Hiya guys! Happy Sunday to you all, hope you’ve had a
great week and have enjoyed the beautiful firework displays!
I’ve just
been working away as usual. On one of my
days off this week I decided to clean out and arrange my craft boxes and I
found a box of loom bands. Remember them?
They were quite the craze in the summer!
You don’t see them as much now as you
did in the first half of this year, do you? I kind of went through a wee phase of making
loads of them, a little bit embarrassing I know. I’m probably a wee bit old for the loom band
craze but I just really like making things so this ‘loom band thing’ appealed
to my creative side.
As usual I
went overboard and bought loads of rubber bands. Now I don’t know what to do with them all. So this week I’ve decided to do a post about
what to do with the leftover loom bands!
As well making
lots of bracelets months ago, I also made a little pineapple pencil topper. Why? I
love pineapples, like a lot. Everything
pineapple! I even have a Pinterest board
dedicated to pineapples. Wee bit sad,
but I don’t care! Anyway, I thought I
could use leftover bands to create pencil grips, pencil toppers and small
charms too. You can use them yourself or
give them as presents. Since its coming
up to Christmas, it could be an idea for a stocking filler!
So,
for this post, I’m not going to show the steps involved to make these creations
because I had to look up YouTube videos on how to do them. They
are not difficult to make, just a bit tricky! (The links to the YouTube
videos I looked at for these designs are shown at the end of the post!) The loom I used was the Monster Tail loom, and I used the hook that came with the set.
Monster Tail loom with hook and loom bands
Clearer view of the Monster Tail Loom
A variety of loom band bracelet designs
These are
what I ended up with.
Octopus charm
Turtle charm
Pineapple pencil topper
Pencil and crochet hook grip
Pom pom pencil grip
Well,
that’s all for this week’s post guys. Hopefully,
like me, you have gotten a bit of inspiration for what to do with leftover loom
bands! You should have a go at these
designs, because you can end up with some cool things!
I’ll catch
you next Sunday with my next post! Until
next time…see ya!
YouTube video sources:
Pom Pom Pencil or Pen Cover on a
Monster Tail Rainbow Loom by Craft Life
Rainbow Loom Octopus Charm/Action
Figure/Pencil Topper/Finger Puppet - Loom/Monster Tail - Gomitas by Kate
Schultz
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