Cute Critters

Playful Animal Bead Bracelet

Skill LevelBeginner

Time1-3 Hours

Approximate Size5 1/2 Inches

Playful animals and colorful beads make this bracelet a favorite with the kids, and stretch cord makes it easy to wear. author signature

Your child will love spending time with you creating this brightly colored bracelet that features some of their favorite animals. If you love the look and feel of this piece, but prefer to create a charm bracelet, see our Charming Creatures design, which combines this color palette with fun animal charms.

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Cut a piece of 0.7mm Elonga multi-strand stretch cord approximately three inches longer than your wrist. Place a bead stopper at one end of the cord.

String on the TierraCast™ antique silver teddy bear bead. Follow with a 4mm bright daisy spacer, 6mm faceted round in sapphire, spacer, 5mm sterling silver seamless round bead, spacer, sapphire round and spacer. Continue with the TierraCast™ antique silver lady bug bead, sapphire crystal/silver pattern, TierraCast™ antique silver turtle bead, sapphire crystal/silver pattern, TierraCast™ antique silver frog bead, crystal/silver pattern replacing 5mm faceted rounds in hyacinth for sapphire rounds, TierraCast™ antique silver bunny bead, hyacinth crystal/silver pattern.

Slide the beads to the middle of the elastic cording and tie a simple square knot. Remember when working with stretchy materials, do not stretch them when tying the knot. Dab the knot with a bit of adhesive. When the glue is dry, trim the ends of the Elonga and pull a bead over the knot to hide it.

List of Components:
TierraCast antique silver turtle bead (SA-5538, qty 1)
TierraCast antique silver teddy bear bead (SA-5683, qty 1)
TierraCast antique silver bunny bead (SA-5620, qty 1)
TierraCast silver antique ladybug bead (SA-5521, qty 1)
TierraCast antique silver frog bead (SA-5523, qty 1)
5000 6mm faceted round hyacinth (5000-HY6, qty 4)
5000 6mm faceted round sapphire (5000-SAP6, qty 6)
4mm daisy spacer-bright (DSY4-BRITE, qty 20)
5mm seamless sterling silver round bead (2.2mm hole) (SS-RND5, qty 5)

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