Free Beading Instructions
Explore over 200 free jewellery-making projects, including earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and more. Learn a variety of techniques like stringing, wirework, and kumihimo with easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorials. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced crafter, you'll find inspiration for every occasion—including festive Christmas projects—to create beautiful handmade jewellery.
DIY Rose Garden Bracelet Instructions | Make a Pink Crystal Bracelet
Create a romantic bracelet inspired by the beauty of a blooming rose garden. This project features sparkling Preciosa bicone crystals in rose, pink sapphire, and pink sapphire matt tones, finished with an elegant flower toggle clasp and charm detail. Whether you're new to beading or a seasoned maker, follow our step-by-step instructions to craft your own pink crystal bracelet—perfect for gifting or adding a floral touch to your jewellery collection.
MATERIALS YOU'LL NEED
2 small crimps
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10th Jun 2025
Teal Spirit 2 Strand Chain Bracelet: Project Instructions
Looking for an easy bracelet project using teal glass beads? This colourful boho-inspired design combines teal two-strand glass spacer beads with copper-toned findings to create a stylish chain bracelet. If you love working with jump rings and eye pins, this beginner-friendly bracelet is a must-try!
MATERIALS REQUIRED
12 eye pins
19 x 6mm strong jump rings
1 parrot clasp
24 wide daisy spacers
6 x 2 strand glass beads
TOOLS REQUIRED
Crimping Pliers
Wire Cutters
Twirly Wirlies
STEP-BY-STEP IN
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3rd Jun 2025
Sapphire Spark Diamante Bracelet: Project Instructions
Create your own Sapphire Spark Diamante Bracelet — a shimmering blend of cool blues and warm copper tones. This simple yet stunning project uses 7mm bicone glass beads and perfectly fitting 8mm diamante rondelle spacers to deliver maximum sparkle with minimal effort. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned beader, this bracelet is a quick, satisfying make that’s sure to turn heads.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
30cm tigertail beading wire
2 small crimps
2 strong jump rings
8mm rondelle diamant
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20th May 2025
Spring Butterfly Memory Wire Bracelet: Project Instructions
Looking for a fun and easy jewellery project? This beautiful memory wire bracelet is the perfect beginner-friendly design. No need for clasps or tricky closures—memory wire is a hardened wire that retains its shape, allowing your bracelet to wrap comfortably around your wrist. With sparkly rondelle glass crystals, butterfly charms, and metal beads, this tutorial will show you how to create a colourful, wrap-around bracelet that’s both stylish and simple to make.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
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19th May 2025
Charmed Elastic Bracelet: Project Instructions
Looking for a stylish and easy jewellery-making project? This Charmed Elastic Bracelet is the perfect beginner-friendly beading tutorial! Using Japanese-inspired sakura ceramic beads, chain, and elastic cord, you can create a beautiful bracelet that slips on and off with ease—no clasp required.
Whether you're crafting for yourself, making handmade gifts for Mother’s Day, or adding to your market stall collection, this project delivers elegance with minimal tools and effort. The finis
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7th Apr 2025
Fire Charm Tassel Elastic Bracelet: Project Instructions
Stretchy elastic bracelets are comfortable, stylish, and easy to wear—no clasps required! This simple yet elegant bracelet features Duo Fire Mix beads in warm red, yellow, and amber tones, delicate filigree bead caps, and a charming chain tassel. In our example, we used copper-coloured findings, which beautifully complement the rich hues of the beads. The finished bracelet measures 17.5cm, but you can easily adjust the number of beads to create a shorter or longer piece for the perfect fi
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25th Mar 2025
Preciosa Purple Dreams Beaded Kumihimo Bracelet: Project Instructions
Kumihimo is a traditional Japanese braiding technique that produces beautiful, intricate cords. This project takes Kumihimo to the next level by incorporating 4mm Preciosa crystal beads. Using a foam board and bobbins to keep everything in place, you'll create a stunning bracelet with a unique beaded pattern.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
56 x 4mm Crystal AB Preciosa Bicones
56 x 4mm Deep Tanzanite Preciosa Bicones
56 x 4mm Tanzanite Preciosa Bicones
56 x 4mm Violet Preciosa Bicones
2 Glue-
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20th Mar 2025
Silver & Red Beaded Kumihimo Bracelet: Project Instructions
Kumihimo is a traditional Japanese braiding technique that produces beautiful, intricate cords. This project takes Kumihimo to the next level by incorporating 6mm crystals and 6/0 glass seed beads. Using a foam board and bobbins to keep everything in place, you'll create a stunning bracelet with a unique beaded pattern.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
180 x 6/0 Glass Seed Beads
2 Glue-In Leather End Caps
2 x 6mm Strong Jump Rings
1 x Fancy Clasp
8m x #9 Nylon Beading Cord
Large Keyring
60 x 6mm Round Glass
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12th Mar 2025
Green/Yellow Frog Bracelet: Project Instructions
Is it time-consuming? Yes. Is it worth it? Absolutely!
