Make a Cassette Tape Bracelet

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April 21, 2009 29790 Views 9 Comments

By Heather

Finnish designers Greta Muuri and Isla Myllys have done some interesting work with recycled materials, including some work with cassette tapes (and the tape that comes in them). I personally love recycled audio equipment crafts, and this is another great addition to the projects we’ve been collecting here on Dollar Store Crafts. [how to make a cassette tape bracelet]

You probably won’t find a cassette tape at the dollar store, but chances are you already have one on hand that you wouldn’t mind using for this project, or you can pick one up at the thrift store.

Project Estimate:

Cassette Tape, on hand or about $.25 at a thrift store
Cotton yarn, on hand
Cotton scrap fabric, on hand
Zipper, on hand or $1

Total cost: FREE and up

Tags: bracelet, cassette, cassette tape, cheap, cuff, free, jewelry, kitsch, pop culture, punk, teen, zipper

Heather

Heather Mann is chief editor of Dollar Store Crafts, and specializes in transforming inexpensive materials into stylish and simple craft projects. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, in Reader’s Digest and the New York Times. DSC has been recognized as named one of Babble.com’s Top 10 Best Overall Craft Blogs (2011 & 2012) and Apartment Therapy’s 10 Crafty Blogs We Love (2010). Her work has been viewed by millions on the cover of FamilyFun magazine and on top websites such as RealSimple, Huffington Post, ABCNews.com, and others.

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9 Comments

Corvus

April 21, 2009 at 7:05 am

That’s really quite awesome! It’s like the record cuffs (natural descendent of the classic record bowl), only moved a little bit further forward in time. Alas, this may be the end of the music-recordings-of-human-history-melted-into-wrist-cuffs lineage; I doubt CDs will make good cuffs, unless you sanded down any sharp edges and backed them with something sturdy, like leather. I could be wrong, though.

Hmm. A leather cuff with pieces of broken CD (possibly microwaved) stitched to it. This could be interesting!
heather

April 21, 2009 at 8:17 am

@corvus I used broken CD pieces stitched to a bra for an art show piece. I called it 36-CDR.
Satsuki

April 21, 2009 at 9:01 am

How funky is that! The zipper really gives it that something special.

Oh, also I gave you an award for your SUPER blog:

http://spiffyspotlights.blogspot.com/2009/04/validation-tastes-so-sweet.html
Mallory

April 22, 2009 at 11:30 am

I actually did see cassette tapes at the Dollar Store yesterday! But I’m too cheap to pay a whole dollar for them, so I get mine at the thrift store. This is really neat! I couldn’t tell where the tape was from looking at the picture the first time. It’s cool and not too in-your-face.
babook

May 5, 2009 at 7:49 am

what a good idear ,keep go :)
laura

May 10, 2012 at 10:28 am

I can’t seem to follow the link for the how to on this bracelet. Does anyone have the instructions or a different link?
heather

May 10, 2012 at 2:22 pm

@Laura, looks like the site is gone. I emailed the owners, so hopefully they will get back to me. Otherwise, we are out of luck.
heather

June 10, 2012 at 10:10 am

@Laura, the link is updated now.
Emily

July 27, 2012 at 7:10 pm

When I was bending the cassette it kept breaking :( any adivce