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60 Bands – 20 Pink, 20 Purple, 10 White, 10 Yellow.

It is super easy for kids to make and after making the double fishtail a couple of times, you can graduate to the wider “scales” versions also featured on the video. Once your kids have a good grip on the pattern “routine” of the regular fishtail bracelet, they will have fun adding some variations – like this colorful double fishtail. Double Fishtail Band Bracelet (aka 4 prong “Dragon Scales”) Here is a video tutorial so you can create your own fishtail band bracelets. The pattern is easy enough for our newly 5 year old to create on her own. Creativityįor children who struggle with ‘free range’ creativity, following a pattern allows a low-threat opportunity to create something by only making a few simple decisions such as what colour and shape.įor children who are less impressed with the slight ‘paint by numbers’ approach, there are still plenty of ways children can challenge themselves to create charms and designs that are more individualised.Let’s make a rubber band bracelet in a double fishtail designĪfter the single chain bracelet, the fishtail is the easiest bracelet for your kids to start out with.

#Loom band bracelets how to

Initiating or asking to join others in an activity is often a safe option for children who might be uncertain about how to begin new friendships. Children can be encouraged to develop their leadership skills in passing their expertise onto other people.

Loom bands are popular with both sexes, and, with supervision, the skills can be taught to children as young as four. Not only that, but younger children are exposed to lingo they’ll use later in geometry (e.g., rhombus and and hexagon designs). Several of the patterns for bracelets involve rotating the peg board, and thinking what something will look like from the sides and underneath.Ĭhildren also need to use basic maths skills to work out how many bands of each colour they will need to make various sizes of bracelets and rings.

Perceptual skillsĬreating a pattern involves skills in being able to imagine what you want the end result to look like. I’ve seen several Occupational Therapists’ blogs praising the usefulness of the Rainbow Loom in teaching and rehabilitating these vital skills. Fine motor skillsįor kids who have fine motor skills difficulties, using loom bands encourages correct pencil grip and strengthens fine grasping movements by improving dexterity. Learning to make loom bands means you have to watch, read, and persistently apply new information. Attention and concentrationĬhildren, who otherwise may struggle to sit still, follow instructions and stay on task can often surprise us when they are motivated to achieve something. It reduces potential feelings of being ‘interrogated’ with so many questions and is a great way to redirect all that nervous fidgeting! 2. Many kids of all ages (adults too!) engage better when they are involved in another task. Children often don’t know what to say or how to act early on in counselling, but asking them to show us how to make a bracelet is an opportunity for them to relax into something that they know how to do.

We have often found that by starting with a familiar activity, this can quickly help to establish rapport and encourage self-confidence. When children first come to counselling it’s a novel experience and usually it takes a little while to settle into the idea of what the norms and rules are for this particular type of interaction. So next time you’re pulling yet another handful of rubber bands from the vacuum cleaner and wondering if this is all just clever marketing, here are some points to ponder to (retrospectively) justify your purchase! 1. Loom bands are possibly just another passing childhood fad but here at Melbourne Child Psychology, we’re fans of the Rainbow Loom for their many therapeutic benefits.