Rubber Band Bracelets: The Stretchiest New Trend

Hi everyone! Have you ever seen your friends wearing rubber band bracelets? Well, now you can make them inexpensively. First, you’ll need a Rainbow Loom to get started. Inside the box you’ll find a rubber band bracelet loom, rubber bands, and a hook. I personally like to organize my rubber bands. You can do this by stapling bags to create sections them organizing them by color.

Sort your rubber bands into bags!

Make sure the arrow is pointing away from you for best results.

Lay down your first rubber band.

Begin your pattern.

Overlapping your rubber bands in the right order, keeps your bracelet neat.

Here’s what it would look like when you are done

Then, turn the loom so that the arrow faces you.

With your hook, you can begin looping.

Be sure to grab the rubber band beneath the top one.

Loop over the adjacent nub and be sure it doesn’t pop off.

Make sure that the loop is on the nub and release.

Loop the rubber bands all the way to the end.

C clips like these help keep together your bracelet.

Carefully place the C clip onto the rubber band.

Slowly and carefully peel off your bracelet.

Stop at the last nub, to keep together your artwork.

Hook the C clip onto the last rubber band. Make sure its nice and secure.

Wear these awesome rubber bands anywhere.

Hook well and pull.

 

Here’s the how-to for:

The Basic Rubber Band Bracelet

1. Grab your loom and the colors that you want.
2. Turn the loom so that the arrow is facing away from you.
3. Begin placing the first rubber band on the arrow to an adjacent nub.
4. Then, starting at where you placed the first rubber band, overlap the second color to the next nub.
5. Be sure that the colors are overlapping one another. This is crucial for later steps.
6. Continue looping using the same pattern.
7. Finish to the end of the row.
8. When your done, flip the loom so that the arrow is pointing toward you.
9. Using your Rainbow Loom hook, skip the first rubber band and hook the color under it.
10. Grab the rubber band (blue) and gently pull with the rubber band still on the hook.
11. Loop it on the adjacent nub.
12. Hook the color under the blue rubber band (in the diagram you would’ve hooked green)
13. Gently grab and pull off the nub.
14. Then hook it to the adjacent one.
15. Repeat steps 12-14 till the end of the row. Careful, sometimes the rubber bands fall off the hook. To prevent this from happening, use your finger to assist the hook.
16. Then take a C clip, and hook it on to the first rubber band with the arrow facing you.
17. Now it is time to remove the bracelet. Pick up the C clip the the rubber band still hooked on and gently pull off the rubber bands.
18. Continue to pull. Do not worry if the rubber bands come off in a weird way, since they are looped it’s fine. As you pull, you will begin to see the bracelet forming.
19. Stop at the last loop.
20. Hook the C clip on to the remaining loop and you’re done!