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Craft Tutorials | Crafts for Kids | Wearable Crafts for Kids | Safety Pin Bracelet
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Safety Pin Bracelet

Author by Amanda Davis on July 24, 2010 Updated on June 3, 2019

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My daughter came to me one day and said she saw these really cool bracelets made from safety pins and beads. As luck would have it, I had just seen one as well so I promised to make her one. She wanted one made with smaller pins than the one she had seen, so I bought 3/4″ safety pins for mine.

Notes: Make sure you do the needle nose plyer step, don’t skip it. I was walking through WalMart and felt something poking me. I discovered that two pins on my bracelet had come open, all the beads had fallen off, and then were stabbing me as I walked. Also, made sure you get cord that will fit properly through the safety pin head and bottom. I used elastic beading cord.

Safety Pin Bracelet

3/4″ safety pins
Elastic beading cord
Seed beads
White craft glue
Toothpick

Open a safety pin and thread as many seed beads on as you can, leaving enough room to close the pin. Fasten the pin and squeeze it together using needle nose pliers to keep it from opening. Continue this process until you have enough pins for your bracelet.

Cut two pieces of elastic beading cord, about 12″ long each. Line them up evenly and loosely tie together at the end. This is just temporary so that your pins don’t fall off the other end as you thread them on.

Thread one of the cords through the head of a pin, then the other cord through the bottom of the pin. To ad the second pin, reverse it, so that your pins alternate, top, bottom, top, bottom. Be sure that the beads are all on the same side as you work or you’ll end up taking a bunch of pins off and starting over (trust me on this ha ha!).

When you have enough pins to create your bracelet, remove the knot from the tied end. Bring the bracelet together to create a circle.

Tie the top cords together and the bottom cords together. Trim all but about two inches off the cords. Tuck remaining cord into the underside of the pins and add a little bit of glue. Let dry.

Another fun project kids love are these popsicle stick bracelets!

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Safety Pin Bracelet

Author: Amanda Formaro

Supplies

  • 3/4 " safety pins
  • Elastic beading cord
  • Seed beads
  • White craft glue
  • Toothpick

Instructions

  • Put some glue on a paper plate, about the size of a quarter.
  • Open a safety pin and thread as many seed beads on as you can, leaving enough room to close the pin. Dip toothpick into the glue and use it to add a dot of glue to the end of the pin, then fasten. Continue this process until you have enough pins for your bracelet.
  • Cut two pieces of elastic beading cord, about 12" long each. Line them up evenly and loosely tie together at the end. This is just temporary so that your pins don't fall off the other end as you thread them on.
  • Thread one of the cords through the head of a pin, then the other cord through the bottom of the pin. To ad the second pin, reverse it, so that your pins alternate, top, bottom, top, bottom. Be sure that the beads are all on the same side as you work or you'll end up taking a bunch of pins off and starting over (trust me on this ha ha!).
  • When you have enough pins to create your bracelet, remove the knot from the tied end. Bring the bracelet together to create a circle. Tie the top cords together and the bottom cords together. Trim all but about two inches off the cords. Tuck remaining cord into the underside of the pins and add a little bit of glue. Let dry.

 

More you might like from me:
Make Tie Dye Wall Letters
Ladybug Baseball Hat
Decoupage Light Bulb Birds

More cool stuff from the interwebs:
Pony Bead Safety Pin Bracelet – from Making Friends
Making Beaded Safety Pins – from Family Crafts at About.com
Safety Pin Belt – from …love Maegan

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Amanda Davis is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years.
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  1. Susie says

    June 5, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    What kind of elastic beading cord do you use? The kind I bought won’t stay tied. Did you have that problem? If so, how did you resolve it?

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 28, 2023 at 10:47 am

      This is the type we used https://amzn.to/3r8ushO

      Reply
  2. RaD says

    June 20, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    I actually did this when I was a teenager! Crazy how things come back around in popularity!

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 23, 2014 at 6:49 am

      Yes! It’s definitely a vintage craft :)

      Reply
  3. Jennifer says

    June 19, 2014 at 6:10 pm

    My question is how do you keep the safety pin
    from cutting the cord on the closed end?

