How To Make An Easy Macramé Decorative Rainbow

Jamela Payne
by Jamela Payne
5 Materials
$10
20 Minutes
Easy

Making your own house decor is always fun as a child, and with this macrame rainbow, your child will be able to do just that! This nice and easy craft will be so fun.

Not only will they be able to be proud of their own creation, but they will also have a lot of fun while making it. There is nothing like crafting to pass the time.

Macrame is an art styles that consists of tying specific knots to make different patterns and textiles. These knotting techniques are very beautiful and will leave you with a great product.

Determine the size of the macramé rainbow and ten prepare 3 pieces of ropes from the 1 cm thick rope bundle. Place the ropes on a flat surface and form the shape of a rainbow to measure the length required for each rope. Cut each rope according to the required size for the rainbow pattern.

Grab a yarn bundle and any one of the rope cutouts. Leave an inch of the rope intact from either end and then tie the yarn around the rope tightly.  

Continue to wrap leaving an inch on either side of the arch. Take a piece of the felt and cut an arch shape out of the felt from its bottom side.

Unravel the loose ends of the rainbow. Attach pompoms along the top side of the macramé rainbow.

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  • 17335038 17335038 on Jul 09, 2020

    All the resources shown for this project cost a lot more than the $10 you listed as the cost of the project.

    What exactly did you purchase for $10 and how many rainbows were you able to make?

  • Lailasultani Lailasultani on Jul 20, 2020

    Hi. U didn’t explain the felt n what’s it used for n also do u use hot glue gun to stick the yarns to the rope?

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  • Carol Carol on Jul 18, 2020

    this is not macrame, there are no knots


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    • Ellen Ellen on Jul 19, 2020

      reply to Dee: It is not macrame even with a knot on each end of each rope piece. Those knots do not make it macrame. You need lots more knots!

  • Mary Porod Mary Porod on Jul 18, 2020

    Adorable! Reminds me of crafts I did as a kid...long ago!!! What do you use the needle for and do you have a pattern template for the felt piece to attach the rainbow! I think these might be cute fridge magnets if you stick a magnet on the back!

    • Dee Dee on Jul 19, 2020

      Loving the idea of fridge magnets!

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