Friendship Bracelets for Cancer Patients

CLOSED: This opportunity is closed to submissions. We are working to restructure this project to keychains only. If still interested in submitting bracelets, please email us at volunteer@kitstoheart.org with photos for approval, as we will only accept exceptionally well-made and adjustable bracelets. Thank you so much for your support!

1 handmade embroidery thread bracelet may receive 1 service hour

LIMIT 30 BRACELETS PER SUBMISSION PER MONTH

As of July 13, 2024, we no longer accept any rainbow loom bracelets.

Kits to Heart Friendship Bracelets

Show off your bracelet-making skills, while letting recipients know that you are rooting for them! Please use embroidery thread/floss in colors of your choice. Step-by-step tutorials and videos are available for various patterns at Bracelet Book and FriendshipBracelets.net, which notes:

"Originally, these colorful bands were invented by native people in Central and South America. According to tradition, you tie a bracelet onto the wrist of a friend who may wish for something at that moment. The bracelet should be worn until it is totally worn-out and falls off by itself, at which moment the wish is supposed to come true."

Priorities

  • Embroidery thread bracelets must be made long enough to fit an average adult’s wrist (about 7 inches long) to be considered for service hours.
  • Complex, colorful patterns, including popular patterns such as chevron, spiral, Chinese ladder, zig zag, etc. (see YouTube tutorials below).
  • Bracelets with adjustable loops.
  • Embroidered alpha bracelets or keychains, using the guide below, may be considered for up to 2 service hours. These may include cancer ribbons and encouraging words like “hope” and “love.” This does NOT include beads with letters on them.

Alpha lettering for friendship bracelets

Alpha friendship bracelet 

 

Kits to Heart Alpha Friendship Bracelet for Cancer Patients

 

We Do Not Accept

  • Rainbow loom bracelets
  • Store-bought bracelets for service hours. We reserve the right to ask for photo evidence in the event that store-bought bracelets are suspected of being submitted for service hours.
  • Paracord bracelets
  • Beaded bracelets
  • Bracelets made of yarn
  • Bracelets of entirely fishtail braids or simple braids

Suggested Resources

Materials

Ideas
Suggested YouTube Tutorials (Other Patterns Are Welcome)
Alpha Friendship Bracelets

How to Submit

Please follow these steps to ensure your work is received!