Love making jewelry or perhaps just love wearing it? If wearing jewelry is one of you fashion favorites, then you will be super excited to see all the cool DIY earrings you can make. Perfect for anyone trying to accessorize on a budget, these cool DIY crafts look as good or better than jewelry you can buy in stores. You may be surprised when you get into DIY jewelry making, how simple and cheap it actually is to make the same earrings you see in stores. I know I was shocked. Never again will I buy earrings off of Etsy, either. I actually plan to start selling the tassel earrings there, as I see how popular they are. If you want some cool DIY ideas to make and sell at home or you want to add to your personal wardrobe, these 32 DIY earring ideas are all must see.
1. DIY Multicolor Tassel Earrings
Cute and trendy, you can make these fun DIY tassel earrings for about a dollar a pair. Choose the colors you want, the sky is the limit on colors, as you can choose from a rainbow of thread colors to make these tassels. My sister makes these for all her friends’ Christmas gifts, perhaps you should, too. This is a cool project for those who are new to DIY jewelry making, as the tutorial is super easy.
2. DIY Terrazzo Earrings
Add a bit of pattern and color to any outfit while using that scrap clay pile. I assure you, it’s easier that it looks if you have this awesome step-by-step instructions from Ctrlcurate. These DIY Terrazzo Earrings are a super simple way of using up leftover polymer clay. They are really fun to make and look fabulous.
3. Wood Veneer DIY Leaf Earrings
These wood veneer leaf earrings are the perfect accessory for any outfit. Can you believe it? You can use your Cricut to cut out thin wood & create beautiful things like these earrings shared by Consumercrafts. Fall is almost here and with that comes all the pretty little leaves falling! I personally love the look of autumn leaves as they just give off a painterly and picturesque look to nature so this earring is a perfect touch to complete your OOTDs.
4. DIY Scalloped Statement Hoop Earrings
Check out this video tutorial from Sarah Hearts to see just how easy these DIY scalloped earrings are to make! These earrings would make a great Mother’s Day gift, just make sure you make a second pair to keep for yourself! They work up so quickly and are affordable to make so there’s no reason not to. What a creative design!
5. DIY Macrame Earrings
I have been following this new macrame trend with open eyes. It is amazing what you can create with string and a few knots. For all macrame lovers, I came across a DIY tutorial which shows how to make macrame earrings. This Macrame Earrings tutorial is a super easy project and perfect macrame tutorial for beginners and follow along with this DIY tutorial from Cuckoo 4 Design.
6. DIY Wood Burned Earrings
These DIY wood burned earrings are a cinch to make, and they are so stylish and fun to wear! They truly look like they belong in a trendy boutique, but no one will ever guess they are an easy DIY gift idea that can be made in 30 minutes or less. Read about this blogpost from Positively Splendid so you can start making your own.
7. Faux Fur Pom Pom Earrings
Mayra makes these out of faux fur scraps, which is the whole appeal if you have ever paid for faux fur and then refused to throw away the offcuts. She traces a circle about an inch and a half across using a bottle cap, runs a hand stitch around the edge, tucks a little stuffing inside and pulls the thread tight so the fur gathers into a ball. The finished pom gets sewn to a jump ring at the end of a short chain hanging from a stud. She has a pair done in about fifteen minutes. So Sew Easy has the full tutorial, including her method for cutting fur without shredding the pile.
8. DIY Beaded Hoop Earrings
I love how these hoop earrings mix gold and silver beads with just a little wire wrapping, no soldering required. You wrap 24 gauge wire around a plain hoop and slide on small 3 to 4mm beads as you go, then wrap the tail back around to lock it all in place. Moms and Crafters made her pair with mixed metal spacer beads left over from another project, which is exactly the kind of scrap bin idea I’m always here for. It only takes about 15 minutes once your beads are picked out, so it’s an easy one for a weeknight. Just keep chain nose pliers handy to tuck in the wire ends so nothing pokes you when you’re wearing them. Get the full how to from Moms and Crafters.
