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December 26, 2014

How to Make Band Bracelet Charms

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My kids love to make Rainbow Loom bracelets!  We even came up with Rainbow Loom valentines and I love to see the kids so excited about creating.

To keep the fun going we decided to try to make some charms to go on the band bracelets!

How to Make Band Bracelet Charms for Kids!

How Make Rainbow Loom Charms:

  • Shrinky Dink Paper (affiliate link)
  • Sharpie markers
  • S clips (see photo) or string
  • Hole punches
  • parchment paper
  • heavy cardboard

Use a hole punch or scissors to cut out shapes from the Shrinky Dink paper.  (We used a 1.5 inch punch for the ones in the photos.)  Then use a regular sized hole punch to punch holes into the shapes where we were going to attach them to the bracelets. You want to make sure you punch the holes before you bake them!

Rainbow Loom Band Bracelet Charms Craft

Then let the kids decorate the charms with the markers and bake them according to the package instructions.  We baked ours at 325 degrees for a minute or two.  I put on the oven light so we could watch them shrink and curl up and then flatten back out. Once they started to uncurl I took them out of the oven.  You can use a wooden spoon to flatten them a little bit if you need to while they are still warm.

 How to Make Shrinky Dink Bracelet Charms

When the charms are cooled connect them to a band bracelet with an S clip or string.  We used some clips that came with a package of bands from the Dollar Store, but if you don’t have any that will work just tie them on with string.

They look so cute don’t they?

More Rainbow Loom Fun:

  • How to Make a Rainbow Loom Bracelet Without a Loom (video in post!)
  • Free Printable Rainbow Loom Valentines and Cards for Kids

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. Smart! School {House} says

    February 11, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    That is so adorable!

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  2. Coffee Cups and Crayons says

    February 11, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    Thank Smart! School {House}!!!

    Reply
  3. 3 Boys and a Dog says

    February 11, 2014 at 2:44 pm

    These are so cute!

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  4. Jennifer Haber Fishkind says

    February 11, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    SO CUTE!!

    Reply
  5. Chrissy Grimm Taylor says

    February 11, 2014 at 3:58 pm

    Adorable!

    Reply
  6. Sherri W. Chenery-Hagymas says

    February 11, 2014 at 5:15 pm

    LOVE!!

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  7. Crystal McWhirter-Lopez says

    February 11, 2014 at 7:31 pm

    I love this!!! How adorable.

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  8. Holly Homer says

    February 15, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    I just saw these at the craft store the other day…you are so ahead of the trend!

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  9. Janice McDonald Gray says

    February 15, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    Cute! Jana Chanley I made you one for Valentine’s day. I’ll bring it tomorrow. It’s a ladybug of course. 🙂 swapmeet tomorrow?? Maybe?

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  10. Nina says

    December 27, 2014 at 3:46 pm

    Super cute, Megan! I grew up with shrinky dinks and making friendship bracelets like these. It’s like the best of both worlds lol.

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      December 27, 2014 at 6:03 pm

      Ha! Me too! I think I am more excited about these than the kids!

      Reply

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