So, have you been wondering how to make the amazing bracelets from Starburst wrappers? A simple folding method, plus some finishing tips, will help you make your very own Starburst bracelet. Using these simple instructions, you’ll soon memorize the folding pattern, and it’ll be a piece of cake! (or candy..) The average bracelet takes 30-35 Starburst wrappers, so save up! Asking friends to unwrap carefully and “donate” helps quite a bit. Also, to avoid candy binges and sugar highs, unwrapping all your Starbursts and saving them in a ziploc bag for later munching is helpful.
Keep in mind that when you have finished, you need the bracelet big enough to slide on and off your wrist without too much trouble. Because of the folding method, the bracelet will stretch slightly, so this shouldn’t be much of a problem.. but be careful.
Click on any of the photos for a larger view.
Step 1
Take your first wrapper… and flip it over.
I know, it’s tricky.
Step 2
Fold (hot dog) one side in to the halfway point.
Step 3
Fold (hot dog) the other side to the halfway point.
Step 4
Next, fold (hot dog) the whole thing in half so the raw edges you just folded are on the inside crease.
Step 5
Fold (hot dog) in half again.
Step 6
Fold (hamburger) in half.
Step 7
Fold (hamburger) one side to the halfway point.
Step 8
Fold (hamburger) the other side to the halfway point.
Repeat steps 1-8 with the next wrapper.
Step 9
Insert points 1 and 2 into slots A and B, so it looks like this:
Step 10
And pull it through.
Step 11
Continue steps 1-10…
Step 12
… until you begin to build up a chain.
Step 13
Once you have reached the desired length… this is where it gets tricky.
Step 14
.. fold one more wrapper the same way as the others, but then unfold the last two folds. Insert these raw edges into the same spots in the “V”.
Step 15
Pull the two ends of the bracelet close together, and hold the edges of your long “V” over both edges of the end of the other side.
Step 16
Insert the raw edges into the first wrapper. You’re doing the same thing we’ve been doing, but backwards.
Step 17
Pull ends through until you reach the original folded point.
Step 18
Tuck the raw edges into the previous wrapper, so it looks just like the other wrappers in the chain.
tip! at this point, i find it helpful to use a paperclip or similar item to push the wrappers through.
And you’re done! Congratulations! 
I’d love to see pictures or hear about your bracelet-making adventures! Post a comment and/or pictures!
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my teeth are going to fall out after all the sweets i’m going to have to eat over the next few days!
But I love it
Thanks for being so creative!
x
it’s so great idea ! it’s so creative
Wow!! I made it!!! haha got some stomach aches after a bunch of candies and jolly ranchers but i love it!!! Great and innovative art, congratulations!! here’s a dance for you
~ (>^_^)>!! lol
Wow, you must eat A LOT of starburst!
instead of eating them all and getting a stomach ache, i unwrapped the ones i needed and put the star bursts into an air tight container and they stay good for a long time. that way the bracelts get done faster and your teeth dont hurt for a sugar overdose!
isn’t this what we use to do with our chewing gum wrappers???
Oh sweet korean barbeque!
I have been trying to learn
how to make these for months!
Thank you so much!
I have a zip-loc bag FULL of wrappers.
All waiting to be made into lovely bracelets.
Hey, thanks a bunch!
I saw a girl last year in my class with one of these bracelets and I always wondered how to make them. This was very helpful. Thank you!! =)
hey nice.. it’s great. thats cool how u made that. lolz:P ok bye
I made one of these a couple of years ago out of magazine pages…the cat stole it and it remains one of his favorite toys!!
We used to make these from gum wrappers “back in the day”
I am making one for my ex..She recently broke up with me. Hopefully she likes it.
Thanks for showin’ me how to do it.
Funny, a skateboarder making one of these
hi! thanks for teaching me how to make those! i understood everything completely, but i have one question. how do you get the wrappers (once they’re folded in a ‘V’) to stay together with another ‘V’ without falling apart?? i’m frustrated..please help!!! thanks!
I used to know someone and their mom had strings of candy wrapper garland around one side of her (tiny) kitchen, I always thought it was so cool, but never worked up the nerve to ask how to do it and over the years since then, when I’ve tossed empty candy wrappers away, I’ve wondered how those “links” were made. You’ve solved this query for me and given me a great excuse to buy candy
Thank-you for the terrific, step-by-step article!!
