Rainbow Loom Fever

I know you’re probably thinking, “What the?” But I’m a mom of two boys (YES Rainbow Loom can be for boys too! If you don’t believe me, you’ve got to see Justin Toys Tutorials) and I need to find ways to entertain those two.I’ve actually heard about Rainbow Loom for a long time from mommy friends in the Philippines but I haven’t seen such in Vietnam. Luckily, I have a mommy friend who is into such things too and found a supplier.

When you’re in Saigon, most stuff are for delivery. 😉 So it was quite easy transacting with Mr. Raymond of Rainbow Loom VN.

With the long weekend because of the Reunification Day and Labor Day holidays, it was a good time to learn looming and getting your kid to do band sorting for you.

I don’t like the neon colors and the glittery ones but my son loves them so that I can make bracelets for his friends. His interest ended in sorting and telling me what colors should go with what for friend X.

These bands glow in the dark. Pretty cool.

These glittery ones smell sweet.

But my first actual loom creation is an octopus that my son insisted I make. It took days as I was pretty busy and I can only do this with You Tube on.

My mom-friend, Armi made me this bike loom bracelet. She knows my favorite colors real well. It’s fun to get into a craft with other friends so you can share the cost of delivery. Hahaha!

As I’ve seen a lot of bracelet designs, I still like sticking to the simplest. This is the fishtail design which is simple but elegant.

This blue and green ensemble is the inverted fishtail.

The hubby isn’t spared from my craft weekend that I had him wear this black and white Hexafish. Not so easy. The bands get stretched too much methinks.

Because I liked the 3 dimensional quality of the Hexafish without that overstretching, I decided to use 4 corners instead of 6. I don’t know what this yellow and orange band is called but it makes use of the same procedure in making a Hexafish.