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 23, 2014 at 6:49 am

      Hi Jennifer. Adding glue to all the pins keeps them from poking anything :)

      Reply
  4. Dawn roll says

    August 2, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    I like to make some thing new and i love crafts to

    Reply
  5. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    May 6, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    I’ve also found out that the package of safety pins I bought are all not the same size! Now I probably won’t have enough! I bought them at the Dollar Store and they all looked the same size until I opened them up. I can’t wait until I get this done so I can see how it looks and if I should make anymore. I didn’t know they came in different sizes in a package. Who knew I would have so much trouble on a kids bracelet? LOL

    Reply
  6. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    May 6, 2013 at 4:29 pm

    I still don’t know how many to use. I’ve heard people say 80, and then some say 100. They also said you might need more or less depending on the size of your wrist. How big was your daughters wrist and how many did you use? My wrist is 6 1/2 but I would also like to try 7 or 71/2 for gifts also. I don’t know how many I’ve already done but it’s not close to 80. Thanks for any help you can give me.

    Reply
  7. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    February 9, 2013 at 8:11 pm

    I’m reading all this and I think I get it. I am making one for me right now. My wrist is 6 1/2 inches. I’m guessing this will fit once I get all the safety pins on. What I think I am trying to ask is what if someone has a 7″ wrist or 7 1/2 inch? How do you measure a wrist if you are making one for a gift? How big was this one, what sized wrist did it fit? How many safety pins are there? Is it comfortable to wear? I’m thinking I may need to buy some more for mine and for a bigger one. This is so cute and is a way to use my seed beads.

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      February 15, 2013 at 6:39 am

      Sorry I didn’t get to this right away! Did you get this figured out?

      Reply
  8. Sherry Hays says

    November 18, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    So glad I found this! My grandson saw them and wants to make one for his mom for Christmas. I made these as a girl, with my girl scouts when my daughter was young & now with grandkids! Thanks for making it easy!

    Reply
  9. Linda says

    October 1, 2012 at 4:13 am

    That was realy cute I have been looking for safetypin crafts and yours was the first I found. My grandaughters will love then thanks so much. Linda

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      October 2, 2012 at 11:42 am

      That’s great Linda, hope you have fun!

      Reply
  10. vera .m says

    September 2, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    the pattern for denim braaelet w/ fringe & safety pins

    Reply
  11. Aurora says

    August 21, 2012 at 8:42 pm

    Thank you for your information. You are the first one to say how you tie the ends of the cord. I couldn’t figure that out. A friend of mine was using the elastic 3/4″ wide material; putting the pins on that to make the bracelet. Thanks Aurora

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      August 23, 2012 at 2:17 pm

      You’re welcome Aurora, so glad it was helpful!

      Reply
  12. Vicki Hillhouse says

    July 31, 2012 at 2:20 am

    Amanda,
    I just made my first safety pin bracelet! It was fun to make and turned out really cute. I teach middle school Home Economics and I am sure this will be a big hit with the kids! Thank you so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      August 1, 2012 at 9:30 pm

      How fun, thanks Vicki!

      Reply
  13. Sue McEndree says

    July 28, 2012 at 6:34 pm

    Amanda, Instead of using glue to secure the pins, I use a pair of needlenose pliars & pinch the ends of the pins together after I close them.

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      July 28, 2012 at 6:59 pm

      Sue that is so smart! Thank you for that tip, I will add it to the instructions!

      Reply
  14. Natasha from Indiana says

    October 20, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    I use to make these all the time as a kid. They are a great project when you get grounded!

    Reply
    • Amanda Formaro says

      October 20, 2011 at 7:33 pm

      Ha ha, I bet!

      Reply
  15. Anonymous says

    July 24, 2011 at 3:12 am

    Thanks for the steps:)… YOU ROCK!!!

