Express Yourself with Shimmer ‘n Sparkle ABC Fashion Bead Bracelets

It’s no secret that we, collectively as a society, have been in our friendship bracelet era. They’re a fun way to express yourself or your love for someone else. There’s nothing that makes us smile bigger than a personalized bracelet, created just for us with love.

Cra-Z-Art offers an affordable and easy-to-use kit for kids to make that personalized expression so, so simple. The Shimmer ‘n Sparkle ABC Fashion Bead Bracelets Kit comes with two different kinds of bracelet bases: embroidery floss for a woven look or clear elastic cord for a full beaded creation. The beads come in a range of styles: Kids can pick from metallic square, square icon, pony, frosted, round, iridescent, silver, and — of course — alpha beads in square, round, and metallic styles, so kids can (quite literally) spell out clearly what it is they love.

And that variety of beads is not in short supply. With more than 800 beads, kids can deck out their wrists with the things they love and things that describe them best — whether it’s “#SELFIE,” “DANCE,” or maybe “WILDCATS” a red and white bead in between each one. The kit also comes with instructions and a threader so that kids and tweens ages 6 and up can really get the hang of bracelet making.

And as we’ve always known but were recently so clearly reminded, beaded friendship bracelets are all about community and sharing! Kids can make these bracelets for themselves, or share the love by trading and gifting them. The joy of connecting with another person over a shared interest is even better when you have a bracelet that goes with it. Kids can bead together a “BFF” or “BESTIE” bracelet to show their favorite friend how much they love them.

So go on: Make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it —and make memories that will outlast the bracelets themselves.