Easy Rainbow Bear Bangle Bracelet Craft

How to Make a DIY Rainbow Bear Charm Bracelet

rainbow bear charm bracelet

A rainbow bear bangle bracelet is a fun craft that even a beginner can make and, of course, it is cute and fun to wear.

The little bears look like gummy bear candy, but they are meant to be made into jewelry and not eaten.

When you assemble the bracelet, the rainbow colored bear charms dangle and move as you do.

You will be happy to wear it and you can proudly tell people that you made it yourself.

Bear Charms

These little gummy bear charms are so cute!

I used three dimensional resin bear charms in rainbow colors for the rainbow bangle bracelet, since they look great from all directions.

The charms are made from resin and have loops attached, so they are easy to add to your jewelry crafts.

They look like multicolored gummy bears, but they are to look at and not to eat.

Rainbow Colors

ROYGBIV.

This acronym is how many of us learned the proper order for the colors in a rainbow.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet

These colors are all pretty and they are even more beautiful when they are together in a rainbow.

I didn’t have an indigo bear charm, so I skipped that one and just put the blue next to the violet.

The bracelet is still beautiful and you may not even have noticed.

Expandable Bangle Bracelet

Adjustable bangle bracelets are wonderful to work with and they are a pleasure to wear.

An added bonus is that these bracelet blanks are very budget friendly, very.

You can get a pack of 60 of these bracelets to add your own charms to for less than you’d pay for one fashion bracelet at the mall.

Mine are silver, but steel, rose gold and yellow gold tone adjustable bracelets are good options, too.

A regular circular bangle needs to be big enough to fit over your hand, so it slides down instead of resting nicely on your wrist.

This bangle expands to slide onto your wrist and the contracts, when it’s on.

The bangle rests on your wrist, so it looks nice and doesn’t get in the way when you are using your hands.

Jump Rings

The small circle findings used to connect jewelry components are called jump rings.

They are positioned between the charm and the bangle to keep it hanging freely and dangling at a nice angle.

If this is your first time making jewelry at home, you can pick up an inexpensive package of jump rings to use now and on future DIY projects.

The small rings have an opening that you can open up with pliers and then close it up again when your jewelry components are in place.

They come in different sizes and in different types of metal.

I find it handy to keep assorted sizes of gold and silver jump rings available for jewelry making projects at home.

You can use jump rings to match the other jewelry findings you are using or you can mix and match, if you’d like.

Pliers

Pliers are a helpful tool to have for jewelry making.

Needle nose pliers are handy to open up jump rings and attach your jewelry components together.

I find it easiest to use pliers with a short pointed tip, but you may like a longer tip or even a curved (hooked) tip.

You can use regular household needle nose pliers, if you already have them on hand.

Or you can get needle nose jewelry pliers with comfortable grips to keep with your other DIY jewelry tools and supplies.

Where to Buy Jewelry Supplies Online

AliExpress has a huge selection of jewelry making supplies at super low prices – incredibly low prices. Plan ahead when you order, since shipping can take longer than US based companies.
Amazon also has a good selection of supplies and shipping can be very fast.

Both of these online stores have the supplies and tool you will need to make a rainbow bear bangle bracelet craft.

Rainbow Bear Bangle Bracelet Craft

Supplies / Materials

Expandable Bangle Bracelet
Resin Bear Charms (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet)
6 Jump Rings

Tools/Equipment

Needle Nose Pliers

Instructions

1) Gather up your jewelry making supplies. My resin gummy bears are in this rainbow order:

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet

2) Use the pliers to open up a jump ring and slip it through both the red gummy bear charm loop and the bracelet.

3) Squeeze the jump ring closed with the pliers, so your bear is securely attached to the charm bracelet.

4) Repeat for the rest of the rainbow colored gummy bears.

5) Have fun wearing your cute and trendy rainbow bangle bracelet!

Easy Rainbow Bear Bangle Bracelet Craft