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With Mother's Day not too far away, we realise that many people will be thinking ahead as to what children can give to Mum for Mother's Day this year. We think that handmade gifts are so much more meaningful than an off the shelf purchase, so what better than for children to make something to give. Today we have been making bracelets for Mum using beads which are suitable for any age of child to use, even preschoolers. To personalise the bracelets we used children's alphabet letter beads . We have both smaller letter beads and larger ones for the little children to use. We sell the beads by the letter so that the choice of letter is guaranteed. Also in mixed letter packs . For an individual child, a mixed pack would be fine, but for groups who would require several of the same letter (in this case letters M U and M) the additional packs of single letters are advisable so as not to be disappointed that there are not enough of the letters you need. Bracelets made for...

Although this blog post may seem very much like a children's craft tutorial on how to make a bracelet, the purpose behind it is for children to so see that nature can be used creatively as inspiration for their jewellery making and arts and crafts generally. Autumn Leaves for Inspiration Here we made a bracelet that children can make themselves using the same pack of beads as previously used to make the blackberry inspired bracelets here. This time we chose brightly coloured beads which were the same colours as the autumn leaves. We threaded them to make a stretchy bracelet in this manner. DIY bracelet for children to make When learning to create, skills are needed which can be built upon, little by little, in the future. So here is the craft tutorial too! To make this style bracelet you will need a good length of round elastic (approx 1 meter) For children to make a bracelet like this, the holes in the beads must be large enough for the elastic to fit through ...

This is an easy version of making a button bracelet which is suitable for young children to make. Here we are threading the buttons on to the elastic or thread in a straight line.   Instructions Cut a length of cord (or round elastic ) approx 50cm long and fold in half. Taking each end, thread through the first button, leaving a loop. This loop is for fastening the bracelet on to the wrist. Thread on the remaining buttons in a line using both ends of the thread. Tip - buttons with four holes are easier to use, rather than two holed buttons. This is because both of the threads would need to pass through the single hole on a two holed button. This really is a squeeze and children would find it difficult to do. Thread on the buttons Keep adding buttons until the length will fit round the wrist. We overlapped the buttons slightly so that when curved round the wrist there are no spaces. You might like to do it like that or not. There is no right or wrong way ...