The main material for survival bracelet is parachute cord, which is also called 550 cord; this cord is made of a kind of light weight nylon which has been long used in military and astronaut fields in US history; later it gets popular in civilian life, that’s why so many people are fond of how to make a survival bracelet. I guess some of you have figured out the reason why this paracord bracelet is also named survival bracelet. After jumping with parachute, soldier survives.

Now please prepare the things you need for how to make survival bracelet: 550 cords of your choices, scissors, lighter.

step 1: prepare the base of paracord bracelet

First, choose cord #1 (one color), fold in half, and wrap around your wrist to decide the survival bracelet slightly longer than the circumference of your wrist; make a neat large knot at ends, cutting the excess cord.

Second, pick cord #2 (another color or same color) which should be long enough for braiding.

step 2: plait the whole paracord bracelet

First, put #2 under #1, shaping as “T” but with a loop at the top of #1;

Second, start with right part of #2 over #1 to form a half loop, lead left part underneath #1 and through the half loop, and pull both parts and tighten the first knot; then start with left part;

Third, repeat the above process till the braided length reach the circumference of your wrist.

step 3: finish the paracord bracelet

First, snip off the excess cord, leave 5 mm length of cord to spread out, and use lighter to burn the outside length to form a burnt knot.

Second, wrap around the bracelet on wrist and thread the large knot in step 1 through the top loop also in step 1 (they are just like the clasp).

How to make a survival bracelet is finished and your cool paracord bracelet is well done. This bracelet is just single colored in braiding body, so if you want double colored bracelet, you can join two colored 550 cords as the braiding cord.