Big news! The Starburst Wrapper Bracelet Tutorial
It’s only $1.99 and with the Kindle version, you can take this handy step-by-step guide wherever you’re going to be folding! Giving the e-book along with a pack of Starburst wrappers would be an excellent gift.
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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. It looks like a lot of steps, but after you’ve made a few links you’ll have the folding method memorized. The average bracelet takes 30-36 Starburst wrappers, so save up! Ask friends to unwrap carefully and “donate”, and to avoid candy binges and sugar highs, unwrap all your Starbursts and save them in a ziploc bag for later. You can save money by buying Starbursts in bulk from Amazon
If you’re clever, you can make this bracelet from any rectangular wrapper: dum dum wrappers, tootsie roll wrappers, most gum wrappers, now and laters… be creative, there are lots of options!
Keep in mind that when you have finished, you need the bracelet to be 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. This is the only tutorial that contains the ending method that blends in with the rest of the bracelet; it’s very tricky but entirely feasible.
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. Steps 1-8 give 1 completed link.
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 making links (steps 1-8) and adding them on (steps 9 & 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
Make one more link the same way as the others (steps 1-8), 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. That’s the easiest way to think about it. It’s hard to photograph and explain, but if you’re making it look like all the other links, you’re doing it right.
Step 17
Pull ends through until you reach the original folded point, and 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. This is the trickiest part, and will require a bit of fiddling.
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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It is funny how things return and “come around again”. In the 60′s when I was a little girl gum wrappers were used to make these same chains. Some people had chains as long as their height. I chewed a lot of Juicey Fruit back then so my chain was usually yellow.
Great love it make a video and it will be perrrrrfect!!!!!!!!!
I got soooo lost on this thing when they were trying to explain it.. i mean i understood it till you got to the part of putting them together.. i guess it takes time.. and a LOT of patients..
Unbelievable how things come around again. I, too, remember these from the sixty’s. I was small and remember my older cousins making these. They taught me. :). I am going to teach my grand daughters. They will love it. Thanks for sharing. Nancy
CAN you do this withnsomething besides stardusts???!
aweeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssooooooooooommmmmmmme
i wish they made black starburst, that would be AWESOME!!!
totally works w/ magazine paper too!
love this!
Your Instructions sucked so badly i could’nt understand how to use it and i did not finish it. It kept on breaking on me.
YOU SUCK (:
XOXO
Harsh..
Can u make one for mahazine paper too plsssss
just cut the paper to the same size as a starburst wrapper! or bigger/smaller will work, as long as the ratio of edges is the same.
haha. lawl, :P x ^ v koool kidsss <3
or maybe you suck so badly you couldn’t understand the instructions.
lulz, win
Muy bonito arte quisiera aprender
Wow! Your instructions were so easy to understand and the pictures were so very helpful. I’ve had people try to show me how to do this in person but it was so hard to learn because they went so fast. thank you for posting this for everyone of us who needed help. =D
im bookmarking this page this is so great. you are a very creative and smart girl!!!
Haha this was interesting I had my brother do this for me thanks for the steps:D
dammit.. my packet of starbursts doesn’t have an even ratio of orange:yellow:red:pink
gaahhhh
I was able to make the chain easily, but Finishing it was hard. It broke every time I wore it so you need new directions for the end part. They are really stupid:)
Aha, what I found is easier is just take both ends and safty pin them together =)
i loved the bracelet!!! thanks for the instructions :) they are great!
I found this SUPER helpful. I just got confused on the part when your connecting them? But REALLY awesome!
I don’t know weather you are using some old kind of starburst wrappers or some new kinds but the ones is have are really fat and I cant put another one through like you have done in step 11… please help. :S x
My favorite candy are Tootsie Rolls, so I made a bracelet out of their wrappers. It worked really well, and the wrappers are a bit bigger than Starbursts so the overall effect was a larger bracelet. Thanks for the tips, they were very helpful!
I love these! I made them all the time when I was younger. Can you make a bag? I never figured out how to connect more than just the chain, to make it wider instead of longer.
The only problem I have now is eating all the starbursts I had to unwrap :O
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Wow that seems like fun now i want to try! Whats the longest chain for that?!
i think 4259 but im not sure ive only got like 46
This is so much fun! I’ve been home for a few weeks (out of school, I had surgery) and things just got so boring. I’ve been wondering how to do this for about a year now, and your website had just the thing I’ve been looking for! Not only this project, but the other crafts on here are pretty fun, and they keep my days interesting :) Thank you!
I used DumDum wrappers! This is great!
well tonight got nearly finished and ran out of red ones just need two more not good lol :( will have to wait till tomorrow to buy more starburst :(
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Instructions were easy to follow and I have a great piece of art to show for it! Great Work!