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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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! :D
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