Candy Wrapper Bracelet

This is a bracelet made from Starburst wrappers. The idea and this instructable was created by my 11 year old daughter who loves this site and wanted to contribute her ideas. She took all the pictures with her Nikon Coolpix camera and then added text to each picture. I enhanced the verbage a bit.

By using the wrappers she is being environmentally conscious by eliminating waste while creating a unique, extremely inexpensive and simple piece of accessory to wear. She has already made these bracelets for other kids at her school who wanted one after they saw hers.

Any type of yarn/string, 3/4" width Scotch tape, pin, scissors, and 4 colors of your favorite Starburst wrappers.

Fold the wrappers into 1/8th sections then unfold them. I chose this size so it evenly fills the Scotch tape size that I used.

Cut 2/8th strips off of each wrapper. The reason I did it this way is because for me it was easier to cut them in half as shown in the next step. Otherwise, I suppose you could just cut an 1/8th off each wrapper to save time. Or you can see it as ending up with enough strips to make 2 bracelets. One for you and one for your best friend.

Cut each of the 2/8th sized strips in half.

Cut a piece of Scotch tape a little longer in length than the 1/8th strips. Place a strip lengthwise starting on one edge of the tape.

Continue placing your other strips next to each other until all the sticky part of the tape is covered with the wrappers. You want to make sure no sticky part of the tape is exposed.

Trim off the excess parts of tape on each end. This completes the bracelet. Next you'll be preparing this piece to attach the string so you can tie it to your wrist.

Fold each end of the bracelet down like the picture below. Very carefully use your scissors to puncture a small hole in the middle of each fold. By the way, don't run with scissors.

Tie the yarn/string to the pin. Now use the pin to pull the yarn/string through both holes. Like the picture shown.

Put your hand through the opening of the bracelet and yarn/string. Ask someone to tie the string to your adjustment.

The first picture is what it looks like on my wrist from the top while the second picture shows the bottom view.