Loom Love

Loom Bands Beginner :D

Finally, we bought a box of Loom Bands

We have been hesitating. It wasn't too expensive, But we were bothered with the safety hazards, the mess it could create and whether G will be patient enough to learn how to play with it.

To be honest, we are curious and it's quite cool for parents to give loom bands to their kids right?

A little knowledge read up (so we don't play blindly :P)

Rainbow Loom was invented in 2011 by Cheong Choon Ng, a Malaysian-born engineer from Michigan. He was inspired by his daughters, while watching them made rubber-band jewellery. This is targeted at children between 8 to 14, but had picked up popularity among the younger ones too. It became so popular and even the Duchess of Cambridge was spotted wearing it during her New Zealand Trip!

 We bought this starter Kit from Kiddy Palace $24.90 

The rainbow happy colours: )

There are cheaper options. Random shops selling around $10 for a big box. You have many choices, many price options. We didn't research much on which brands are safe and since it was an impulse purchase, so we rather get from a reputable shop. I rules I set to G, includes that she cannot wear to sleep.
Note: If you wanted to get the original Rainbow Loom, you can find www.pupsikstudio.com.

 Daddy teaching G how to weave

 It was not too hard for her to pick up

 She showed me how to do the fishtail pattern

 The rainbow basic loom done by me, the pinky and white done by daddy.

 She made the blue and white fishtail.

I made this blue and red fishtail for Aiden and G named it Spiderman band (Spidey colours).

This is G's National Day band :D

Rainbow fishtail band

Triple Single Band

There are still many different style that you can create with this rubber bands! 

All toys can have some dangers if you did not monitor closely on how it is used in play. But it seems to be a good option of letting the little ones to break away from TV, tablets, handphone... Have fun with creativity :)