This type of children's creativity such as weaving from elastic bands with the help of Rainbow Loom sets is in great demand among children of different age groups. Younger children are happy to take for creating simple figures, and those who are older are interested in weaving more complex crafts. How to weave animals from rubber bands using a special machine for this? We have prepared for you a detailed master class, which clearly shows the technique of weaving cute little animals: dogs, owls, snakes.
Weaving figures from elastic bands: what needs to be prepared?
If you are faced with the question of how to weave animals from rubber bands, you should definitely read the step-by-step guide on creating cute figures. But before you start weaving, you must prepare the appropriate materials. For this creative lesson you need rubber bands in any color you like, as well as the weaving tools themselves.
Tools for weaving animals
How to weave animals out of elastic bands on a hook and is it possible to make a figure without using a machine? This question also often worries those who have not yet mastered the weaving technique. In fact, in addition to machines and slingshots, you can use a hook and even a fixture in the form of a fork. Some weaving options are made by hand at all, so everyone can give preference to the weaving technique that he can handle.
Weaving doggum
So, for weaving animal figures, you need to prepare:
- set of silicone rubber bands;
- hook for weaving;
- machine;
- clips.
How to weave animal gum that can be used as a trinket or pencil head? First you need to decide on the main color of the animal’s hair, eyes, ears and paws. It is preferable to choose natural shades for this. The machine must be placed in such a way that the open sides of its nozzles are directed towards you, and the row in the middle is slightly elevated above those at the edges.
Weaving should begin with the head. To do this, string two pieces of gum, which should not be twisted by a figure eight. After that, you need to attach two triangles across. To make the dog beautiful eyes, you should take the black elastic bands and throw them on the posts. Then you should start creating ears. This item must be made of four pairs of brown rubber bands. In the end you need to knit using black. After that, they must be transferred to the head. Next, you need to take up the weaving of the body. A neck, shoulders, two pairs down in each row. After that, you can start creating the tail. At the end, you need to wind the black tip.
The final stage of creating the figure involves the creation of lower and upper paws. After weaving the tail and legs of the dog, they need to be moved to the right place. At the top of the head, you need to make a loop and remove the resulting product from the machine. The cute dog is ready, now you know how to weave animals from rubber bands on the machine.
Weave an owl from gum
To weave such a figure, you need to take the machine from which the row located in the middle is removed. It is necessary to start stringing gum with the second column. Those that are in the first row should be folded in two turns and strung by a figure of eight diagonally from the second to the third column.
Next, from the second column of the opposite row, you need to carry out a throwing, as described above. Then the gum should be twisted by eight and put on until the end of the machine. It is important that the last four columns are the same as the first. All subsequent rows are eights. However, they should not be thrown diagonally, but on parallel columns.
The columns that are on the edges are twisted in two turns. When these actions are carried out, along the machine you need to throw one rubber band. Next, you need to take the hook and all the elastic bands located in the bottom row, throw off to the central part. Then again you need to throw the gum around the machine and remove those that are in the bottom row in the same way.
Next, you need to resume rolling over the entire machine and again begin to reset them. According to this principle, 12 rows should be done. Already from the 3rd column, you need to start throwing elastic bands in a different shade. In total, you need to make seven columns. Next, the gum of the main color must be worn on posts throughout the machine.
After that, you have to take on the extension of the gum. It is carried out as follows: a new rubber band is stretched through those that are on the column. The gum from the column is removed, after which a new one is thrown on it. Such actions are carried out on two columns: the first and the last. Further weaving continues throughout the machine. Then you need to re-do the extension on the columns where gum of a different color is strung. Such manipulations are carried out a couple of times. On the hook you need to make 9 loops of 10 elastic bands, and put on the columns of one row. Then weaving should continue according to the same pattern.
Rubber band snake on a slingshot
So, we will consider how to weave animals on a slingshot from gum. If there is no machine at hand, with the help of a slingshot you can weave a beautiful snake. To create such a figure you will need a hook, 65 rubber bands (54 orange, 6 black, white, 1 red). Colors for the figure can also be selected based on your preferences. It will take only 10 minutes to weave a snake on a slingshot. You need to start weaving from the tail. You can adjust its length yourself. The head and tail of the snake are fused.
All actions related to creating a figure are quite simple. Such crafts can be used as a pendant for a phone, backpack, key fob. A figurine can also be a great gift option for girlfriends.
Finally
Now you know how to weave animals from rubber bands. As you can see, this lesson is pretty simple and fun. The resulting crafts can be presented to friends, collect, use them instead of the usual trinkets and pendants. To engage in this type of creativity can not only children, but also mothers of young children. Younger children will play such crafts with great pleasure, so you can weave an entire zoo and take your baby for a long time.