Skip to Content

Easy DIY felt flower bracelets kids craft

How to make Easy DIY felt flower bracelets free no-sew pattern. Cute spring and summer craft activity to do with kids! [spring craft ideas| summer craft ideas | kids craft ideas | Easter craft for kids | no-sew crafts | felt crafts | DIY jewelry]

Here’s a super cute DIY spring and summer craft idea for kids that you can knock out in less than an hour: Easy no-sew felt flower bracelets. It’s a super cute and easy kid’s craft activity that’s lots of fun to make.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

I love how cheery these no-sew felt flower bracelets look. And it’s nice to be able to make a cute project without having to drag out my sewing machine. These felt flower bracelets are no-sew: no thread, no needle, no sewing machine, and no glue either.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

The trick is VELCRO® Brand Plant Ties. So what are plant ties you ask? It’s basically a roll of colored thin VELCRO® Brand fasteners (I have these in yellow, pink, green and red and they also come in blue and black) that sticks to itself. Yep, IT STICKS TO ITSELF! So cool.

See also: ‘DIY no-sew Christmas bracelets kids craft activity’ »

You’re supposed to use to VELCRO® Brand Plant Ties tie up your plants in the garden which I did last year to help my peas hang onto their trellis, but I also think they make pretty great craft supplies.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

I liked the VELCRO® Brand Plant Ties in the garden but I also thought it could make a great bracelet. It’s easy to cut and not the least scratchy on the back.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

You could also make these felt flower bracelets using VELCRO® One-Wrap Straps OR VELCRO® Get A Grip Straps in Multi-Colored, which are basically the same stick-to-itself concept that are used to keep cords and wires looking neater. Either way it’s a kid-friendly, no-sew craft to brighten your spring and summer days exploring outside.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

This post contain affiliate links which means that products I recommend may give me a nominal commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks – your clicks help me make more free DIYs!

++++++

Supplies for making DIY no-sew felt flower bracelets:


How to make DIY no-sew felt flower bracelets:

Gather your supplies. Print and cut out my free printable flower bracelet template. The free pattern is sized for kids so just increase the size on a copier if you’d like them larger.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Cut out flowers pieces in assorted felt colors. You can trace the pattern using a disappearing ink pen onto the lighter colors, and for darker colors, just hold the pattern tightly to the felt and cut. No need to be perfect. You can even free-hand some pieces without using a pattern at all.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

See all the cute felt flower pieces for the bracelets?

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Now just layer them up. Cut more as needed and play around to make the cute flower stacks for the bracelets.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Cut a piece 3/8″ piece of VELCRO® Brand Plant Ties or VELCRO® Brand ONE-WRAP® ties in Brights as a pattern for cutting slits in the felt flower pieces. Center it on your flower piece.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Mark slits above and below the pattern using a disappearing ink pen.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Now it’s time to cut the bracelet slits. First I tried using fabric scissors and I overshot big time – they’re just too big for me to handle on such a small cut.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids

So then I used a seam ripper to get the bracelet slit started on each ends and followed up with Embroidery scissors to cut through the middle and it worked really well.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Repeat on your other flower pieces.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

And here are three pieces ready to become a flower.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Measure your wrist and add about 1.5″-2″ to it for threading through the flower and overlap to close on your wrist. This batch of flower bracelets were for my 2-year-old Elise.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids

Cut a piece of VELCRO® Brand Plant Ties or VELCRO® Brand ONE-WRAP® ties in Brights to this length.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Thread the end of the  VELCRO® Brand Plant Ties strip through the slit flower layers. Felt is naturally going to stick to the VELCRO® hook (scratchy) side, so when you thread it through, try to thread it so that the felt is touching the smooth side. Go slowly so to avoid tearing a bigger slit into your felt. Thread the flower onto the VELCRO® Plant Tie so that it’s almost in the middle of your Plant Tie — remember that you cut some extra for overlap so it should be slightly to one side.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

Now thread the end back through the other slit stack, which will make a cute little color in the middle of your flower. You can either try to match the color to your flower middle or choose a cute contrasting color. Now just wrap the felt flower bracelet around your wrist and overlap the VELCRO® Brand Plant Ties to close. You can snip off any extra as needed.

Easter craft ideas for kids Spring craft ideas for kids Summer craft ideas for kids

++++++

Be sure to pin this felt flower bracelets DIY project for later:

Felt flower bracelets kids craft idea

Like it? Share it!
The nicest way to say you like it is to pin it on Pinterest, post a comment, follow Merriment Design on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram or sign up for monthly emails. Enjoy! 🙂

Copyright stuff: You’re more than welcome to use this free project and tutorial for personal use. Contact me for commercial use and Etsy sales.

 

Save

Save

Save

Save

Martha

Saturday 4th of March 2017

This is a perfect Trolls birthday party hug bracelet as a party favor. Thanks for sharing!

Kathy

Monday 6th of March 2017

Hi Martha, I love that idea! We are all "sunshine in my pocket" over here as well. Have a great party!

Beth

Thursday 12th of September 2013

LOVE these bracelets! My preschoolers and I are going to use your idea for Valentine's Day bracelets instead of giving candy and such! The 4 year old is already VERY excited. Goodness knows we'll have to start early to make it happen in 6 months time!

Amy

Monday 9th of April 2012

Very cute idea. I think these could also be super cute as hair bows...