yarn wrapped bangles: a tutorial

 I discovered a great way to use all of those empty cardboard ribbon spools! Don’t throw them away! Get out your yarn, even those small scrap pieces and make ….

These literally cost pennies!!

I have had a lot of ribbon and each seem to have a different spool size. You will have to test them out to see what size best fits your hand and wrist. These spools of ribbon fit me great! They don’t slide off my wrist and don’t squeeze my hand when I take it off and on. I also found a roll of tape and when it is gone I plan to make that into a giant bangle!

Here's what you need:

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  empty ribbon spools or empty tape rolls
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  hot glue gun
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  yarn {or any string that you would like: twine, hemp, rope, embroidery floss}
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  sissors

Here’s what you do:

Get your {empty} spools of ribbon.

Rip off the outer paper.

{nearly empty tape roll just waiting to be wrapped!}

Glue the end of the yarn by using small amount of hot glue on the inside of the spool roll {to hide the ends}.

Start to wrap the spool roll. I cut off a length of yarn so I didn’t have to deal with the whole ball of yarn. I guessed the length. {Below you can see I was about an inch shy of what I needed! Oops!}

Wrap a few times then add more hot glue. Work in small sections so your glue stays hot. I found out that it is easier to add the glue on the outside of the spool.

Keep wrapping! I wound up the yarn I was working with so it was easier to work with when I was wrapping.

My yarn came up just a bit short!



Snip off your extra yarn and glue it to the inside of your bangle {to hide the ends}.



You’re done! Enjoy!

I love how well the multi colored yarn turned out! Have fun choosing your colors, yarn or string! Try ribbon or braiding your yarn before you wrap it. I also made some bracelets using more than one yarn and overlapping them to mix textures and colors.

These bangles would be a nice little gift for someone for the holidays if you are looking for an inexpensive, handmade gift.

Please note: These are made of cardboard. Don’t take them swimming! If they get wet they will get ruined!

Happy wrapping!

J