Please read through the whole tutorial before attempting
The time has finally come for me to post a tutorial which will teach you how to make a mini watermelon charm out of coloured rubber bands, which is perfect for raising the summer spirit at any time of year!
This is an ideal first charm to make, as I try my very best to explain each part here for beginners. Sadly, I have no video, but hopefully you will be able to follow my picture guide.
After you're finished, the charm makes a great addition to keyrings, bags,pens and more- there are so many different ways for using them!
Without further ado, let's make watermelons! ⋀ℨ⋀
Mini Rubber Band Watermelon
For this tutorial, you will need;
➢Red loom bands
➢Green loom bands
➢Black loom bands (optional)
➢Any type of loom (I'm really sorry, but I don't think it's impossible to make one without a loom!)
➢A hook tool
Begin!
- Firstly, make sure your loom looks like this; (all pins have to be in line with each other)
- Flip your loom so it is in a vertical position, and the pins are facing downwards.
4.Carry on putting bands in that pattern until the 7th pin to the left. Your loom should look like this;
6. Place single red bands going up from the 5th pin on the right to the 3rd pin on the right.
7. Place a single red band from the 3rd pin to the right to the 2nd pin in the centre. Repeat for the 2nd pin in the centre to the top-left pin.
8.Put one red band on the second pin to the left to the second pin in the centre. Do the same for the 6th pin to the left to the 6th pin in the centre.
9. Put a red band across the 3rd pin to the left, going from there to the third pin to the right. Repeat for the two rows below.
10. Put a red band from the third pin in the centre to the fourth pin in the centre. Keep doing that until you reach the 6th pin in the centre.
11.If you want seeds, take a black band and find the pin you want it on. Wrap it around that pin 2-3 times.
12. Take a green band and wrap it around the 7th pin to the left 2-3 times.This is known as a capping band. Do this again on the top-left pin.
13. Take your hook and find the 7th pin to the left. Grab the green band at the bottom, unhook it then hook it back on the 6th pin to the left. Keep doing that until you reach the top left pin.
(This picture is flipped, but you can still see the green bands)
14.Go back to the 7th pin on the left, and reach for the red band. Hook it on to the 6th pin in the centre.
15. Go to the 6th pin in the centre. Hook the first red band to the 5th pin in the centre, and then hook the second red band to the 5th pin to the right.
16. See the 5th pin in the centre? Take the red band at the bottom and hook it upwards to the 4th pin in the centre. Keep doing this until you reach the second pin in the centre.
17. Grab the red band at the bottom of the second pin in the centre and hook it to the top-left pin.
18. Repeat what you did from the 6th pin in the centre to the 2nd pin in the centre, but this time from the 5th pin to the right to the 3rd pin on the right.
19. Once you reach the 3rd pin on the right, take the red band and the bottom and hook it on the 2nd pin in the centre.
20. Almost there! Locate the top-left pin and push your hook through all the bands. Now, place a band of your choice (I chose black) on the hook, and then push the hook back up, still holding on the band you just placed. Place the end that you just hooked on the pin, but keep grabbing the band. Put the other end of the band on the hook, then take the end that you just put on the pin off the hook. Let go, and you have a slip knot!
21. Remove your watermelon from the loom. Take a deep breath...
You will notice two red bands sticking out at the bottom. If you would not like this to happen, place a capping band on the 6th pin in the centre and the 5th pin to the right while making the charm.
Complete!
Well, this charm didn't turn out as well as my original watermelon. I think the reason for this is when I put a single rubber band over three pins- I think I should have put one rubber band over two pins. So, when you are making this, try doing that and I hope your charm works!
This is the original charm;
Darn, it moved. Either way, you can see it didn't have the same problem as the charm in this tutorial.
If I develop this charm, I will post an updated tutorial. Surely, this tutorial was tiring to make O_O
Very frustrating, too.
Oh well! ^-^
See you all tomorrow, but for now have a thrilling day and stay safe!
P.s My liver biopsy is this Friday :o
There might not be a post on Friday for that reason!
-Queen Pickle
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