Let’s make friendship bracelet valentines!
My daughter Maude is a maker. Last year, she made origami hearts filled with treats for her classmates. This year, she is way into friendship bracelets, so she decided to make enough to give as valentines to her whole class.
It took her about 3 hours total. An evening, a morning and an afternoon work session. She used an especially simple pattern so she could work quickly. Also, she kept a specific classmate in mind as she picked the colors for each bracelet — so, for a boy who’s a big Yankee fan, Maude would choose white and blue. They turned out wonderfully and Maude felt great about them.
I was wishing I had a copywriter at my side while we came up with Valentine messages. Mostly we used the words “friend” and “knot.” We printed the messages on cardstock, trimmed them out, punched two holes and threaded the bracelets through, ready to be tied on to wrists and ankles.
Here’s a pdf of the 6 friendship bracelet messages if you’d like to download and print them. Not sure how to make a friendship bracelet? Here’s friendship bracelet tutorial from Maude.
P.S. — DIY MadLib Valentines.
I will remember this for when my daughter is older — we had great success yesterday making the MadLibs ones for my son’s class and the bookmarks for my daughter’s. Thanks again!
So clever!
What an absolute cutie she is! You’ve raised a sweet and generous child Gabrielle.
you’re kids are going to have the best valentines in their classes. hands down!
you do such great valentines with your kids. i am so impressed that you come up with different ones for each individual child.
What a cool idea! This is one of those to save for when my girls get bigger.
Love it!
how sweet of her!
Love those! You have us beat for sure this year!
That’s awesome! Have to remember for when my girls are older!
Definitely will do this one next year with my daughter. We made the lollipop flowers you posted about earlier and they turned out well. She had so much fun!
Thanks again Gabrielle
(Anything for St. Patty’s day?)
This is SO COOL! You and your daughter make a great team, I just love these! I’ll be linking.
What a cute idea! I didn’t know kids still made friendship bracelets. I remember making these… oh, 15 years ago? Thanks for sharing!
That is such a cute idea!
Those are awesome!
so sweet. yay, maude!
Just sumbled across you tonight. Though V-Day is a ways out, these would be soooo cute for my niece! I think I’ll teach her how to make the bracelets though, so I don’t have to! :-P
What a great idea. I think my daughter would love to give these (if she doesn’t get bored with making them- she has 27 kids in her class). How do you make the bracelets? Thanks for the idea.
What a cute idea!
Love these and I love even more that I stumbled upon this link on ivillage kids crafts :)
I think I am going to try these with my eldest daughter
(I haven’t visited your site in such a long time I feel bad :( going to troll through it now)
I adore this idea and the clever pun! Would you be willing to link up this post to my Valentine Link Party going on now? I’d love to have your creativity! Thanks!
http://michellepaige.blogspot.com/2012/01/rockin-valentine-valentine-link-party.html
Just stopping by to let you know that I’ve featured your craft on Family Fun Crafts! You can see it here:
http://funfamilycrafts.com/valentine-friendship-bracelet/
If you have other kid friendly crafts, I’d love it if you would submit them. :) If you would like to display a
featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above.
Hi there passing thru and I saw this! I love this idea. I am making tiny crochet hearts w/a pin back attached for my son’s valentine favors. We still have to come up with a phrase for them, so hoping we come up with a clever one like yours :-)
you can read about it here if you like.
http://irokmimi.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/first-snowstorm/
Love this friendship bracelet idea! Can you point me to directions on how to make the bracelets? I can’t quite tell the type of knot from the photo.
Thanks!
Yeah, what kind of bracelet is the one in the picture? Since the tutorial is the swirly one. Thanks!
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I would love to know what pattern she used for the ones in the pictures here. It seems to be a different (and more simplistic) pattern. Thanks in advance if you can share!
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Love this idea and I have included a link to this in a Valentine craft round-up on my site… http://www.kitchencounterchronicle.com/2014/01/10-fabulous-valentine-crafts-for-older-kids-make.html
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