Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelry: Make Bracelets, Rings, Belts & More with Rainbow Loom(R), Cra-Z-Loom(TM), or FunLoom(TM) (Design Originals) 12 Creative Step-by-Step Projects for Hours of Fun
My 11 year old daughter loves this as much as she does the duct tape craze. There are many different brands of the looms, not too expensive. It's buying all the rubber bands and charms and new stuff coming out all the time that cost you. You can get great prices, especially when you can buy in bulk. But the charms don't come in bulk and read the reviews on all of the accessories because there are many complaints about the quality-some of the rubber bands get complaints about breaking easily, the charms are often so cheaply made that they won't stay on etc. Just do your research and keep an eye out for sales at craft stores and online. I'm amazed at many of the things my daughter has made just using her own imagination. She has surpassed the need for this book so I am on the lookout for one that has more idea's and more difficult. When she has sleepovers and they start doing these, we don't even know we have any kids in the house because they will spend hours making things. One of them, the girls spent two hours or so and each of them made 12' jump ropes, which became many other things, including an "alarm system"for one thing. I love how they are having fun but are learning how to make their creations work since they aren't following a step by step guide. Even my husband gets involved because he's an engineer at heart and loves to be asked for help sometimes. Then my cats and I get to enjoy some quiet time. She doesn't even use the loom anymore and learned a way to use two pencils and it gives the bracelets and everything else a completely different look. Definitely a great buy for girls or boys who like making things. Yes, they have rubber bands in boy colors and prints as well. Both can make more delicate things and most of the boy items they show are wider, heavier duty looking. Like bracelets but they can use the right colors and it looks like a tire.
I like the book. It's nice and colorful. I had been concerned when ordering it because the cover says that the designs included would be for the Rainbow Loom, Cra-Z-Loom, and the FunLoom. Since we only have the Rainbow Loom, I was concerned that maybe only 1/3 of the designs in this book we would be able to use. But, I was happy that all of the designs are shown on the Rainbow Loom. A picture of the other looms is only shown near the beginning of the book, but all step-by-step photos are shown on the Rainbow Loom. The book shows you how to make these designs: Basic Bracelet, Fishtail Bracelet, Triple the Fun Bracelet, Back and Forth Bracelet, Zipper Bracelet, Flower Charm, Hand and Foot Accessories (I'm not crazy about the foot chain), Starburst Bracelet, Dangling Earrings, and Hippie Belt. The book is nice to give you some ideas about color choices for the different projects. They do try to show you step-by-step...buuuut, it is difficult for my 10 year old to use the book. She's just learning making bracelets on the Rainbow Loom, so most of the designs are new to her. It's a bit hard for her to follow the book to make a bracelet style that she's never done before. She was getting frustrated. I think if I went through the instructions with her, we could probably figure it out together. But, I haven't had time to sit and read the instructions in the book. Instead, we went to the Rainbow Loom website and now she watches the videos there. They are great videos because they show you step-by-step, and talk you through each one, from beginning to end. Again, the book is nice to give you some ideas, or if you are on the go and away from a computer...but seeing the videos online is much easier to follow, at least for my daughter. The Rainbow Loom website has videos for making 51 different bracelets. Definitely bookmark that page and use that to learn how to make the different styles of bracelets. [...]
I tried samples of a couple different books. One had missing steps in the instructions for the very first bracelet. It was maddening. And other books skimped on pictures and had poorly written steps.
This book (Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelry...) has had no mistakes in the steps for the bracelets (I haven't tried the non-bracelet items yet). I made every bracelet in one night. The designs are great, and pretty, and for each pattern, they present you with three color schemes, which make the bracelets with the same pattern look very different.
What I like best is the color-coded diagram for each of the three color schemes for each of the designs. These diagrams help you "cast on" the elastics really quickly and accurately.
The steps were written well, and used consistent phrasing. Plus, there were plenty of pictures, making it easy to spot where I went wrong if I made a mistake. Also, some bracelets had mini-diagrams to summarize a set of steps that get repeated.
The only con is that the sample of the book that you can download (on Kindle) doesn't even get to the first pattern--you only get to see the preliminary material, which is very useful, but doesn't allow people to try out making a bracelet.
