My son has been slowing down on his bracelet making in recent months, but he still has hundreds of those little rainbow loom bands. He came home from daycare yesterday with a new project he learned from a girl there. I was happy because it would start to use up some of those bands! He was excited to share with me how to make a Rainbow Loom Band Bouncy Ball and asked if I wanted to take pictures of the process. I thought that was a great idea, so if your kids have tons of those mini colored bands hanging around, here’s a fun craft that they’ll enjoy making and enjoy playing with even more!
SUPPLIES:
Rainbow Loom Bands (I used Glow in the Dark Ones)
Piece of paper computer paper
How to make a Rainbow Loom Band Bouncy Ball:
Tear off a small piece of paper
Roll the paper between your hands to create a ball.
Wrap the paper with the bands. I switch it up, several just wrapped once, and one or two wrapped twice – switch it up as you go.
Keep adding bands until you can no longer see the paper… and then add a few more layers – you want it to be about the size of a normal bouncy ball! Make sure the last 3-4 bands that you add are wrapped around the ball twice. That’s it, you’re done! Now it’s time to start playing!
Wow, great idea, Kim! Haven’t tried creating my own loom bands but this is a great start. 🙂
This is awesome! My sister had gotten into the rubber band bracelets, but now she only gets them out every once in a while. I’ll be sure to share this with her 🙂
Thanks for sharing the idea KIM. I will try this one.