The Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit is a nifty friendship bracelet making kit from arts and crafts toys specialists Alex Toys; best suited to older children aged 8+, the kit has everything necessary to make endless varieties of bracelets and is a perfect gift for crafty kids. Read our Alex Toys Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit review.
Friendship Bracelet Making
Sometime around the age of 7 or 8 your little girl is likely to receive her first friendship bracelet, and when she does, she’s going to need to give one back! For you, the parent, there are two options: you can either track down a store made bracelet or you can buy a handy craft kit like the Alex Toys Friendship Bracelet Making Kit and have your daughter start making unique bracelets for herself!
Not only will your child be able to create her very own, unique bracelets, the kits will definitely keep her entertained for hours and hours. In fact, as we at Tommy’s Toys just love all things arts and crafts, and particularly projects that keep our kids engaged for a long time, we’re including this kit in on our Top 10 Girls Toys list!
Friendship Bracelet Making Kits
There are several types of friendship bracelet making kits on the market, but this one from Alex Toys has remained one of the most popular on Amazon for a long time thanks to its main feature: a tool called the friendship wheel or loom which is color-coded according to the pattern you want to weave. In this kit there are four friendship wheels or looms, each with two patterns, so that’s a total of eight different patterns to make.
Alex Toys Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit Instructions
Many users find that the color-coded aspect of the wheels is easy-to-use and follow, although in our experience this tool is perhaps not suited to younger children and as the instruction booklet is mainly annotated pictures, it may also not be that useful if you or your child are not visual learners. In fact, even though this is a product aimed at kids, we think that parents will want to set aside some time to master the technique of using the wheels before getting their kids started on it!
The Alex Toys Friends 4 Ever Bracelet Making Kit also comes with 22 different colors of string, beads and a needle, and it comes in a very useful purpose-made case – which is essential for keeping all the bits together, and allows you to work on your project on and off.
All in all, this is one of the better friendship bracelet making kits on the market, and great for engaging older girls in arts and crafts projects. For other top toys for girls see our girls section.
