So I really was going to buy a loom..honest.
but then I realized that my kids would outgrow these bracelets fast..
(just like they did the paracord bracelets.…)
so being resourceful…we decided to just do it by hand (literally!)
these are super fun and EVERYWHERE! i have seen the rubberbands at the most random of places…
joanns is perhaps my favorite though cause they have SOOOO many colors.
but walmart had scented and glow in the dark!
so just shop around!
i’ve got two ways for you—the packs i bought came with instructions for this way…
basic:
1. put both ends onto the hook
2.take whatever color next and run it through the loop…
3.bend the ends of that rubber band together
4. and run a new rubber band through it…and repeat.
when it’s long enough put the last rubberband on the hook to finish it off! so cute! we made a bunch for christmas and put them on each present!
and you could totally do red white and pink for valentines day!
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then there are the fishtails
(my daughter did a presentation at school on how to make one!)
lay out your colors…..this one you do on your fingers…and can’t really stop til you are done…and your fingers will start to hurt so spead is key! 1. first rubberband you make a figure 8
2.then add 2 more rubber bands (you need 3 rubber bands on your fingers at all times.
3.you take the bottom rubber band and take it up over the top
5. whatever color you just took off your finger…you will add it to the top of your fingers
6. then you take the rubber band off the bottom
7. so its’ in the middle…
8. and put that color of rubber band back on top!
and repeat repeat repeat
when you feel like it’s long enough (and remember that it stretches) you will add a hook (comes in the rubber band packages!) to the place where you started….
then you will continue taking off the rubber band on your fingers until you only have one color left
and then add both sides to the end of the hook…
you can also go HERE for a great rundown of loom bracelets!
and you can whip some out and put them on valentines—
Sara M. says
Psst…. You can use 2 pencils instead of your fingers, so your fingers do’t hurt so much! You can also put it away and finish later when you use pencils :o)
My 6th grade students taught me this!
Tina S. says
I’m such a nerd over this kind of stuff. Do you remember ever doing the bracelets with the plastic strings? You created a square or could make it twist in a pattern by essentially tying knots (I guess that’s what they are called). I loved those things!
Tina W. says
Lanyards!!
Lisa says
Scoobys!
Theresa says
Thank you so much for this post! I pack shoeboxes every Christmas for Samaritans Purse and I want to include some of the bands in next year’s boxes so the girls can have a neat craft to do and cute bracelets to wear and share. I have searched for a good tutorial that I can print out to include in the boxes but all the others I have found have not been as clear and well-done as this one! Yes, there are some good video instructions but I have to be able to print out the pictures so I can include them in the boxes. You are literally an answer to a prayer! Thanks so much!
Haley Grossman says
Love this tutorial. I am writing a post about adding some Seahawks charms to loom band bracelets and would love to link back to this tutorial. Is that okay with you? I’d like to post it in the next day or 2. Thanks. grossmanhaley@gmail.com
Haley Grossman says
Thanks! I just posted my Seahawks Shrinky Dink Charms w/ Loom Band Bracelets. I linked to this tutorial, if you want to check it out.
http://www.haleysdailyblog.com/2014/01/loom-band-bracelets-w-shrinky-dink.html
tammy says
try using two wooden spoon handles for the second one can leave off or put down at any given time