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Earbud Earrings

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Show your love for your Ipod with these nifty earbud earrings!

I recommend using old earbuds for this project. If you end up making these, please take a picture and show me!

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  1. Step 1

    Cut earbuds from wires, right at the base of the earbud (where the wire goes into the earbud).

  2. Step 2

    Open crimps wide using pliers.


  3. Step 3

    Use pliers to shape crimps around earbuds.

  4. Step 4

    Using super glue (or whatever type you have handy - the stronger the better) glue crimps to earbuds.


  5. Step 5

    Insert earring hooks through holes in crimps, and viola! Two new earbud earrings. :D

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Cat Morley

Cat Morley

24 Nov 01:02

Those are amazing and I've got loads of iPod headphones hanging around. I wish they would invent headphones without the wires, that would be cool!

Erika A.

Erika A.

24 Nov 01:25

I keep hoping for that too. I guess we just have to keep on dreaming!

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

24 Nov 01:35

Yeah, for now we'll just have to invent new and better ways of keeping the wires untangled.

northernstar

northernstar

24 Nov 09:07

I think I kept my broken ones, very good idea :) There are wireless headphones, sadly you can only use them in close proximity to a base station, so basically indoors. They are very cool though!

Knittin' Kitten

Knittin' Kitten

24 Nov 18:48

Wow that's super-cool, I'll steal my brother's headphones and tell him he left them on the bus

Darling Niki

Darling Niki

24 Nov 22:33

finally a use for those uncomfortable earbuds! I love using my bluetooth headset with my iTouch :-)

Carli

Carli

27 Nov 09:06

woo! will have to try this. I bought some DJ style earphones cos I guess my ears are totally the wrong shape for that kind n they hurt.. glad i have a use for my old ones now :)
maybe even a charm bracelet if i can find all the different kinds I've had.
Yay for inspiration!

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

27 Nov 18:44

Yeah those headphones were too big for my ears and hurt when I wore them too. The new shape, iPhone ones are perfect though.

RenJac1301

RenJac1301

27 Nov 21:36

hey now thats a cool idea

Jess

Jess

12 Dec 17:23

i love these earing and reli wana make some.. but i cant c what type of jewelry clasp youve used.. could you let me no plz, ty

Lola

Lola

17 Dec 14:34

hha so cool

Lola

Lola

17 Dec 14:47

I think headphones without wires already exist.
There just very expensive I guess...

Actualy I think they wouldn't be very handy..
Suddenly you'd just hear nothing but noise telling you there's a bad connection...

And you would probably lose them falling out of your ears..

But yes you wouldn't have to untangle the wires anymore ;D

Love these, defenitly gonna make them when my headphones are broken ;D

x

Erika A.

Erika A.

18 Dec 23:06

Jess: I suppose I should have called it a "jewelry crimp". If you ask to be shown some at your local craft store, you'll certainly see what I used. I'll fix it in the how-to right now. [:

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone. ^^

katie

katie

26 Dec 23:57

I'm going to make a pair of these today :) my earphones just broke so this projects perfect.

Stripped&Strangled.Designs.etsy.

Stripped&Strangled.Designs.etsy.

07 Jan 09:42

this is a super awesome project.. great job. i really loved it.

EbonyMae.

EbonyMae.

14 Jan 19:32

on the 2nd gen nano headphone you get like tht rubber, pierce a hole in there and put a loop ini think that would come out nice! [:

EbonyMae.

EbonyMae.

14 Jan 19:32

on the 2nd gen nano headphone you get like tht rubber, pierce a hole in there and put a loop ini think that would come out nice! [:

Erika A.

Erika A.

14 Jan 22:20

Sounds much easier than digging up more of those crimps is proving to be. If you make them like that, please post a picture!

k.e.l.l.y.

k.e.l.l.y.

01 Feb 23:26

I just got new headphones and I'm definitely going to use them to do this. I am such a sucker for crazy earings!

stella.

stella.

23 Mar 01:51

That's cool. My mom keeps breaking hers. Maybe she knows about this project and is just waiting for me to make her earrings.

Lucía

Lucía

10 Apr 00:03

God this is cool...

ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ

ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ

22 Apr 11:54

damn, i wish i still had my earphones or took my friend's ones when they broke. i'll just have to wait... <.< -whacks earphones against desk-

Lilla

Lilla

17 May 20:59

Wow, my boyfriend complained just today, that his headphones went wrong, and now I see this awesome project... so they will end up as earrings soon, thank you for the great idea! :))

Emily

Emily

16 Jun 00:48

ooooOOoOooOOOoooOOoOOooOohhhhHHHHhHhhh

i love this.
i just broke my old headphones and im so excited about this :D

Emily

Emily

20 Jun 19:35

when i was making this i cut off the earbuds and discovered that the wires they use are sooo colorful. so i slid all of the wires out of the casings and am making a cool bracelet out of them. its like, extreme recycling.

DIS.AR.RAY

DIS.AR.RAY

21 Jun 07:34

Amazing! :D

I'm totally doing that

MacLovin♥x♥x♥

MacLovin♥x♥x♥

18 Jan 09:25

What a gorgeous geeky accessory!

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