Thanksgiving Acorn Bracelet Tutorial

Here's a tutorial on making an acrylic acorn charm bracelet.  I saw some of these at Big Lots the other day and had to snag them.  I liked the acorns the best, but they also had pumpkins and leaves. 

Supplies:

• acrylic acorn charms (sometimes found with 'floral scatter' in craft stores)
• premade bracelet or chain to cut
• jump rings, medium and large
• jewelry plyers
  
• jewelry snippers
• hand drill
• lobster clasp
  
• earring hardware, if making earrings
  

Here is a huge pack from Amazon.  Check your local Big Lots or Dollar Store, first, though.  Who needs 200 of these?  Maybe you do, but I don't.

1.  Cut your chain to the desired length.

2.  Attach the lobster clasp to one end of the bracelet.

3. This step depends on how packed you like your bracelet.  I decided on six acorns, but you could easily double that number if you like a really chunky look.

4.  Drill a hole through the tippiest top of the acorn.  I'm talking about the little nub of a stem up there. (This is the trickiest step!) This step works best with a partner.  Have them hold the acorn steady against the edge of a table while you drill the hole. 

You can also use a vise or a clamp to hold the acorn, but put fabric around the sides so as not to scratch the acrylic.

5. Put one jump ring through the bracelet chain then close it.  Now put one jump ring through the top of the acorn, then put that jump ring through the first one.  Now close that one.  Continue until you have attached all your acorns.

 6.  This is the last step...are you excited?  Attach a large jump ring to the end of the bracelet chain.

You're done!

I also made a pair of earrings.  Follow the same steps to drill the acorns and attach them to a length of chain.  Attach the chain to the earring hardware using jump rings.

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Comments

[Vanessa {a fanciful twist}]

Laura you rock!

Excellent tutorial!

We just got a Big Lots here, and a Tuesday Morning. Well, like 10 minutes away, so that is fun!

Great photos too!!

Love, V

[Laura Irrgang]

Thanks, Vanessa!
You will LOVE Big Lots, I promise.
Its fun because they always have different oddball stuff.
Its like a thrift store, but with food and makeup and holiday stuff.
Gross. That sounded horrible. Thrift store makeup---gag.
Everything is new. I swear.
They buy out chains of stores that are closing or relocating or something.
Like, if a chain of Walgreens is bought out by CVS, then Big Lots buys
the entire contents of all of Walgreens stores.
Then they sell THAT.
Does that make sense?

[Jill James]

I go to Big Lots Anonymous ~ seriously addicted.....(my husband cannot understand it) ~ he comes from a family that never haunts thrift stores or discount stores or buys anything with scratches or dings. My sis-in-law married a Greek and he & I are 2 peas in a pod with our antique, thrift, rusty, rangey, funky, aura from a past life vibes!

Sometimes I think B.L. sells products that are testing the waters ~ I bought Twinings Almond Chai there & it took about a month for it to show up in Walmart. (another store that mortifies people).

I wonder if Martha Stewart knows a lot of her things get closed out there. She would be seriously mortified!

[Shirley]

Beautiful, Laura! As usual you amaze me!
Keep these lovely ideas coming.