How to make a dress for dolls from rubber bands?

The rubber bands Rainbow Lum gained popularity a few years ago. Previously, boys and girls wove bright, beautiful bracelets from them. To date, this type of hobby has gained tremendous popularity in many countries of the world, since they are woven not only doll clothes, but also for people. Little needlewomen, in whose hands such rubber bands fell, are wondering: how to make a dress for a doll out of rubber bands? In order to be enlightened in this matter, you must first learn how to weave various products and what tools to use.

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Novelty in the world of needlework - rubber doll dresses

In a gum dress you can wear any doll, whether it be a barbie or a baby doll. The color of the elastic bands can be selected based on a bead or a bow on a doll. For example, a toy has a pink bow in its hair, which means that you need to choose rubber bands of the same color (or mixed with white ones).

Important! In order to make a dress out of elastic bands, it is not necessary to choose the shades that are the same as on the Internet. You can give free rein to your imagination and use any colors you like. At first, this type of needlework will seem a little boring, but when you “beat” your hand, you can create different clothes and feel like a real fashion designer. The main thing is to choose the method of weaving that seems optimal and uncomplicated to you.

Weaving methods and necessary tools

You can make doll clothes out of elastic bands, regardless of the complexity of the work, using the following methods:

1. Hook.
2. Fingers.
3. Special loom.
4. Table fork.
5. Slingshot.

Important! The creative process of making the future creative model of the dress depends on the imagination of the needlewoman:

• If you do not have experience in creating things from elastic bands, then it is best to use a special loom.
• Only then, after making several copies of rubber clothing, you can begin to train on forks, slingshots and your own fingers.

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The easiest way to weave a doll dress

As soon as you decide to start making a doll dress, do not forget to purchase the main tool - a loom. The easiest weaving method is the figure eight. Consider this method in more detail:

1. You should place several rubber bands in a row and stretch through each second one rubber band, imitating the number eight. You should get two columns in the form of braids.
2. In the upper and lower rows stretch another 6 gum (eights).
3. We connect both columns using rubber bands, we pass one into each second loop, but without simulating the numbers eight.
4. All of these steps are repeated until you get the desired length for the doll dress.

Important! As a result, the dress will turn out without straps, but if desired, they can be made using the first stage of the “eight”. You can use materials of any color you wish.

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Set of weaving for the little craftswoman

If your child is seriously interested in weaving clothes, then you better develop the interest of the child. When, if not in childhood, a child dreams of a future profession, your task is to comprehensively develop your child. In the future, this will play a big role in choosing a profession or “occupation of a lifetime”.

If a girl likes to draw, sculpt from plasticine, then you should definitely tell her about the rubber bands. After all, this way you will kill not two, but several birds with one stone:

• The child will develop thinking and motor skills of the hands.
• The child will be passionate about the process.
• Beautiful clothes for your favorite toy will be created with a minimum of cash costs.

The little needlewoman will need the following tools and materials to create a doll dress:

• Special loom.
• More than a hundred rubber bands of different colors.
• A small hook.
• Instruction (preferably).

All of the above tools will have a huge impact on the development of thinking and imagination of your child.

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Weaving a dress for Barbie dolls

In order to create a dress for Barbie, you will need a loom on which the weaving process will be performed. It consists of several stages:

1. Two rubber bands are intertwined with each other on two projections of the machine. This manipulation must be done several times over a certain distance (for example, through 1 clove of the machine).
2. Opposite the made column, we make the second column according to the same principle. Then the gum is placed between the teeth of the machine and put on loops on both sides.
3. The future dress requires a loopback - it should be done by transferring two elastic bands from one row to another.
4. After the loops have been removed, gum should be thrown again. Further, all the loops with a hook are placed inside the future product.
5. Two rubber bands are thrown through the main teeth of the machine, without twisting. After that, two elements are poured from the extreme teeth, and the lower column is removed using a hook.
6. We add elements of a different color, transferring them as in the initial stage and weaving until we reach the required length of the product.
7. At the base of the future dress weave a braid (strap), which will be attached to the product with a special fastener.

Performing all of the above actions, as a result you will get a bright, contrasting dress.

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If you have no idea how to weave doll clothes from rubber bands according to the instructions, you can search online for video tutorials. In them, skilled craftswomen will tell you how to weave and avoid mistakes in creating original clothes. But we hope that our instructions were enough for you to start the creative process.