Rubber Band Glam: A Rainbow of Dazzling Beaded Designs for Bracelets, Accessories, and More

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A Beautiful New Twist on Rubber Band Looming!

The bright colors and fun patterns of rubber band looming make for an easy and fun jewelry craft that everyone loves. Add sparkling glass beads, crystals, and other embellishments, and you have a recipe for some seriously glamorous jewelry and accessories!

Rubber Band Glam features stunning designs by the three creators of the popular rubber band looming website and YouTube channel LoomLove.com, mom Christina Friedrichsen-Truman and her daughters Emily and Madeline Truman. Included are:

* A complete overview of tools, supplies, and essential techniques

* 30 beautiful projects with detailed step-by-step photos and illustrations

* Designs for bracelets, pendants, earrings, and other accessories

* QR codes that link to video tutorials on LoomLove.com's YouTube channel

* Tips for parents and teachers on working with kids in groups and on fundraising and community service projects.

Rubber Band Glam is perfect for anyone who's new to looming, and the dazzling designs will inspire avid loomers looking for a new way to use their looms.Enjoy hours of crafting with this engaging book full of fun, stylish projects that everyone will love!

My thoughts:

I never knew there was so many cool things you could make from the rubber bands and the loom.  This book is loaded with over one hundred colorful pages of different designs you can make, such as bracelets, earrings and hair clips just to name few.  

My daughter and I already had a loom and would just make the bracelets from the rubber bands.  But now that we both looked through this book, we have now been making cool bracelets together.  We have also made earrings.  And no two projects look alike.  I never realized that you could incorporate beads until I saw it in this book.  

Each project has a detailed colorful page with step by step directions.  And the directions are easy to follow.  And you don't need a lot of tools for any of these beautiful project.  You basically need hooks, rubberbands, a loom or two, clips and a few others depending on what project you are going to make. 

  

Holiday Gift Guide - Elements for girls: A Fun & Engaging Self-Discovery Project

ELEMENTS is a self-discovery book and bracelet for tween and early teen girls. This unique book invites girls to read, reflect and complete simple, fun activities while exploring important elements of growing up such as self-acceptance, empathy, communication and friendship. The theme of self-care is woven into the book in sections on sleep, healthy eating and stress management. With original doodle art throughout the book, girls are encouraged to express themselves with color, drawings and writing to make the book their own. As chapters are completed, girls use the creative kit included to design their own unique bracelet. The bracelet elements - colorful hemp, beads and charms - cleverly remind girls of the chapter themes to reinforce what was learned. Written by women with extensive experience in working with adolescents and parenting their own daughters, paired with the input of countless girls who had a hand in the concept, themes and activities, ELEMENTS is sure to become a treasured resource and keepsake.

My thoughts:

This is an amazing book for young girls.  One that will keep them busy and teach them a little about themselves along the way. 

My daughter absolutely loves this book.  It has kept her busy for hours for many days.  She really enjoys doing the activities in each chapter.  She has often heard me talk about Affirmations, and was tickled pink when where was a part on Affirmations in this book.  She recites them often to me.  The bracelet that she designed is beautiful and she hasn't taken it off yet.  

What an empowering and inspiration book this is.  Well written, and easy for young girls to follow and understand the chapters as they read through it.  The activities make them think about themselves and write their truth on the pages.  And the bracelet that comes along with this book is such an important part of any girl after she makes it as her own.  After reading and doing the very educational yet fun activities, any young girl will know that she is such a beautiful self worth young lady.  

There is only one thing that I hope.  And that is that Mary Ellen Young and Sandra McDonnell come out with a sequel to this book.