Hello, and welcome to the illustrated step-by-step process for making a toothbrush bracelet. This is a great way to reuse an item that you may have otherwise thrown out. In six simple steps you will turn your toothbrush into a one-of-a-kind fashion accessory!
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so my other sister and I went out to CVS and got like 20 of them, it was a pretty big hit for those kids and i have a few friends over and im 18. Can i just say im legit starting a new trend in my school...people are texting me and who knows how they got my # but they ask me to make them some!!
OMG... THANK YOU! You have inspired me!
Better to put it over something like a spoon handle. When it wilts, the core is still about 270 and holds the dimensions when you bend it.
Speak up if you've found otherwise.
You could go outside and hold your breath.
:D Great instructable!
I couldn't find any of the just plastic toothbrushes so I had to settle for the ones that have some of the grips and what not.. though they seemed to work fine..
Here's how mine turned out.. The blue one was a bit harder to shape due to its thickness so try to go for a toothbrush that is relatively the same thickness...
They turned out really nice. I like how the band of color shows through the clear part of the toothbrush and yeah they look neat all together :)
Good luck with yours and post up pictures when you're done!
I tried this, and it took only about 5-10 minutes Very nice effects. It was a little hard to take the bristles out, but that was the only road bump. I'm definitely going to have to do this again. :3
You can do it with the bristles in However there are a few problems.
The holes that the bristles are in expand and so you will loose quite a few bristles. I feel like the rest of the bristles will go over the next few days, but we'll see.
After waiting a minute for the toothbrush to cool the brush was hard. I recommend you bend it right after taking it out.
Thicker parts of the toothbrush lost flexibility well before the thinner parts so I suggest bending the thicker parts of the toothbrush first.
Below are two pictures of the end result, I'm not sure if you could make a form to bend the brush over that would give you a neater curve.
I don't think you would want a perfect circle. I have big hands and if I made a complete circle I wouldn't be able to fit into the bracelet.
The second picture shows what the bristles end up looking like.
(In fact, I think I need to pass this on to my colleague who runs a jewellery club.)
Artquilter: I haven't tried leaving the bristles in, let me know if it works (if they curl while boiling, you could always pull them out after)
Luchador Al: I'm so sorry I forgot to mention that the toothbrush has to be the clear plastic kind. The toothbrush you are using is probably made of a different kind of plastic.
thoughts? help?
al