up Crafts says

    April 16, 2014 at 7:42 am

    We absolutely love this! We used this tutorial to figure out how to make some fun bracelets of our own! http://dressitupcrafts.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/paracord-craft-bracelets/

    Reply
  20. Sue says

    April 17, 2014 at 6:05 am

    Thanks

    Reply
  21. Shelly says

    July 12, 2015 at 9:29 pm

    Thank you!

    Reply
  22. Teal says

    April 8, 2016 at 2:46 pm

    “Especially fun for boys?” Really? This is a fantastic gender neutral activity.

    Reply
    • Nikkala says

      April 8, 2016 at 9:27 pm

      As a girl who grew up in a welding shop, I agree that pretty much every activity can be gender neutral. However, as a mom of boys, I also realize that finding “craft projects” that boys are interested in is a little harder than finding them for my daughter. This one we’re sharing for the boys, but girls will love it too!

      Reply
  23. Pauline says

    August 1, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    Thank you so much. I would like to learn so I can teach my grandchildren.

    Reply
  24. Sal says

    November 28, 2021 at 10:50 am

    Directions are helpful so not using electronics during crafting!

    Reply
  25. Hope says

    January 11, 2022 at 7:19 am

    I’m not seeing instruction photos 1 & 2?

    Reply
    • Becky says

      February 2, 2022 at 2:48 pm

      I just added them back in. Not sure how they dissapeared. Thanks for letting us know. 🙂

      Reply

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