Popsicle Stick Bracelets
A couple months ago, @WTFPinterest (who runs a hilarious blog that you should totally go check out) sent me a tip that Huffington Post was saying that popsicle stick bracelets are one of the most popular pins ever to hit Pinterest. My very own sister had pointed the pin out to me even before that, so with two requests in the bag, I couldn’t very well ignore this project any longer. Except I did. For two months. But now I’m doing it, so quit nagging, ok?
Photos by Tara Nelson, Craft Affection
Know why I took so long to test this one? I didn’t have any popsicle sticks. No lie.
But I was foraging for food the other night in my freezer and found some fudgesicles. Some very old fudgesicles. I briefly considered eating one.
Very briefly.
But then I gave up and just put it down the sink. I did save the popsicle stick, though. Given my crafting history, I decided I’d better have two popsicle sticks, on the off chance that I messed one up– haha– so I fed the garbage disposal one more really old fudgesicle. And I knew just what to do with the popsicle sticks…
I boiled the shit out of them. I boiled those suckers on a double double toil and trouble rolling boil for fifteen full minutes.
So I expected them to be sort of pliable when I fished them out (with tongs, because I ain’t dumb– that shit was hot).
They were not very pliable. In fact, they very much resembled… popsicle sticks, in their pliability. Still, I managed to bend them very carefully and slowly into a semi-circular shape and stick them, as instructed, in a glass. And, since this is me we’re talking about, it was a Bailey’s high ball glass.
Then, also as instructed, I let them sit overnight. This tried my patience. You will note that my usual pintests are not over-nighters. I am not a patient woman. But for you, and to test the most popular pin ever on Pinterest, I managed.
I got home from work today all excited, thinking I’d never have to pay good money for a bracelet ever again. (And then I took my tongue out of my cheek and stopped being such a snarky bitch.)
Alas, it was not to be.
This resembles a bracelet sort of in the way my dog resembles a tabby cat.
Which is to say not at all.
All of my wishing could not make it work.
And, so, I did what any other crafter would do when faced with insurmountable odds and a failed craft. I quit and drank some damn wine.
They actually look more like my retainers than any bracelet I own. Hear that, Pinterest people? You can make your own retainers at home!
oh my gawd~ that so funny ~ i couldnt stop laughing esp after seeing the retainer part lols
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LikeAnother hilarious post, I mentioned this in my blog at thissillygirlslife.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-pintester.html Check it out if you'd like!
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LikeThe pic of you wearing your new retainers is hilarious! I am addicted to your blog. :-D
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Likeive actually done this! my mom used to be a "brownie" leader (ya know, like 5 year old girl scouts) and we made these. I have no idea how we made them back then, but I KNOW they worked. From thinking back id have to say the glass was the trick--we used small plastic ones that curled the bracelet almost completely closed. and knowing my mother we used some cheap ass generic popsicle sticks, nothing special. Plain brown popsicle stick bracelets to a 5 year old? bomb-diggity fo' sho.
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LikeI was going to say maybe try a different type of popsicle stick but Nancy C answered that for us this is depressing they are very cute I was going to try it but now I dont!
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LikeI went to extreme lengths in trying to find ANY kind of success with this. I used doctors office tongue depressors, Popsicle sticks you buy in bulk, stick from actual Popsicles . . .
I tried boiling, microwaving, 'glass' glasses, soup cans (as the mold)
NOTHING WORKED *EVER*!
Not even close!
They all looked just like your results.
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LikeI did this for my daughters sleep over birthday party. The kids loved doing them. BUT... They were a FAIL! Looked nothing like a bracelet, more like the mouth guard you showed. After a few hours they seemed to straighten back out. OH WELL< they had fun doing them!
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LikeI did this a few months back as well. Mine turned out basically like yours, although slight more round. But the end were still straight and a total fail as a bracelet. I even went so far as to try the paper decoupage, and that was just another step in the fail ladder.
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LikeC'mon, you didn't take at least *one* bite before feeding those frost bitten fudgesicles down the disposal?
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LikeI just want you to know that you have made my night!!! You are not the only lady who thinks like this and you have made me laugh out loud! Job well done! now pour yourself a glass of something amazing and lets toast to hilarity in failure!!! thank you *sniff sniff*
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Likehahahaha... we have got to stop meeting like this... you doing funny shit and me laughing until it hurts!!!! lololol
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Likeseriously, you are the best cure for bad mood!
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LikeOk, this one is my favorite! By now, my co-workers are asking what the h*ll I'm laughing at over here! lol
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LikeThank you for being so insane and hilarious!
I doubt I will stop laughing for a few days.
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LikeHaha, you have me cracking up... this shit is hysterical!
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