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DIY Backpack Tassel Charm With Your Initial!

September 06, 2025

Learn to make a quick and easy decorative tassel for your backpack or purse, using an AdTech Essential Liberty glue gun, a Jewel Loom Tassel Maker, plus fibers and a decorative initial or charm of your choice! In this short tutorial, Julianna "Jewels" Avelar shows you how! This tassel would also make a cute decoration on a gift box or bag, then has a second use as a backback decoration! Only your imagination is the limit. And if you are looking for a project to do with a child or teenager, this would be a great one! Watch the tutorial below, then check out the supply list Jewels used below the tutorial.

Materials and Tools Used By Jewels in this Project:

AdTech Essential Liberty Gluegun: https://www.walmart.com/ip/AdTech-Cordless-Liberty-Glue-Gun-Mini-Size-Rechargeable-with-USB-C-Fast-Charging-Detail-Nozzle-Includes-Stringless-Glue-Sticks/5305297346
Tassel Maker: https://jewelloom.com/products/jewel-loom-wood-tassel-maker-multiple-size-3-pack
1 Skein Spinrite Peaches & Creme Original Color of Choice: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Peaches-Creme-Ombre-4-Medium-Cotton-Yarn-Fleur-De-Lavandra-2oz-56-7g-95-Yards/481503931
1 Pack 3 yards Fabric Cut TULLE Color of Choice: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fc-54-3yd-sparkle-precut-tull-fabric-white-100-nylon/836841699
1 Bag Fun Font Letter Pack: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Plaid-Unpainted-Wood-Surface-Fun-Font-Letter-Pack-36-Piece-1-75/932080439
1 Bottle Apple Barrel Matte Color of Choice: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-Barrel-Acrylic-Craft-Paint-Matte-Finish-Blue-Kazoo-2-fl-oz/386639404
1 Bag Flatback Plastic Rhinestones in a variety of sizes, color of choic:e: https://www.walmart.com/ip/John-Bead-400-Piece-12mm-SS50-Royal-Blue-Acrylic-Round-Flat-Back-Rhinestones/1735655560
1 Solid Ring and Hook to attach to backpack: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cousin-DIY-3-Piece-Metal-Key-Rings-Keychain-and-Lanyard-Making-54mm-Silver-Finish/185736433
Paint Brush or Foam Brush of Choice: https://www.walmart.com/ip/US-Art-Supply-1-inch-Foam-Sponge-Wood-Handle-Paint-Brush-Set-Value-Pack-of-25-Lightweight-durable/334205103
Other items include, Scissors, Wax Paper & Wipes

Save 15% off your first order, plus Get 3 Free Patterns: https://jewelloom.com/pages/get-3-free-bead-patterns-and-save-15-percent-on-supplies

Did you know Jewels has a Book? It’s true! You can get a digital copy of the Jewel Loom Inspirations book here: https://bellacraftspublishing.com/jewel-loom-by-julianna/

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Read my Blog: https://jewelloom.com/blogs/jewel-loom-inspiration

Transcript:

Let's make a decorative tassel for our

backpack.

The first thing that you want to do is

to paint your letter, your initial that

you want to add to your tassel. Pick

your favorite color of paint. I'm using

a gorgeous teal. Of course, I have my

favorite paintbrush.

And I'm going to be applying a layer to

both the top and to the bottom. And you

want to make sure that you get the sides

and that you get all of the little

crevices. And you might even use a pair

of tweezers to help hold the letter as

you are painting it. When you are done,

you're going to be placing it to the

side to let it completely dry. So go

ahead and do all of your letters right

now.

So then we'll go ahead and make our

tassel. You could make a tassel out of

cardboard or you could use one like I

did right here that's already made. I've

got some really cool teal uh tool.

And I'm wrapping that first because I

really want it to be prominent in the

back. And um and then I'm going to use

these fibers. Oh, these fibers are so

beautiful. They stretch so you can

really layer them on top of the tool and

they're connecting naturally which is

kind of neat. And so you just wrap those

around. And then you're also going to

bring in whatever other fibers you want

to use, yarns, ribbon. Here's some white

yarn that I chose just to help make it

all pop. And you're going to do multiple

layers of this. The more fibers you add,

the bigger your tassel is going to be.

So you know my motto, go big or go home.

And then once you're done with that,

you're going to get a piece of yarn.

You're going to tuck it underneath and

um this is going to tie it all together.

And so yeah, there's just so much fun to

be had with these. So we're cutting it

off right now. We're cutting the bottom.

We're we're just using a big pair of

scissors. And as you can see, I'm being

really careful to cut the bottom. And

then we're going to have that um piece

of yarn that I was speaking to. And

you're just going to come under all of

the fibers there. And you're going to

tie. You'll just make like a a knot. Uh

one or two is fine. Just you could see

how you just really want it to be all

nice and even. I just slid the tassel

maker out. Oo, look at it puff. That's

cool. That's way cool. Okay.

And so next, what we're doing is we're

actually adding that big old ring right

there. That's a solid ring, by the way.

And a clip. You know, you It's a

finding. And so, whatever you have that

you can attach to the zipper would be

fine, but this is a solid ring along

with a clip. And then I'm just giving it

a really nice little knot there to make

sure that it's secure. You could do a

few.

More knots the better.

And then what's going to happen is we're

going to give it a shape. So now I'm

bringing in another piece of yarn and

I've come down about I don't I'm going

to just call it like an inch and a half,

two inches. And then we're just tying

that and putting like a bow. And um you

could just make knots, you know,

whatever is most easy for you. And so

this is just forming the tassel. Some

people don't do this step, some people

do. I think it's just gives more more

personality. So, next what we're going

to do is we're bringing in my most

favorite glue gun, the Liberty Essential

Glue Gun by Atte. Um, love the glue

guns, love the company, and we're using

flatbacks. These are plastic, they're

not glass. Um, and so I'm adding little

dots of the hot glue, which by the way,

this glue gun is cordless, so it makes

life so good. And uh we're just adding

the rhinestones,

putting a little bit on the wood, and

then again, this is where um tweezers

that are angled might come into play if

you if you felt like you needed some.

And again, we're just using the glue gun

and a little swirly swirly there. Always

makes it fun.

And we're just going to continue to put

the rhinestones on there. Again, I like

a lot of bling. You could be, you know,

you could use one, two, whatever you

want. It's your choice. And I'm using

colors that I chose.

So, here is my finished initial. Again,

I'm using my glue gun glue gun that's

cordless. I love love love that feature.

I also love the blue light because then

I know that it is on. Um, and I'm just

going to place that down onto like that

little little head. It looks like a

little head on the uh the tassel. And

then I'm going to bring in my other

letter A, which I already put my

flatbacks on. And putting some more glue

on there. Um, you know, pretty generous

lines. I mean, not like overkill cuz the

glue is like pretty strong. Like once it

goes down, it is definitely connected.

And so we have our our personalization

on our tassel. I just I love that. It's

so much fun. You could just do I mean so

many different variations, right? And

what a great great gift these tassels

would make for any time of the year. And

so here's my backpack. So now you can

see why I chose the colors that I did.

I attached it to one of the zippers and

just, you know, flared it out a little

bit, of course. And then, oh, here's

another one that I made. This one is

smaller. So, this is a version of like a

smaller tassel that you can make. You

can make them in a variety of sizes, but

look at how fun that is. Oh my gosh,

it's so personalized.

And you know, all of my materials and my

glue gun. Love it.

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