9. Marbled Clay Stud Earrings
These are teardrop studs in marbled polymer clay, streaked in three shades of blue against white so that no two ever come out quite alike. A thin band of gold along the top edge finishes them off. They read as ceramic rather than craft clay, which is what makes them look like a boutique purchase instead of a weekend project. The marbling is also forgiving, since a single block of leftover clay will give you several pairs that coordinate without matching. Crystal Owens has the full tutorial at A Pumpkin And A Princess.
10. DIY Two-tone Chevron Stud Earrings
Cute stud earrings made from an unexpected material- cardboard! Chances are you have some of that lying around. Follow along with this simple tutorial from Baisley and Noir and start crafting your own jewelry made of cardboard. Pretty awesome, right?
11. DIY Statement Earrings
Create a pair of your own DIY Statement Earrings with this easy to follow DIY tutorial from Alice and Lois. These are fairly simple to make, even for someone like me who likes to think I know how to make jewelry, but in actuality, am just a beginner. There’s something so satisfying about creating a wearable piece of jewelry with a few inexpensive supplies.
12. DIY Hoop Tassel Earrings
These tassel hoop earrings from Lia Griffith look way more expensive than they really are, and they’re not hard to pull off even if you don’t consider yourself great with wire. You wind embroidery floss around a scrap of cardboard about thirty times, then tie off one end as tightly as you can before trimming the bottom loops free to shape the tassel. A dab of E6000 glue holds the floss inside a metal cap, and a wire wrapped loop at top lets it hang from an earring hoop. Designer Jessica picked her metal pieces from a local jewelry store, since shopping in person makes it easier to match tones. Lia Griffith’s got the full step by step for the tassel earrings.
23. Beaded Fringe Drop Earrings
Long, slim and barely any weight to them, these are the earrings that end up going with everything you own. Each one is a narrow column of seed beads in black, olive and cream hung from a plain gold ear wire, so it swings freely and catches the light as you move. The color blocking down the length is what keeps them looking considered rather than homemade. Pick a palette that matches something you already wear a lot and the same shape reads completely differently. The Merrythought has the tutorial and a video to go with it.
26. Gold Glitter Ball Stud Earrings
If you have never made your own studs before, this is the project to start with. Erin rolls two small balls of polymer clay and bakes them for about fifteen minutes, then paints them with a brushed gold metallic before layering on a chunky glitter paint until every side is covered. Two coats is all it takes to get that jeweled look. A dab of super glue holds the earring posts in place, and the size is entirely up to you, so you can keep them dainty or go bold. Get the full how to over at Erin Spain.
27. Clay Flower Dangle Earrings
Here is a beginner project that does not need a single specialty tool. You roll six little petal balls and one center ball for each flower, press a V shaped indent into every petal with a clay tool or even a pencil, then press the petals around the center until they hold together. Let them firm up just enough to pierce a hole through one petal, then add a jump ring and a hook to finish the pair. Two colors of air dry clay is all you need, so the color combinations are endless. Single Girl’s DIY walks through every step with photos.
28. Glitter Faux Leather Feather Earrings
Cut feather earrings in silver glitter faux leather, with the barbs snipped in along both edges so they move like the real thing. They start from a free cut file for a cutting machine, which means both feathers on a pair come out identical and you can scale them to whatever length suits you. Faux leather is the right material for this shape because the cut edges do not fray and need no sealing. Big as they are, they weigh almost nothing on the ear. Mad in Crafts has the file and the assembly steps.
32. Turquoise Spike Drop Earrings
Rachel builds each of these from three top drilled turquoise spikes, a larger stone in the middle with a matching pair either side of it. The stones thread onto a short length of wire with a wrapped loop turned at each end, then a couple of inches of fine chain hangs from the ear wire and clips to those loops with jump rings, so the stones sit clustered at the point of a narrow triangle. Hers are dyed howlite rather than true turquoise, which keeps the cost sensible while you are still learning to turn a neat loop. DIY in PDX has the full tutorial.