    Reply
  16. Serena@TentarNonNuoce says

    January 24, 2011 at 7:25 am

    you know, i made i lot of these when i was a kid :) maybe i'll start doing some again :) i had almost completely forgotten about them and this post reminded me of them :)

    i hadn't noticed you had a craft blog, very very nice, useful, interesting and well done :) i really love the tea bags for valentine's day that you posted a while ago

    Sere

    Reply
    • Terri says

      January 31, 2013 at 2:57 am

      this beaded braclet is a fantastic idea… could be used in nursing homes too for the more active elders there .. i had dont a braclet similar to this eons ago of the flag.. when getting ready for the 4th of July .. so yea there are many such holidays ppl could celebrate with using this fine idea in bead making .. enjoy ya’ll… cheers !

      Reply
      • Terri says

        January 31, 2013 at 2:58 am

        dont= done lol pardon my typos.. its 3:58 am here lol

        Reply
  17. Anonymous says

    December 4, 2010 at 12:19 am

    sweet and it is verey pretty but i do not have safety pins have any bracelets out have paper clips i can make

    Reply
  18. Amanda says

    November 13, 2010 at 2:05 am

    Thank you! ;)

    Reply
  19. Anonymous says

    November 11, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    i like your bracelets (and reading ….books take me places)

    Reply
  20. Amanda says

    October 25, 2010 at 1:44 am

    Thanks Nan!

    Chica – LOL! I burn myself with my glue gun all the time too. Occupational hazard??

    Thanks Maegan!

    Reply
  21. ...love Maegan says

    October 24, 2010 at 8:14 pm

    awe, this is adorable and so reminds me of when I was a kid. We all had em! …and thanks for the mention ;) Happy Weekend!

    Reply
  22. Chica and Jo says

    August 11, 2010 at 1:09 pm

    I would so be bleeding by the end of this project! I can't even operate my glue gun without getting injured! What a cute bracelet.

    Reply
  23. Nan says

    August 2, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    Love the idea, I can finally have a bracelet small enough for my wrist!!

    Reply
  24. Amanda says

    July 31, 2010 at 1:22 am

    Thanks for all of your kind comments!

    Reply
  25. Threeundertwo says

    July 30, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    This is great, thanks for the tutorial! And thanks for linking up to Finished for Friday.

    Reply
  26. AmieAnn says

    July 30, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    Om Gosh! It brings back memories of making pin and string bracelets that I had forgotten about! I'll have to share these with my daughter!

    Reply
  27. creativejewishmom/Sara says

    July 30, 2010 at 5:01 am

    Hi Amanda, I've been wanting to make these for years! Maybe with your help I'll get to it…a great project for a group of girls! Thanks for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday!

    Reply
  28. Chris says

    July 28, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    How fun. We used to make these when I was in elementary school. I'd almost forgotten them. Now I have a fun idea to do with my daughter. Thank you.

    Reply
  29. Jennifer Juniper says

    July 27, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    I'm with Wendy! I remember making these and calling them friendship bracelets – each bead color stood for something, but I can't remember what…

    Reply
  30. Wendy says

    July 27, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    Ha this totally takes me back…. we use to wear beaded safty pins on our shoelaces. :) Fun bracelet!

    Reply
  31. Linda@Coastal Charm says

    July 26, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    Amanda,
    Such a cute bracelet…thanks for sharing it!

    Blessings,
    Linda

    Reply
  32. Amanda says

    July 26, 2010 at 11:44 am

    Great idea! So cute! Found your blog from Metamorphosis Monday. I'm your newest follower!

    Amanda
    http://notyetinvented.blogspot.com

    Reply
  33. Erin says

    July 25, 2010 at 3:56 am

    My daughter will LOVE this! Thanks for the tip on glueing the pins closed. I probably would have forgotten that step. Can't wait to make this!!!

    http://www.makingmemorieswithyourkids.blogspot.com

    Reply
  34. couture unraveled says

    July 24, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    very cute bracelet!! I have 2 girls that would love to make these! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Martha layne says

      September 26, 2020 at 5:46 pm

      Loved it

      Reply
  35. malia says

    July 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    hi amanda– great craft idea… you are such a good mom to just dive in and make it happen for your daughter!

    Reply
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