Looms

mogwai

lol we were emotionally blackmailed into buying about 15 of them (loom bracelets) from our nieces last weekend - I've hidden them in a drawer now but not sure what to do with them..

Battybird

Iheart wrote: »

Yes - both my 12yo and my 5yo are obsessed with making them. My youngest has just learnt how to do a fishtail one by herself.

Both schools have banned them though.

Just wondering why are schools banning them?

Kids arguing over them?
No jewellery allowed in schools?
Health and safety in case they slip on elastic bands?

Seems a shame.

sillyme673

At my youngest DD school it was because they where selling them to each other. So instead of banning the selling. They did a blanket ban.

tillyenna

So, after saying yesterday that I was going to go and buy myself one - I got home to find my darling fiance had bought me one! Spent the evening happily 'looming' - it's so addictive!

19lottie82

Battybird wrote: »

Just wondering why are schools banning them?

Kids arguing over them?
No jewellery allowed in schools?
Health and safety in case they slip on elastic bands?

Seems a shame.

My DSD has had them banned from her dance school. The reasoning being that they were distracting the kids too much.

xcarlyx

I went to a car boot on Sunday and children were selling the bracelets they had made - found it quite sweet though

IrishRose12

My DC are also hooked on these. Although they aren't too fussed on using the Loom bit. We use our fingers or 2 markers to make fishtails or the inverted fishtail. They are banned in the school I work in and in their schools also. They were too distracting, instead of concentrating on what the teacher was teaching o doing their work they were making bracelets.
I think they're great, esp for their fine motor skills, co-ordination and creativity, and they're cheap too!

janninew

Think I need to wear my glasses, I thought the thread title was 'loons'!

Plus I'm definitely not don't down with the kids as I've never heard of them and I work in a school!!

stejobeth

I am now wearing my first loom bracelet, lovingly made by my 18 year old daughter

Janepig

I wish DD would put as much effort into her schoolwork as she does making loom band stuff! She's doing them non stop, she's made an iPod cover, pencil toppers, Adventure Time figures, and bracelets of every conceivable design. I can do a basic bracelet but I prefer to use the loom otherwise I feel like the circulation is being cut off in my fingers!

Jx