How to Make a
Beaded Safety Pin Bracelet

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by Helen, UK

Learn how to make a beaded safety pin bracelet with the step by step instructions on this page!

These funky bracelets have a sort of 80s / retro feel to them. I'd seen them on sale at some trendy market stalls along with other safety pin crafts and jewelry. But I couldn't bring myself to pay money for something I could make so easily myself :-) So instead I bought a couple of supplies and made some. Here's how...

Beaded Safety Pin Bracelet - Materials

To make one bracelet, here's what you need

70 (approx) large safety pins
lots of small beads - I used about 15 per pin, or 1050 total
elastic cord - 2 lengths of 10" (25cm) each

I kept my bracelet simple and only used 2 colors of beads in a simple alternating pattern, but of course you can use as many colors as you like in whatever pattern.

70 large safety pins was enough to go around my fairly-average-sized female wrist, but you might need more or less depending on the size of your pins and wrist.

Beaded Safety Pin Bracelet - Method

Step 1

Open up a safety pin and thread lots of beads onto it, almost to the tip, then close it again:

safety pin bracelet step 1

Repeat with all your other safety pins:

safety pin bracelet step 1b

Step 2

Thread the safety pins onto the elastic cords like this. Notice that I'm alternating the up/down direction of the pins to make them fit next to each other better.

safety pin bracelet step 2

Once all the pins are threaded onto the elastic cords it should look something like this:

safety pin bracelet step 2b

You should probably have a bit more spare cord left at each end compared to me, because I cut mine a bit short.

Step 3

Wrap the bracelet around someone's wrist. Pull two ends of cord to put them under a bit of tension, and then tie them together with a simple overhand knot.

safety pin bracelet step 3

Then tie another overhand knot to finish. It's basically just a "granny knot".

safety pin bracelet step 3

Then do the same thing for the other cord, and trim off the loose ends.

Finished!

Here's what the finished bracelet looks like:

safety pin bracelet finished

How did your beaded safety pin bracelet turn out? If you have an questions or comments about these instructions, or just want to say hi, you can contact me with this handy form.