Loved it… can u make something to be used in bathroom..like some creative soap holders opr something..
Looking forward to your new exceiting posting..Gr8 work
[tips:] it takes about 3 packets to make [just an fyi]. and also take the starbrust candies and stick the in a zip top bag to eat later so you don’t rot your teeth and get sick!
I made about 10 billion of them for christmas presents for my friends. they are fun. the candies I put in a little bag and gave it to them away with the bracelets too. I made so many I am sick of starbrust candy but love the wrappers!
so cool
thanks
it’s a real surprise for me!!
my uncle made bracelets like yours 60 years ago!! and now, thanking you, I can make them again…
it didn’t really work that well for me but thanks!!
That is soooo neat. Thank you for sharing. Now I will have to pick ! I’ll have to pick up some starbursts!
We just moved to Germany and the Commisary here has had Starburts so cheap I’ve already bought 3 bags and then I saw your ‘how to do’ and now we NEED MORE BAGS!! I’ve got 3 girls plus myself who can’t WAIT to make them! Oh and my 5 yr old son is a little excited also!
it is very cool.
That was great!! Thanks for sharing. I wonder if you know (and tell) how to make a purse, I cant figuer out how to make it except for just a traight line of candy papers.
Thank you very much
thanks soo much! i already knew how to make the bracelet it self but i never knew how to finish it! thanks agian bye bye!!
kaitie elliott
xoxo
this is awesome! i cant wait to make one! theres new tropical starbursts as well
Thanks….i always new how to make them but didn’t know how to connect them. I too am looking for a patern for a purse…haven’t figured that one out yet!!! I made one with beer labels from beer bottles also. My main squeeze would peel the labels when we went out….and i would save them. kinda corny…but they work too!!!
yay! i finally finished my bracelet it came out wonderful. I made it with tropical starburst and Baja California ones all in rainbow order!
Oh my god!!! I was just looking up how to make a starburst braclet and who’s website shows me how to make one? Why my samwich’s!! Gosh you are so creative!! I’m doing one out of tootise rolls, Thanks for the help Sam!!
-Samantha Bergeron
hey i made my bracelet! im gonna make another one out of the tropical one! i made i think it was 5 earrings out of the wrappers in bow shapes! they look awesome so if you wanna know how i did just email me!
thanks this is so cool!! that is a lot of starbursts… lol!!
cool i already made llike ten thanks
i love starburst so i’m def gonna make bracelets, so excited!
Thank u SO much!!!! It came out so cool. All my friends want to know how to do it . Im the only one who knows!!!!!!!!!!!!Thank u SOoOoo much!!!!!!!!!
Hey thanks! I knew how to make the chains of starburst but i could never figure out how to put it all together and make a bracelet! Well thanks again!
i love it but it took me 4 hours
Ah man. im light headed, worked my way through 2 packs of starbursts. lol. woo!! need one more pack for the bracelet !! =D
omfg
i have like 384263498236423 star burst wrappers and i needed to get rid of them thanks for this idea
i still can’t get the two ends to meet right
OMG! i just saw a girl today with one of these. she said i could find it online. now i gotta go get 3 packs of starbursts! thank you for the great instructions!
cool yall! i actually colect starburst wrappers! Starburst is my Fav candy! i am actually working on a purse made out of starburst!
you dont have to use starburst wrapper, take one and use things from magazines and other wrappers, it would still look awesome!
I still don’t understand how to put them together but good job.
OMGGGG =)
my friend had a starburst beacelet and ive always wanted to kno how but i didnt want to ask becuz i didnt want her to think i was copying her…but this is soo cooool =)
thnxx for the step by step instrutions.the pics helped ALOT…believe me lol
thnkkk u this is the coolest thing ive ever made =)
COOL COOL now have something to fun with. Send me starbursty rappers!!! Boom-chak-a-laka. Hey it like Chik-Fil-A yea!Starbursts is yummy I have excuses to buy lot. I just tell me husband that I going sell them at craft show. Thanks! sorry my english not to good.
wow thanks! I want to be the first at my school wearing one!
Thnx so much for showing me how to make one. ive tried for years and ii finally made one. ii had a huge zip lock bag of wrappers from throught the years and they acually came to good use! Thnx a bunch!
Wow! What a treat! I love this creation.. its so fun! well anyways thanks for the directions!
