DIY Amanda Formaro’s Fishtail Bracelet Using A Fork

Amanda Formaro, author of Duct Tape Mania and Rubber Band Mania, is a mother of four. She has been creating crafts for kids for over 20 years and has been published in several major magazines including Parents, Redbook, and Family Fun. Her passion for crafting resonates in her blog, where she shares tutorials with step-by-step photos for adults and kids alike. Amanda loves the creative process and trying new things, and especially likes making something from nothing.

This is a woman after my own heart! We are always creating something from nothing, recycling, upcycling you name it. If you are creating rubber band bracelets or stuck on duct tape these books are for you! Filled with cool crafts, awesome ideas, surprising activities, and fascinating facts, Rubber Band Mania and Duct Tape Mania will make a maniac out of you!  My daughter has been fascinated with rubber band creations since Christmas when she received her first loom.  Since then she has created bracelets for all of her BFF’s (best friends forever) and BFFL’s (best friends for life).  She did take a short break from creating only because we broke her loom from creating so many bracelets. If only we had Rubber Band Mania we could have still been creating my daughter’s favorite fishtail bracelet.  I really think the directions in this book are easier than using the loom.

I would like to share with you Amanda Formaro’s step-by-step tutorial of a fishtail bracelet using a fork.


Step 1:

Carefully break off the center two tines in your fork.

Step 2:

Loop the first rubber band onto the two tines in a figure eight pattern.

Step 3:

Loop another rubber band above the figure eight band.

Step 4: 

Loop a third rubber band above those other two bands.

Step 5:

Grab the right side of the bottom rubber band and stretch it out to the right.  Lift it up and over the top of the right tine of the fork and drop it so that it rests on the center of the top band.  Repeat on the left side.

Step 6:

Place another rubber band on top above the other bands.

Step 7:

Repeat steps 5 and 6 until you reach the desired length.

Step 8:

Attach a c-clip to the end of the bracelet that is not attached to the fork.

Step 9:

Repeat step 5 two more times so that you only have one band remaining on the fork tines.

Step 10:

Move one side of the band over to the other side.  Both ends of that rubber band should now be on the one tine.

Step 11:

Insert your finger through that remaining rubber band so that both ends are on your finger and remove it from the fork tine.

Step 12:

Stretch the band and attach the c-clip from the other end of the bracelet.

Now my daughter and I are ready to try some of Amanda Formaro’s duct tape creations.

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