How to Make Your Own Worry Beads

Worry beads are a small circle of beads that we can give our worries to and help us to fall asleep. We all have things that keep us up at night, problems that worry us as we are trying to get to sleep. We toss and turn in an effort to get more comfortable so we can get some sleep. We all have developed little idiosyncrasies that we do to help us fall asleep. Worry beads may be another way to help ease the tensions of modern day life and help you get more sleep.

Making your own worry beads is very simple. It is a good activity that you can do with your children. All you need to make a string of worry beads is some sting that is strong enough to take handling the weight of the beads, and your fingers moving around with the beads, and some beads. The beads should be made of a natural material like wood or shell. Natural beads absorb the worries better then plastic beads do. The beads should be big enough so that you can handle them easily. The beads should have big enough holes in them so that you can easily string them onto the string.

Take a piece of string that is about 8 inches long and tie one bead to the end of the string. Then take the beads and sting them onto the string but leave enough string unbeaded so that you can knot the string to the other end of the string that has the bead tied to it. When you are done you should have a small circle of beads that looks like a beaded bracelet.

Set the worry bracelet next to your bed so they are always near you as you sleep. Then every night before you try to go to sleep you take your worry beads and give each bead one of your worries. The beads will hold your worries for you so you don't have to when you are trying to sleep.

Worry beads make a great gift idea. Children can easily make worry beads and give them as small gifts to grandparents and the other people in their lives. Worry beads can be made in different colors so it is easy to remember which bead you gave certain troubles to. If you are making worry beads for someone else you can make them in that persons favorite color.