Loom Band It: 60 Rubber Band Projects for the Budding Loomineer

Jimmy Kimmel asked for enough rubber-band bracelets to craft into a suit last February, and "loomineer" fans across the country responded. The suit was auctioned for charity, and the craft has become a full-blown habit of both pre-pubescent friendship-bracelet makers and parents looking to make all manner of rubber-band accents in the colors of their favorite teams. Roberts, a DIY blogger, and Sillars-Powell, a freelance prop and costume maker in London, have assembled 60 projects which can be done by enthusiastic kids and clumsy adults alike, creating everything from multi-loom bracelets to holiday trinkets perfect for both elementary school bauble exchange (rainbow ladder bracelets) and sorority handouts (Valentine hearts, pencil grips, hot-drink holders). Instructions are clear for most ages, and arranged from simplest (the simple chain) to more difficult (Valentine's hearts and a Halloween spider). (Sept.)