Make a Bangle Bracelet

 Hello Readers. Let's make a fun bracelet. This is easy to put together and you can make it unique for yourself. It uses an empty roll of shipping tape (Or any tape.) and I love an easy re-use project. Let me show you how I made it. 

Before and after. 

This kind of shipping tape comes on a plastic roll. It is a great base for a bangle bracelet. I used all the tape on this roll for other things. I was left with the plastic tape roll. 

 

Here is my empty roll and some cotton based trim that I had on-hand. You could also use ribbon, cord or yarn, anything you have available.

 

 Any trim or ribbon would work for this project so use whatever appeals to you. I dug around my sewing stash to find some blue trim but you can use whatever you like. 

  

I used a hot glue gun. I used one small blob of glue inside the roll to hold one end of the trim. As you can see, my glue gun has been through a lot but any glue gun will work. You just need a tiny dab of glue.

 

I held the trim to the glue until it had cooled down and set in place. Once the trim was secure in place, I could get wrapping. Wrapping the trim around the roll that is.

 

I wrapped the trim around and around and around the tape roll. I made sure the trim overlapped a bit each time I wrapped it around. I didn't want any tape roll to show. I wanted only the trim to show. 

 

When the roll was covered well with trim I added a small blob of hot glue to hold the end of the trim to finish the bracelet. This would keep the roll hidden and all my trim wrapped in place really securely.

  

Here is a bracelet close-up. I liked how wide this bracelet was. A more narrow tape roll would make a more narrow bracelet. You can make whatever suits you best. 

 

I made this fun bracelet to match this outfit, the big bracelet really pops. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.