This was a pretty good book for beginners. It might appeal much more to a girl than a boy as far as design - some are more girly and feminine in style, but there are several that boys would like. My 3 boys learned a couple of new designs they hadn't learned from the kids at school already. It shows all the basics, plus some unique patterns, how to use the loom, etc. Like I said, great for beginners - not sure how much more detailed or complicated band jewelry could get, so it's probably most of what you'd need to know while learning, then you can improvise and use your imagination to build on what you learn in this book - that's what my kids are doing now. I got one for my boys, and another for my 12 year old niece - she loved it too.
We downloaded this book via Kindle so that we can use it on our kindle, ipods, and android phone. By having it always available in our pocket we’ve been able to make hundreds of bracelets with these simple directions, clear photos, and simple diagrams.
Prior to using this book, our most complicated bracelets were the fishtail. Now we have amazing starbursts and zippers. The directions are quite clear, but having the clear photos has been quite helpful. Best of all, are the clear diagrams at the end of the sections. This allows us to quickly remember the order of weaving the bands, which is critical for a successful bracelet.
We wish all “To Do” books were as clear as this book, Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelery.
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Description
Are you ready to make the most awesome and fun bracelets EVER?
Jump into Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelry! With this book and your Rainbow Loom(R), Cra-Z-Loom(TM), or FunLoom(TM), you can make all of the cool rubber band accessories that are driving this crafting craze! Inside you'll find:
- Crafty tips, tricks, and step-by-step instructions
- Clear, easy-to-follow loom patterns
- Bracelets, necklaces, rings, earrings, and more
- Color variations to suit every kid's style
Enjoy hours of creative fun with this ultimate guide to stretch band looms. Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelry is packed with 12 original projects, more than 200 full color photos, and dozens of clear, easy-to-follow loom diagrams.
Rubber band jewelry is great for parties, sleepovers, recess, bus rides, and any other place you have a little time for fun! You can enjoy loom crafting alone or invite friends to join in.
This book shows you everything you need to get the most out of your loom. You'll learn to create completely colorful and super stylish bracelets, earrings, belts, and more in just minutes. Step out in style with the Hippie Belt, show off your skills with the Zipper Bracelet, and embellish your journals, bags, and barrettes with Flower Charms. The possibilities are endless!
"The leading craft text for a wildly popular craft craze for kids that is sweeping the country"
—Children's Bookshelf
I got this book for my 7 year old who has jumped aboard the speeding Rainbow loom train. I was tired of having to hand over my laptop to constantly look up You Tube videos on how to make these bracelets and wanted him to have a instructions on paper he can refer to when he wanted to.
We are very happy with it - it has some different basic bracelets, fishtail, starburst, triple band bracelet. It also has some accessories (charm, earrings, belt). The book is bright with step by step instructions and photos which is very helpful Definitely worth it for any rainbow loom fan!
Came a day early and my daughter was thrilled to see it. I got her a ton of rubber bands for Christmas.
Book seems easier to follow than others.
Yes, there are TONS of tutorials on YouTube. But not everyone has online access at home (or it's limited) so this book can be useful for people to use anytime and anywhere. I got this book for my Goddaughters and then I decided to try this looming stuff and I got myself the spiral bound official looking "Rainbow Loom" book. This book seems easier to follow without having to go online. Of course finding tutorials online helps but this book has a lot of ideas to keep kids busy for awhile
I bought this book for my 8 year old grandson, who enjoys crafts and had made simple bracelets. The directions in this book are very detailed, the graphics clear, and the steps small and easy to follow. With just a little help at first, he was soon making fancy bracelets by himself. The book is obviously aimed at girls mostly (there is a boy on the cover), but he didn't care because we didn't. Even my son enjoyed helping. Highly recommended.
this has many basic designs and concepts for your rainbow loom kid. serves as a starter. you can move to youtube afterwards for special designs like the dragon scale, snowflake, etc.
try to time your purchases of rainbow loom supplies with sales at michaels. the bands are better quality than the generics just slightly. the closure clasps seem about the same generic or not.
