Crochet Toddler Bracelets

Dishtowel Dress Idea and Pattern by Trey & Lucy
Striped Pants from Target (sz. 3-6M so they'd fit like leggings)
Crocheted Beaded Bracelet by ME!

Serenity loves to wear bracelets - what little girl doesn't, right? She's too young right now for any of those cute plastic toy bracelets to fit her - they just fall right off. Well, after seeing those rubber bracelets (like from the 80's) my friend's tween Bethany wears - Serenity started wearing elastic ponies so she can have "a bracelet like Bethany, Mommy!". She even puts them on her ankles! I thought about "dressing up" the ponies - kinda like they do with crocheted scrunchies and socks. It was a instant hit with Serenity! She loves her new bracelets! And since she liked it so much - maybe your little girl will too. They are simple and quick to make.

Win a Halloween Crochet Bracelet by entering here!

Supplies:
Size 1/2.75 mm steel crochet hook (or any hook small enough to fit through the hole of a pony bead)
size 10 cotton crochet thread
elastic ponies
pony beads
small bell
tacky glue





Halloween Beaded Bracelet: 1 sc onto elastic pony, *ch 2, insert your hook into a bead, yo and pull the thread through the bead, yo and pull through lp, ch 1, insert your hook into a bead, yo and pull the thread through the bead, yo and pull through lp, ch 2, 4 sc onto elastic pony, repeat from*, all the way around. 3 sc, sl st into first sc. Fasten off, weave in ends, add a dot of tacky glue.

Don't forget to enter here for your chance to win a Halloween Crochet Bracelet!









Chunky LSU Beaded Bracelet: 1 sc onto elastic pony, *ch 2, insert your hook into a bead, yo and pull the thread through the bead, yo and pull through lp, ch 1, insert your hook into a bead, yo and pull the thread through the bead, yo and pull through lp, ch 2, sc onto elastic pony, repeat from*, all the way around. Sl st into first sc. Fasten off, weave in ends, add a dot of tacky glue.











Bell Bracelet: 1 sc onto elastic pony, ch 3, yo and draw thread through the bell, ch 3, sc onto elastic pony. sc all the way around the elastic pony, sl st into first sc. Fasten off, weave in ends, add a dot of tacky glue.











Butterfly Bracelet: Sc onto elastic pony all the way around, sl st into first sc. Fasten off, weave in ends, add a dot of tacky glue. Attach butterfly.












Shell Bracelet: Sc onto elastic pony all the way around, sl st into first sc, ch 3, turn. Do a basic shell stitch (2 dc in first sc, * ch 1, skip 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 1, skip 1 sc, 5 dc in next sc; repeat from *) all the way around. Fasten off, weave in ends, add a dot of tacky glue.












80's Retro Bracelet: Two elastic ponies looped together!








Abbreviations:
sl st = slip stitch
ch = chain
lp = loop
sc = single crochet
yo = yarn over

POST-IT-NOTE: Little beads would look good too! Crocheting with beads is really very easy! Over 1,000,000 results popped up when I Googled: "how to crochet with beads"!

POST-IT-NOTE 2: I would like give a HUGE thank you to One Pretty Thing and Dollar Store Crafts and Kraft Mum and Crochet Poet's Pattern Collection for linking this post!

Have fun!