Upcycle Design, Aluminum Tab Bracelet

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Soda Pop Cool bracelet/choker

What you need: 16+ soda can pulltabs, zip ties

Are you still throwing the cans away? You may want think again.

Materials:

pulltabs - 16 or more according to your size of your wrist. A choker requires twice or three times more tabs.
zip ties (smallest ones in the shop) - one pack.
small safety pins ( if you opt for the other method.)

Tools:

nippers (smaller ones are better).
small metal file
nail file


1. After snapping off the tabs from cans, clip off the excess parts with nippers.	2. File off the burr to prevent your bracelet scrach your skin and your clothing.	3. Fasten tabs togather with zip ties as tight as possible. Take note the direction of the zip ties and the way tabs are overlapped.	4. Pinch off the eccess of the zip ties. But for the last two rounds, don't cut them all the way. Cut them as short as the length of two tubs.	5. All the tabs are connected to the length wanted. See how the last four ties are not cutoff but shortened as long as two tabs.

6. File off the edges of the ties so they don't prickle you.	7. File off with a nail file to make it smoother.	7. Cleaning the fluff caused by filing with nippers.	8. Now it is done.	9. To fasten the bracelet, thread the tails of ties throgh the roops of the tabs at the other end.

10. Fasten bracelet.	11.Showing how to wear the bracelet.	12. The bracelet fastened on the wrist securely.	13 . From the other side.	14 . Multiple bracelets can be snaped togather endlessly. Two bracelets can be connected to wear on your neck as a choker.


15. With safety pins, it is even easier and fewer tabs needed.	16. Not too bad for pop tabs and safety pins.	17. Another way is to tie tabs with fishing lines. This takes quite a lot of time.