This is an amazing idea!!! I will have to try it out.
Hey! I was wondering if you could make Step 10 a bit clearer, but other wise you have done a great job! This was such a useful website. saw a person in my school with it and i had to have it! Its such a goodd new trend that i could possible start i my school. I remembered I had two packs of starburst last night, so i picked them out of the garbage and im stuck. Please respond. Thanx!
-Lor Lor- @–>–>
it took me 2 1/2 hours to make it cause I’m stupid and slow but i made it out of 5 cobalt and rain gum wrapper’s and it looks really cool thanks for the help i have seen people do it but never tryed it myself thanks much
wahoo that’s so cool! i always wanted to make one of these.. i just never knew how before!
hi i’m till chewing on the candy i’m making a necklase :3
haha…at first i had no idea what was going on but my mom told me it was like how she used to make the bubble gum raper bracelets when she was my age. she showed me how to start it with a little help from the pics here, and showed me how to do it. it is kinda complicating and, at times, fusterating….but worth it. it looks really cool. finishing it is where it gets somewhat hard. good thing this nad pics!!!
well i used the original and tropical starburst rapers to make my bracelet….its totally trippy!!! ;)) haha…
OmG!!!!!! I love this idea!!! it is sooo cool i have always wanted to make one of these!!!! LIKE TOTALLY 4 SURE!!!!!!!!! it was like totally fun to make this
thank you so much! my friend brought me a whole bag of dum-dum lollipops for a little sympathy gift. i ate a bunch, but also unwrapped some and put them in a ziploc bag, and i wanted to make a little bracelet, but i didn’t know how to close it up at the end. thank you so much!
I cannot get the last part, to put my bracelet together!! Heelllpp pleasee
Oh wow. thanks so much for the step-by-step instructions! I saw it made once, but when I tried, I always skipped step 4and 5…so mine never worked >.
that is so freakin awsome
Wow! This is really neat
dudeee, i loved this
i wanted to make one of these for the longest time, and it really confused me how to put it together but i finally figured it out
thanksss
x
THESE IS SOO MUCH FUN
i have always wanted to make one of these but i didnt no how … then i whent on to your website and it teached me everything step by step thanks !!! 
just a question, it seems you only use red, pink, and yellow wrappers.
are those the only ones you eat?
thankkkyou so muchh.
i just have one question.
i dont understand how to connectt themm?!
please help! thankkks.
i love this, and i got the chain, but im still having trouble with connecting the two ends… any help from anyone?
I understand everything up until # 9 and from there I don’t know how the two wrappers go together. Which is too bad since today I counted my collection and there’s 100. So if someone could explain a bit more..? that would be great.
omggggg its so awesome but jeez took me long enough lol i started at 2:40 got done at 5:30 lol:/
I DID IT.! :]]!! WHAA HOOOO!
This is such a good idea. I love starburst. instead of throwing the wrappers away, now i can make a bracelet! cool
good job
This is really cool! I’m doing it right now, it takes soooo long though!
this is sooo cool!! i finally got how, to do the end!!!
thanks!!
what would be a good idea for keeping them for a long time.
would like superglueing as you go work?
These are super! I can’t wait until we have enough wrappers.
I just found out yesterday that you can do this with hershy kiss wrappers too thought its a lot harder.
You just have to add one more step in at the beginning.
-fold the wrapper in half and fold one side to the halfway point
-fold it in half again making a NEW crease
-continue with folding both sides to the middle as with starburst
These take a lot of patience and gentle hands so as not to rip the foil.
Wow this is great. On our show a few weeks ago, this girl decked out here ENTIRE prom outfit and her dates outfit with starbucks wrappers! She actually made the dress out of it. Check it out here:
http://www.threadbanger.com/thread-heads/episode/THR_20080125
OMG OMG OMG I LOVE it!! its so cool (umm idont get the last part but im still trying) I love u soo much lol jk im gonna rock it at school on monday && ppl are gonna hate lol Do you kno how to do the earings cuz they sound intresting thank u thank u thank u!!! Oh i love this
Ive made these bracelets before but the way you do it is so much easier… now i am working on a belt for my friend. any ideas?
after all the stomache akes and rotting teeth i had a pretty good time making these bracelets wen i was home from school sick it defenetly kept me busy. thanx=)=)=)=)=)
i thought that these braclets were so cool wtih starburst rappers that i thought they would probally work with dumdum rappers too. and it did! they are really cool and have lots more colors to choose from!
