I have an ongoing goal to try to drink more water.  I do great for a day or two, but then I fall off and get back into bad habits.  Here is an easy way to keep track of how much water I’m drinking each day: I use bracelets!  I start with 8 bracelets on my left arm every morning.  After I drink a serving of water, I move it to the right arm.  The goal is to have all of my bracelets moved by dinnertime.  It works great for me to have the actual physical reminder.

There isn’t a real tutorial for this; they are pretty simple to make.  Get stretchy jewelry cord from any craft store, beads in your color choice (it will take a lot!) and a small bottle of bead glue.

String the beads onto the cord until they are the right size to slide on over your hand, tie a knot and put a little glue on the knot, holding the beads out of the way until it dries.  Simple as that.

I used aqua and white beads, and varied the size and pattern on each one so that they would be more interesting, but they would be just fine if you used only the small seed beads on each bracelet.  Think of all the other things you could use these for…need to up your calcium intake?  Make a set of white ones for dairy servings.  What about green ones for veggies, red ones for fruits?  Use your imagination!