recylcled record bracelets

Staci's slumber party guests will be making bracelets out of old records next weekend, we had a trial run yesterday to see how it would work.

They are a easy and fun project kids can do with minimal supervision.  We started with old records, I bought these at a local thrift store for .50cents.

Place record on pizza pan and draw half circles around side of record (mine are hard to see).

 Put in oven at 200degrees until the record is soft, (I recommend using your oven fan and opening a window to let out fumes). Mine took about 3 to 5 minutes to soften.

 Pull out and cut half circles out, if record hardens while your cutting (they harden fast) just put back in oven for a few minutes.

 once you have cut your shapes out bend them to fit wrist.

 You can use a soup can to help shape them since they will be hot, if they are not small enough or you don't like shape just put back in oven to soften and start again.

I trimmed the back side of mine so the edges would not be sharp.

Then the girls decorated with a variety of things, you could use anything to decorate them, we used glitter glue, ribbon and beads, but I am also buying charms and decals for Staci's party so the possibilities are limitless.