Loom Band Thingies

[2sp_]

Oldest daughter has developed an interest in those loom band bracelet things...

I've been looking on Amazon for a starter kit, but am overloaded with the huge amount of different ones. I was going through some of the descriptions and customer questions and folk are asking about CE marks...

Can anyone recommend a decent kit that won't break the bank but does conform to European standards?

[mazie]

My two use their fingers to make them planks....

Here's you go, it's so easy

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-A-Rainbow-Loom-Fishtail-Bracelet/

[2sp_]

Thanks for that mazie, knew their pokey wee fingers would be useful for something.

The wee bands remind me of castrating rings for lambs...

[boxtops]

If you have The Works near you, or can buy on-line from them, they have shedloads of kits - and there are loads of videos on YouTube to tell you how to do it.

Beware though - they bung up the hoover, and you need to keep them away from pets, dangerous if swallowed :-(

[sherrardk]

Mine use looms, fingers and forks (!) - there are flipping loads of different looms about (we seem to have most of them). I just got mine from the Range (a cheapo shop) but you can get them from Wilkinsons, B & M, supermarkets, etc. Some are really expensive but I wouldn't bother with a really pricey one as by the time she has got the hang of it there will be a new craze.

[boxtops]

LOL 2sp, now there's a thought! (there was a story in the paper the other day where a kid did actually stop the blood supply to her finger by twisting it so hard she couldn't get it off....)

[Elina]

As boxtops has said ... The Works if there's a branch near you 2sp ... http://www.theworks.co.uk/page/loom-bands

[2sp_]

Thanks everyone! There is a The Works near me (looked it up online, no idea it was even there!).

I'll have a look around next time I'm in town. She'll probably have moved onto something else by then! I honestly thought we'd missed that fad.

[phleb]

dangerous, if flicked towards a small child. Cuts off blood supply when wrapped around little fingers making bracelets. can be swallowed by a pet or small child. Overall waste of time and money, not that they are expensive at 99p a box in the works. my kids have had them and thrown them as novelty wore off and i wouldn't let them in my living room.

[Dizmo]

2sp_: I had the same problem when my nephew kept bugging me to keep buying him loom bands every time I went into town. I bought about 7 different boards and to be honest they were all pretty much useless and broken after an hour of looming. To resolve the problem I decided to buy a couple of cheap boards (2 for £5 which came with hooks and 2 bags (600 pieces) of bands. I took the boards home, drilled through each solid piece of plastic (the bits in between the board pegs) and screwed them down to a nice piece of pine I'd sanded down. I went to all that effort and spent about £70 in total on my nephew only to find out he's given all his bands and boards away - including the one I made him :/ oh well!

[Dizmo]

2sp_: I then made a special board for making bracelets with lettering (no beads but actually look band letters built into the bracelets).

Here are 2 pictures, the first one showing the board and the second showing my nieces bracelet I made for her :)

http://i.imgur.com/Gfh7b1K.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JbKrnmt.jpg

What do you think?

[2sp_]

That's quite impressive, Dizmo!