Create your own stunning frog charm bracelet featuring whimsical glass frog beads and green-toned glass accents. This project is perfect for practicing wire loops while making a truly unique piece of jewellery.
By working with a pre-made chain bracelet base, you’ll save time while achieving a polished look. The bronze-coloured findings add a vintage touch, making this bracelet a standout accessory.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
6 x Frog Glass Be
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10th Mar 2025
Twisted Wire Bracelet: Project Instructions
Learn how to make a twisted wire bracelet with our free beading tutorial! This wire-wrapped bracelet design uses delicate heishi glass beads and thin copper wire, creating an elegant handmade bracelet with a unique, organic shape. We used a purple bead mix, but you can customise it with your favourite colours. Perfect for jewellery makers of all skill levels, this DIY bracelet project is a great way to experiment with wirework techniques.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
1.8 metres of 28 gauge (0.3mm) beadin
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3rd Mar 2025
Cube Bead Bracelet: Project Instructions
Create a stylish cube bead chain bracelet with this easy-to-follow beading pattern! Using glass seed beads, cube beads, and eye pins, you’ll craft a unique and elegant bracelet perfect for any occasion. Experiment with different colour combinations to create a personalised piece—we used a mix of pinks and purples for a fun, vibrant look!
MATERIALS REQUIRED
25 x eye pins
30 x 8/0 glass seed beads
17 x 5mm cube glass beads
8 x 7mm cube glass beads
10 x jump rings
1 x parrot clasp
1 x
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26th Feb 2025
Seed Bead Elastic Bracelet: Project Instructions
Stretchy elastic is a great medium to work with - once threaded up, your bracelet will be easy to slip on, no clasps involved. This simple bracelet uses size 6 seed beads and a feature bead.MATERIALS REQUIRED
60 x size 6/0 seed beads (3-4mm) (this is for an average adult sized wrist, you may want to adjust quantities for a smaller or larger wrist)1 feature bead30cm x 1mm beading elasticTOOLS REQUIRED
glue or clear nail polishINSTRUCTIONSPick up your piece of beading elastic and tie a knot on o
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11th Sep 2021
Kids Single Pink Elastic Bracelet: Project Instructions
Stretchy elastic is a great medium to work with - once threaded up, your bracelet will be easy to slip on, no clasps involved. This simple bracelet uses pink beads with a large hole metal bead and charms to hide the knot. Scroll down to see the youtube video!MATERIALS REQUIRED
18 x pink rondelle glass beads8 x translucent pink round glass beads1 x pink butterfly feature glass bead30cm x 1mm beading elastic1 x flower barrel leather drop3 x 6mm strong jump rings2 x charmsTOOLS REQUIRED
2 x crimp
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11th Apr 2020
Amber Charm Bracelet: Project Instructions
Featuring amber glass crystal beads, this elegant charm bracelet is great practice for turning loops and joining components with jump rings.MATERIALS REQUIRED9 eye pins50 plain metal balls17 x 4mm bicone crystal beads16 head pins8 x 6mm bicone crystal beads13 x 6mm jump rings1 parrot claspTOOLS REQUIRED2 pairs of Crimping PliersTwirly Wirlie PliersWire CuttersINSTRUCTIONSnote: these quantities make an 18cm (small) bracelet. To make a larger bracelet, simply add more beads. Our bracelet was made
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20th Mar 2019
Bronze & Cream Pearl Elastic Bracelet: Project Instructions
The Bohemium style bracelet is so simple to make, yet stunningly effective. It uses bronze coloured findings and cream coloured glass pearls and involves working with jump rings, elastic and chain.MATERIALS REQUIRED1 x flying heart metal charm1 x Double Heart Metal Charm1 x Cross Metal Charm1 x Key Metal Charm1 x Tree of Life Metal Charm15 links of 7.5mm Medium Twisted Loop Chain5 x 6mm Strong Jump Rings30cm 1mm elastic2 x large star bead caps24 x thin filigree bead caps11 x 8mm cream glass pear
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20th Mar 2019