What you need:
-A pair of plain earphones
-Lots of embroidery threads with colours of your choice
-Scissors
-Super glue and PVA glue
1. Gather as much embroidery thread or materials that you want to cover your earphones in as you need a lot, much more than you think and half covered straggly earphones wont look quite as good!
2. Start at the very bottom of the earphones and tie one colour to the end. Although in Mollie Makes and when hair braiding you tie all the colours on it means you have to use a lot more thread then needed so I recommend starting off with one thread at a time. Superglue to ensure it doesn't unravel or slip.
3. Then wrap the coloured thread round the earphone so that non of the earphone is showing. Once you get the hang of it you can start making interesting patterns using multiple threads to give your earphones a much more impressive look.
4. When you want to switch colours tie the new color to the earphone and carry on with the first colour until you cover the knot then begin wrapping the new colour around both the earphone and end of the old thread. Cut the thread you are stopping shorter so that it doesn't continue up the earphone for too long and get in the way.
5. Continue doing this all the way up the earphones. Once all the earphones are covered (don't do the earpieces though. No-one wants fluff in their ear) use superglue to secure the ends and I lightly brushed over all the earphone with PVA glue so that the threads didn't come apart.
6. Leave them to dry and then show off as people envy your earphones!
I love my earphones now and you can do this with so many things such as headphones, your hair (dont use the glue though!), charger wires, headbands, I could go on for a whole page! So braid it yourself today.
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