16 Free Jewelry Making Projects for Beginners + 8 Basic Tips

By: Maggie Kmiecik, editor, AllFreeJewelryMaking.com

This collection of 16 Free Jewelry Making Projects for Beginners is the perfect thing for you if you are looking to get started in the world of jewelry making! We've created this collection of various free online jewelry making projects to help make it easy to choose a starting point. This page contains projects for simple beading, metalwork, chain maille, and even simple, quick projects that require absolutely no previous jewelry making experience.

So, whether you already own round nose pliers and wire cutters or just a glue gun, there's a beginner DIY jewelry project for you. Many of these free jewelry making projects use simple supplies you may already have lying around the house such as buttons, fabric scraps, and old toys, making it easy to find projects that are not intimidating if you have never made jewelry before.

Easy Earring Projects
Necklace Patterns for Beginners
Easy-to-Make Bracelets
Simple Ring Projects
Bonus! 8 Beginner Jewelry Making Tips

Easy Earring Projects

Sometimes earrings are the only accessory you need to dress up an outfit, especially when they are bigger statement pieces like these.

Learn how to give a pair of old earrings a fresh new face, learn how to use up fabric scraps to make some cute accessories, or pick up some easy wire and metal work techniques.

Necklace Patterns for Beginners

Beautifully Simple African Bead Necklace

Necklaces are one of the easiest accessories to dress up a pair of jeans and a plain white tee. These cute necklace patterns are no exception.

They are all simple necklace patterns that you can make in an evening and wear out the next day. Get started today making these DIY necklaces!

Easy-to-Make Bracelets

Easy and Colorful European 4 in 1 Bracelet

Bracelets are one of the easiest pieces of jewelry to make. Learn these fun bracelet making techniques and you'll have a simple and quick way to make gifts for your friends and family.

Each of these free jewelry making projects uses a different technique, so once you've mastered one, you can expand your jewelry making knowledge!

Simple Ring Projects

If you love wearing pretty rings, these projects are for you. Learn how to make big, bold, attention-grabbing rings or simple rings you can wear every day with any outfit. These projects implement the two most common ways to quickly make rings: gluing objects to ring backs and using wire. Once you learn these two simple techniques, you can get your creativity flowing and be able to try tons of free jewelry making patterns!

Bonus! 8 Beginner Jewelry Making Tips

Making beaded jewelry begins with the basics. You want to have a good foundation knowledge of the basic jewelry making techniques before you tackle the free jewelry making projects we've included above.

Review these jewelry making beginner tips and techniques first. Once you've mastered these fundamental basics, you'll be ready to try all kinds of jewelry projects and maybe even create your own original designs!