If you have read my recent review of my daughter's Stun floral dress, then you may have already seen her proudly showing off her pink and purple ribbon barrette that I created for her using the My Ribbon Barrette Maker(from the creators of the My Friendship Bracelet Maker and the new My Friendship Bracelet Maker Traveler). This well-designed award-winning product is recommended for children ages 6 and older, so I was the one who had the privilege of testing it out, while our 5 year old daughter reaped the benefits. Although she would have understood the simple steps involved in making a ribbon barrette, it does take more care and patience than a 5 year old would have. For example, much care must be taken to make sure the ribbon is not twisted and that there are no gaps in the weave.
The My Ribbon Barrette Maker is designed to store all your supplies, as well as be the extra pairs of hands you need to create a beautiful barrette. To get you started, it comes stocked with 16 ribbons, 128 beads, and 8 barrettes. The work area doubles as a lid that slides into place to cover your supplies, making this kit very portable for your child's next long car trip or rainy vacation day.
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Making a ribbon barrette is as easy as following these simple steps . . .
1. Place an open barrette in the holder.
2. Select 2 different colors of ribbon and tie it to the top of the barrette, knotting it on the underside, while making sure the length of the ribbons on each side are similar.
3. Slide the 4 strands of ribbon into the clearly marked slots, the first color into slots 1L and 1R and the second color into slots 2L and 2R.
4. Feed the ribbon from slot 1L downward through the center of the barrette, pulling it taut and sliding it into slot 3R. Do the same with the ribbon in slot 1R, then slide it into slot 3L. Repeat this with the second color of ribbon from slots 2L and 2R, inserting those into slots 4R and 4L. If you have done this correctly, you should see an alternating pattern of color.
5. Move the ribbon from slot 3L to 1L, the ribbon from slot 3R to 1R, the ribbon from slot 4L to 2L, and the ribbon from slot 4R to 2R.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until your barrette is completely covered. Then double-knot the ribbon to secure the weave in place.
7. Select which beads you would like to tie onto the ends of the four strands of ribbon. (Remember that too many beads might make the barrette heavy and cumbersome.) Then trim the end of each ribbon at a slant to make it easier to feed them through the beads.
8. When deciding on the length of the ribbons, the longest one should be no longer than the child's hair. The rest of the ribbon lengths should be staggered. Once the desired lengths have been determined, simply tie a single knot in the ribbon to keep the beads from sliding off and trim the ribbon about 1/8" from the knots.
I made this barrette to match my daughter's Easter dress. I look forward to making more where she can choose the colors. I think these would also be fun for her to give to some of her friends at school just like giving friendship bracelets.
In keeping with the theme of friendship, the Choose Friendship Company launched an anti-bullying campaign earlier this year with this music video of the song "Inside Out" (sung by Marisa Nahas) promoting friendship and how one person can start a chain reaction to stop bullying.
Thank you to the Choose Friendship Company for providing a complimentary product sample for us to base this review upon and for providing an additional product for our contest prize.
I volunteer as a mentor for middle school girls, and think they could benefit from the video. Thanks for the chance to win! mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
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If you have read my recent review of my daughter's Stun floral dress, then you may have already seen her proudly showing off her pink and purple ribbon barrette that I created for her using the My Ribbon Barrette Maker (from the creators of the My Friendship Bracelet Maker and the new My Friendship Bracelet Maker Traveler). This well-designed award-winning product is recommended for children ages 6 and older, so I was the one who had the privilege of testing it out, while our 5 year old daughter reaped the benefits. Although she would have understood the simple steps involved in making a ribbon barrette, it does take more care and patience than a 5 year old would have. For example, much care must be taken to make sure the ribbon is not twisted and that there are no gaps in the weave.
I'm going to have my daughter watch the video
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Posted on April 12, 2012 at 10:13 PM
My niece
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Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:49 PM
I will show this to my cousin who is going into junior high next year!
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Posted on April 12, 2012 at 11:57 PM
grace would benefit from video
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 5:28 AM
The local Girl Scouts would benefit but they do a program at the local schools already so that is a good start!
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:09 AM
definitely my son and his 2nd grade class
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 10:41 AM
My grandson
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Posted on April 13, 2012 at 3:01 PM
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Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:32 PM
My little bro should watch this video
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:52 PM
My son would benefit from this !!
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Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:21 AM
I volunteer as a mentor for middle school girls, and think they could benefit from the video. Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
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I wish I was able to watch this as a kid. I commented as tamarswe on YouTube. Thanks.
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:54 AM
i would hope they would show it in schools
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I don't know anyone who could benefit from that.
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All of my grand kids
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my twelve year old daughter who is in middle school very bad time for bullying
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 11:15 AM
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Posted on April 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM
My nephew
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 3:12 PM
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Posted on April 29, 2012 at 4:34 PM
My niece would benefit from watching this.
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Posted on April 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM
My older niece would benefit from watching this.
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Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:01 PM
My niece who is in junior high would benefit from watching the video
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 4:19 PM
my daughter
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Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Younger kids in school
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Posted on April 30, 2012 at 5:50 PM
My niece
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Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:18 PM
I watched the video last night. I think my nieces and nephews should watch it. Thanks!
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:15 PM
My friend's daughter should see that!
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:23 PM
My niece would.
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My kids could benefit from watching this in a while
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