This bracelet is one I have been wanting to make ever since I saw all these adorable ceramic animal beads in the Fire Mountain Gems catalog. I’m still waiting for the lion, who was backordered, but I’ll add him in when he arrives.

I thought the addition of some leaves made it look especially jungle-like. So, the leaves are acrylic, the animals are ceramic, and the metals are all base metal and I think this just goes to show that you don’t have to use a lot of expensive materials to make something really nice.

Here are the links for the ceramic animal beads in the Fire Mountain Gems catalog. (No they are not a sponsor of mine but I kind of wish they were. 🙂 )

• tiger
• giraffe
• blue bird
• toucan
• red bird
• lion

Enjoy the video and happy creating!

You can watch the Jungle Cuties Charm Bracelet Video Tutorial over at YouTube.

Materials

• 5 or 6 ceramic animal beads
• 12 to 14 acrylic leaves
• 5 headpins
• jump rings and 20 gauge wire to hang your acrylic leaves
• seed beads
• a 6 to 7 inch length of chunky chain
• lobster clasp
• split ring

Tools

• chain nose pliers
• round the nose pliers
• wire cutters
• split ring pliers

Directions

1. Slide the head pins onto the ceramic charms and add seed beads as needed for filler.
2. Arrange charms along length of chain and make wire wrapped loops attaching them to links evenly spaced along the chain.
3. Use jump rings or 20 gauge wire to attach acrylic leaves to chain in alternate links of the chain, making wire wrapped loops as needed.
4. Use split ring to attach lobster clasp to one end of the chain.

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