Here’s where I will be posting all my Free Inquiry updates on my Loom Band animals!
Throughout this inquiry process, I have learned new techniques related to Rainbow Loom and tried out some challenging tutorials. I have also created resources I can share with other teachers and use in my own future classrooms! If you want to check back on my previous posts, click on the buttons below. Over the past…
This week, I made an easy pattern to follow. This pattern, the fishtail, is a simple one to follow and one of the first patterns I teach kids in summer camps and out-of-school care. It is essentially the same steps repeated over and over, so it’s easy to get the hang of and remember, so…
The nature of a free inquiry project is that it changes over time. I was inspired by my last post, the ways Rainbow Loom can be integrated in the classroom, and I have decided to take a different direction with my inquiry project. I have created a resource that teachers can use in the classroom!…
Today, I wanted to talk more in depth about how Rainbow Loom can be applied in the classroom. In my experience working with kids, Rainbow Looms are just as popular now as they were when I was in elementary school. I had a group in my summer camps last year that wanted to do Rainbow…
This past week, I have been really sick with a fever, and I haven’t been able to do much. What a waste of reading break! I don’t have any cool animals, but I did make a small flower, as they take about 20 minutes to do. I have this pattern memorized, as I made many,…
For my next free inquiry creation, I made a baby Triceratops! This project took two days to complete, as it was a tough one. I learned a new technique called stitching, used for a type of Rainbow Loom project called Loomigurimi, which is essentially crochet with Rainbow Loom bands. I’ve attached a video to this…
For my first Free Inquiry creation, I made a little dolphin! Here’s a glimpse at the first step: creating the fins of the dolphin. This is what they look like on the loom before looping all the bands together. Here are the two pectoral fins and one dorsal fin looped together and off the loom,…
For my first post, I wanted to talk about my free inquiry project. I love creative projects, and when I was a kid, Rainbow Loom came out. I was mostly interested in making bracelets, like other elementary school-aged girls at the time. My mom bought me a book with different designs to try, and I…