Step 2: Create your own colourful paper (optional)
We painted regular white printer paper with liquid watercolor paint to make beautifully coloured paper.More details on how to paint the paper are below this tutorial!
Step 3: Cut the paper into strips.
Draw a 6 inch square on your paper.
Cut out the square.
Fold the square in half from bottom to top.
Cut the paper in half on the fold line.
Fold one of the smaller pieces in half from bottom to top.
Cut the piece in half again, on the fold line.
Fold one of these piece in half again and cut.
Repeat with the other pieces of paper to end up with 8 rectangles that are 6 inches by 3/4 inches.
Repeat all of Step 3 with a second piece of paper.You should have 16 strips of paper total.
Step 4: Fold the paper strips
Fold one of the strips of paper in half from right to left.
Open the paper up again and fold the right edge in towards the center fold.Don't bring the edge right to the center - leave about 1/16 inch of space between the end and the middle fold.
Repeat, folding in the left edge, again leaving 1/16 inch of space between the end and the middle fold.
Fold the paper in half one last time on the center fold.
Repeat Step 4 with the remaining 15 pieces of paper.
Step 5: Combine the paper strips into a bracelet
Hold the open side of one piece of folded paper in your left hand. Hold the folded side of another piece of paper in your right.
Slide the open side of the right paper in through the center of the left paper, on either side of its center folds.
Push the paper through, pulling it down all the way so half of it sticks out the bottom. Push it all the way to the left side.If you've done this correctly, one folded piece should catch on the other folded piece. If it slips right through, try again.
Turn the papers counterclockwise. Insert the ends of another piece of paper through the center of the paper you just added. (The blue piece gets inserted into the pink piece in our case.)
Pull the paper all the way through until it catches.
Insert the next paper (green in our case) up through the last paper (blue). This will create a zigzag pattern.
Continue adding the pieces, alternating coming in from the top or bottom. Do this until you have 1 loose piece of paper left.
Step 6: Connect the bracelet
Unfold the last piece of paper completely and refold it in half.Push open the last holes on the bracelet to make larger loops.
Slide the last paper through the holes, continuing the zigzag pattern. This paper will have a longer edge that sticks out.
Push open the loop from the paper at the other end of the bracelet. Slide the 2 long ends of the opposite end through the middle loop.
Pull the long ends all the way through to connect the paper into a bracelet shape.
Fold back the top layer of the long paper and slide it through the pocket of the paper beside it.
Repeat for the other long edge, tucking it inside the bracelet.