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How to Make a Shoelace Ladder Bracelet

When I saw some bright fluoro shoelaces at the store recently I grabbed a packet knowing that we could make something fabulous with them. These shoelace ladder bracelets were the result – made with just 3 common crafty household items they are fun to make with school aged kids or an independent craft for tweens, and they look cool too!

Shoelace Ladder Bracelets to make with tweens and teens

You will need:

  • One shoelace for each bracelet
  • Coloured, plastic drinking straws
  • Coloured pony beads
  • Scissors
  • Lighter

To make:

1. Gather your supplies. Cut your drinking straws into small pieces – each piece should be very slightly shorter than the shoelace’s aglet (that’s the plastic sleeve at the end of the shoelace – I learn something new everyday!) to make it easy to thread through.


2. Thread a straw onto one end of the shoelace and push it up until it is roughly at the middle of the lace.

Tween Craft Ideas: How to Make a Shoelace Ladder Bracelet

3. Grab the other end of the shoelace and push it back through the straw to form a loop (check out the video below for a better look). It can take a little bit of effort to get the end through but this is seriously the hardest part of the project.

Tween Craft Ideas: How to Make a Shoelace Ladder Bracelet

Pull both ends tight until the straw sits in the middle of the shoelace with a small loop above it (see below).

Teen Craft Activities: Shoelace Ladder Bracelet

4. Add a bead to each end of the shoelace and push them up to the straw (see above).

5. Thread a second straw onto one end of the shoelace. Push it up to the beads. Thread the other end of the shoelace back through the straw to form a loop. Pull both ends tight until the straw sits below the two beads.

Teen Craft Activities: Shoelace Ladder Bracelet

Repeat steps 4 and 5 until your bracelet has reached the desired length.

6. Tie off the ends of your shoelace to form the bracelet (again, you might like to check out the video). Trim ends and use the lighter to seal the cut ends of the shoelace.

Fun Ladder Bracelets from Shoelaces to make with tweens and teens

And there you go – a ladder bracelet from a shoelace. Have fun making them in all different colour combinations!

Colourful Ladder Bracelets from Shoelaces to make with tweens and teens

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Christie Burnett is an early childhood teacher, presenter, writer and the editor of Childhood 101. More importantly, she is a Mum who believes wholeheartedly in the value of children learning through play, the importance of quality early education, and the togetherness of family.

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  1. sangeetha menon says

    July 9, 2015 at 4:34 AM

    This bracelet we used to make and give it to friends for friendship day celebrations. :-)

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