OMG! that is amazing.. it works soo well and ur gide helps soo much.. i tried 3 different sites.. and yours is the best.!! awsome
I have one of these made from juicy fruit wrappers from when I was a kid (20 + years ago) My mom made it and I have always wondered how she did it (she is gone now) Thank you for posting this!
I LOVE IT! It was agreat birthday present for my friend…it really saved my butt! Though you might want to be a little clearer on the last few steps 15 16 17 18. Thanx!
-Tori
i am on step 11 and i have no idea what to do someone HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i don’t get how to do the last few steps to finish it off..
omggg! i just made one using your steps and it came out awsome. the tutorial was so clear and easier than i expected to do. thnaks for the helpppp! =)
thanks
i’ve always wanted to do one of these
i’ve beenworking on it for5 min. and i am almost done!!!!
Thanks! ive always wondered how to make them… and since its right after easter i made mine out of chocolate egg wrappers!
That is so cute. I’ve never seen one before and your instructions are great.
Now I have a project to do during class! Yay!
yayayyyyay it was a bit tricky but we got it!!!!!! yaya
We just fininshed our bracelets!!!!!!! We are so proud of ourselves…you helped a bunch because on starbucks.com it doesn’t tell how to link them together!
Thanks Again
GG & JJ
confused about the end…can anyone help me.
everything else was great!!
great tutorial! i understood everything completely. way to go.
I remember doing this when I was in hs. This brought back so much memories. Thank you for a detailed post. Cheers.
This is seweet but only nerds spend over an hour trying to make a stupid starburst wrappers… u guys are all nerdy freaks!!!! hahaha i have better things to do. peace!!!
this is sooo coool im a nerd but i like to sew and make braclets cant wait
OMG! I just recently got into making these, i read a only a chain making tutorial and when i had enough for a braclet, i realised the hard way that they didn’t just link, you had to do such a complicated process, luckily i understood after many fruitless attempts, BUT THANKYOU. But mine looks a bit odd but still THANKS
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I love making these so much that for a recycling project in school I used this site to teach my whole middle school how to make these. They all loved it (especially the eating of the starburst part..).
Also if possible you could do a front view picture of Step 18? Because i’m not sure where to put the raw edges and I can’t see where it the provided picture, although this is a wonderful tutorial, please make more of the sort!
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k50/plastiqu3/wristbracelet.gif
my pictures of the bracelet i made, thankyou for your excellent tut!
thank you so much for putting step by step instructions-it helped a lot! one of my friends has been wearing one of these bracelets recently and she told me how to make it but i couldnt get it so i looked it up and found this website! it turned out great!
i also made one out of newspaper and it looks really really cool! thanks so much!
omgg! thank you so much! i’ve seen a few people around my school with them and i’ve always wanted to know how to make them! then i found out that one of my best friends knew how to make them…so I HAD TO FIND OUT! and your website helped TREMENDOUSLY! once i started working on it my mom commented that she used to do this with her gum wrappers in high school..i though it was really cool…and i understood the steps comepletley..the last few steps were confusing..but i got it after reading it a few times.
THANKS SO MUCH!
- -lexx!
p.s. i think i’ve eaten about 3 bags of starburst in the last 24 hours! =]
i love this its creative and its eco friendly because throwing these wrappers out is bad for the environment and we cant really recycling them finding ways to use the wrappers is great i just started making one i mainly wanted to because a friend at school made some for other ppl and she doesnt like me so i figured dont ask her just make your own so i am but im not eating them im just saving them thats what my brother said to do well i g2g and thanks for the tutorial its awesome!
love,
kathryn
you spelled instructions wrong at the top of the page, you typed intructions. : )
thanksss i’ve been wondering how to finish it and it was perfect:D
omggg.
i made a BELT, thankss.
i used 11 packedges of sour starbursst.
i will have to send picss,
i also counted arond 100 starbursst,
wrappers. wow!
thanks for telling me how to make it.
i sooo enjoyy..
I made one with about 23 gum wrappers.
I love it!
It goes with anything and looks like silver from far away. lol
thanks.
Wow, this website is amazing. I love the idea of starburst bracelets, so thanks!
