Rainbow Loom Tips Part 2. I wrote Part I here.
This is Auggie. Here are some tips I wrote for Rainbow Loom:
(These are good if you are just starting or scared about starting something new or moving on to a new level)
1 is to always make sure the pegs are facing openly AWAY from you you when you are placing the bands and the open pegs are facing TOWARDS you when you are looping.
2 is to start with the single design first, then triple single, then fishtail, then diamond, then any beginner thing, and when you think you're ready do a medium one, and after that advanced.
3 DO NOT attempt the hexafish or any other super hard fishtail design, like the super stripe fishtail, until you firmly believe you are ready. These are the only two I've failed at and were my first fails. But I went back to them and did it because I really liked the designs and they were cool but I did easier things for awhile, I didn't stop rainbow looming I just practiced other designs and then went back. Now I want to learn how to make the pompom, that looks sick.
4 if you don't want that ring at the end of the single, put a cap band ( a double wrapped single over one peg so it is fat and stays) over the last peg after you're done laying other bands, and go inside it when you loop. This will get rid of the ring.
5 if you really like a design, but think it's too hard for you, you can ask me to do it or how to do it, you can send me a message on FB and I will help you. Under my mom's FB page. I can't have my own page. BUT DO NOT ASK ME TO MAKE YOU A HIBISCUS, I know they look pretty, and they don't use a lot of bands, BUT, BUT, BUT THEY ARE BORING AND REPETITIVE TO MAKE AND MADE ME GO BLIND SO DON'T ASK ME TO MAKE OOOONNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
**I'm really nice to my mom. I made her chicken fries for breakfast, gave her a hug and a kiss, and I fixed her iPad because she was tired from work last night. And I wrote her this post.
Bye and thank you and remember to ask me your Rainbow Loom questions. If I get a lot of questions I can do the questions here AND you should save these tips for fun on the Rainbow Loom *(or cra-z-y loom or fun loom. But I like Rainbow Loom best)
Part I is here. Bye. Thank You.
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Not only are you a first rate loomer, but a cook and IT kid. I'm sure your Mom was thrilled!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ms. A. She was. I can cook anything that can be microwaved.
DeleteI love your posts about Rainbow Loom, Auggie. My niece loves Rainbow Loom, and I'm going to print out this post for her. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I hope she likes my tips. She can ask me any questions she wants to and I will help her.
Deletehaha and we def dont want you to go blind...or be bored...i just got some glitter bands for my son on friday...he's become pretty good at the different designs...and has a lot of people at school asking him to make them for him, this is def a cool toy....
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mr. Miller. I have some tie dye bands that are also very cool. They got banned from our school but I still got good at it. The sparkle bands are awesome. I have some. I also like the metallics. Did you see the books on Amazon for kids? I want The Loomatics Guide to the Rainbow Loom.
DeleteYou have quite a box of bracelets there. My friend's 62 year old husband is obsessed with looming bracelets. Looks like you have a lot of years of bracelet making "looming" ahead of you.
ReplyDeleteWow. I never knew someone old who liked Rainbow Loom. But I think that's quite nice. Bracelet making, Looming is a positive.
DeleteYou are a rainbow loom rockstar!!!! Do you happen to know how to put the charms on?
ReplyDeleteDear Ms. Andrea: I do. I have done it a lot. If you have a charm made out of rubber bands that's different from a charm made out of clips. The charms with clips is easier. To do those, You just open up the clip and put it on a band in the single. And if you do it with rubber bands you put the long loop made on the end of the charm and you put it on one of the pegs on the single and you loop it on with the band and it becomes attached.
DeleteThis is Auggie. Do you want me to post a tutorial on FB? I will do it tomorrow. On my mom's account. Bye.
ReplyDeleteWhat if you make a ring of hibiscus, to form a large bracelet, instead of just one boring one? Just to make it more interesting.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great tips, Auggie!
Oh wow, what great tips. I think we are going to need your help soon. My kids are only six and I just found out our friend is mailing them each a rainbow loom. Hopefully they can learn how to do a few of the basic bracelets. I'll have to come back to this post when they get started. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to show this to Moochie. She's been slacking lately but I just surprised her with some bands (official ones, taking your expert advice because I'm no fool) and tomorrow I'll show her your posts, so maybe she'll get back to cranking out the bracelets. Hope so, because her dad and I like to wear them, but they keep breaking on us.
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