=]
Hi,I´m from Portugal, I´m also a teacher and a craft girl. I love the wrapper Bags.And I wonder if you know or having some information how to make a purse,step by step. I can´t find a way.Thanks for sharing.I`ve been waiting for your answer.kisses from Portugal
Thankyou!
tiff say OMG thats TMTH
ahh thank you SO much! i usually dont write in these comment things but this was just so cool! i love it! thank you!!
i love them!
everyone at my school is wearing them… but noone will tell anyone how to make them!
thanks a bunch!
i finally finished one after trying for 5 years. this one i won’t be ale to keep which really scks, but thanks for the helpful instructions on how to end it off.
Wow we found your site in our web design class and got distracted and I went to the vending machine and bought 4 or 5 of them and did them for a couple days straight, and Annette thinks she is going to fail her finals now because of it, but she wont she will get over a 100% its just like her lol. but we got two of them done.
WOOOOO!
thanks for distracting us it was very entertaining!
thanks so much! ive alwyas wanted to know how to make thoughs. and you know what? if you dont want to eat all thoughs starbursts, take off the wrappers and put the starbursts in a bowl for later. this can be great for the movie night or party with your friends. and you know ill be havin alot of thoughs because its summer! baby!
Wow! this actually made me so happy
thanks a bunch. I spent a week in enlish trying to figure out how to do this .. and lets just say, ive had my fair share of starburst
omg!it is so awsom
This is fascinating, but i bought 2 packs…not enough…
also i bought tropical starburst….very feminine colors….not for a guy like me….
but ill give it away!!
( ‘ w ‘ ) thanx
this is really cool..i dont get the last part though. but if u dont mind id like to fim me making this and showing my websit viewers. ill tell them to visit this site and who showed me how to do it. let me no… thanx
How about many wrappers do you need?
These Bracelets are sooooo cool and i know my friends sister makes belts out of them!!
i love it how you made this it ………….AMAZING…………….. thanks
its easy to make once you get used to it. ive made one for all my friends!
Thanks so much! So I would assume to make one of those stylish candy wrapper bags, you would just make the pieces longer, and somehow weave them in and out of each other??? I’d appreciate it if you could explain that. Again, thanks for the bracelet, I’m going to get to work right away!
I’ve always wanted to learn how to make these!!!
thanks!! I first saw them when my friend got one from her boyfriend. He also learned how to make them! Still I was afraid to ask so I looked online today, brought some starburst, and worked on it! Thankfully I have sisters so they helped me eat them!!
Now I have accomplished another craft!! Thanks again!!!
I sat on a bus for thirty some hours coming back from a trip and made one of these for my boyfriend in my boredom. Before I knew it I had five or six girls and guys asking me to make them one! It was a ton of fun to share the candies and make the bracelets!
have starburst wrapers got smaller?
i had to use 2 at a time for each little bit.
I love the bracelets! Very Creative. I’m making one for me and my mom. They look awesome!!! It’s funny because in grade 2 my co-op had one and i liked it!!
Im going to try to make one of these bracelets. If anyone would like to make me one f0r free. . . . .ill give you my mailing address. :]
I am currently in the process of making an entire outfit with starburst wrappers. I’ve already made a necklace and when I was younger I made a blanket for my doll.
ATTENTION:
Does anyone know what is best for sticking the wrappers to the dress/skirt?
thanx so much but the last few are not so clear so i just made my own
hei i loved the colors you used.. i’m impressed!!
i had tried going to mcallen for some of em ..cause you know i live in mexico..and we dont have of those
thanks for sharing your idea
but i really didnt understood how to close the bracelet =s
but anyways i enjoy alot doing this stuff
This is so kool thanks for putting this up but i get stuck at step 9 when you put the two rappers togther so if anybody could help just e-mail me
thanks
i figured it out never mind lol thanks for puttin this up lol
you can use other wrapers too like i use chinese candy wrapers it was not that sweet
Hey thanks for putting this up.
I’ve always wonder how these bracelets are made.
I’m doing one right now and it looks really cool.
i really enjoyed doin this bracelet it was amazing the way it came out
Thank you so much for posting this awsome craft! Now when I get bored in nap time at camp I can make these!
i didnt get the last part of how you end the bracelet!!:S
SUPER COOL!
Thanks sooooo much, a girl at camp had one of these and she couldnt tell me how to make it cuz som1 gave it to her. I have a ton of wrappers saved so now I can use em! Thanx bunches!!!
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