Karen
This month we are reviewing Interplay’s Paracord Survival Wristbands, part of their Fab Lab range.
These are recommended for children aged eight and over, so this activity was something Louis and I did one night after Rowan had gone to bed. Louis turns eight in two weeks and I would be inclined to agree that he would struggle with this if he was much younger.
The contents are brightly coloured, well made and ergonomically designed for younger hands. They include:
• 14.4 Metres of Paracord in 6 Colours
• 2 Whistle Clasps
• 1 Metal Shackle Clasp
• 1 Carabiner Clasp
• 1 Plastic Clasp
• 1 Slide Compass
• 1 Stick of Chalk In Bag (TBC)
• 8m Roll of Tape
• 12 Page Instruction Booklet
and are provided in a resealable bag – hallelujah!
This isn’t an activity that can be done in five minutes. It’s a great way to encourage concentration and logical thinking as you work your way through the simple instructions within the booklet provided. I’d say the most simple way to make a band would take around half an hour from start to finish, with the more complex ones obviously requiring more time and concentration.
The instructions are very clear and Louis had no problem following them. They are both written and illustrated, though I found the illustrations to be the best guide.
This is a great activity for a rainy day or maybe before bedtime when kids are winding down a bit, and it’s fantastic to see the satisfaction on your child’s face when they complete their first wrist band.
The Fab Lab Paracord Survival Wrist Band kit retails at £9.99, which I think is a fair price. It includes enough to make 5 wrist bands and if all the contents are used it would provide a good few hours of entertainment.
You can find this kit, and many other Fab Lab kits, on sale at Interplayuk.com or check out our previous Interplay reviews here.
So now you know how great we think the Paracord kit is, why not try and win one for yourself? Entry is very easy and you could win a kit of your own in time for Christmas.
I used to love making Daisy Chains
Puddle water tea!
lego toys
my daughter is monster high mad and my son minecraft
Great comp
I liked making rugs
Rose petal perfume was my favourite, I used to set up a stall in our front garden lol
i was always making daisy chains as we had loads in the garden
daisy chains all the time!
daisy chains and mud pies
Daisy chains
I used to make mud pies and rose perfume.
Yes I made daisy chains
I used to make daisy chains
Radios
Daisy chains
Daisy chains x
Perfume out of blossom petals. We sold it to the neighbours, bought bottles of pop with the proceeds, drank it and used the empties for more perfume!
Mud pies with worms in 😉
A very big mess
Daisy chains, daisy caterpillars and perfume from random bits of leaves and petals
I always made daisy chains.x
i tried making perfumes and nettle shampoo!
i made perfumes
A mess if you ask my mum lol!!
Pom pom animals!
I remember me and my sister tried making perfume using flowers and shampoo…… It didn’t quite work though lol
I love nature!
i used to make birds nest out of the long grass…convinced myself the birds used them
According to my mum, A bloody mess!!!!! Me and my sisters loved making daisy chains and sandcastle in our sandpit!
Daisy chains on the school fields
I made tons of things as a child, especially drawings. I sometimes tried to dig up clay from the back yard to make bowls from. But I didn’t realize just how many stones would be in it.
I used to make rose petal perfume.
daisy chains and mud pies
I used to make friendship bracelets and do cross stitch
i use to make thing with Aqua beads xx
I made rop swings
mud pies
I made them all ahaha x
Rose perfume
i used to draw a lot and do cross stitch from around 8
as soon as I could knit I made everyone scarves – whether they wanted them or not lol
daisy chains
I made friendship bracelets
We used to make perfume then gift it to the neighbours… I’m sure they were thrilled!
I used to make daisy chains
I made mud pies!
Daisy Chains on the school field. Made them when I was 6 for one of my girl school crushes.
Plaster of paris ninja turtles
I actually made “paint” out of different coloured flower petals, sweet peas I seem to remember. It worked pretty well but faded quickly.
i loved making Daisy chains and using my flower press 🙂
I use to make rose perfume. I would crush the rose petals and add some water. I would then make my Mummy wear it. She always said it smelt lovely.. but she wasn’t a very good liar! 😉
Those woollen pompoms made by winding wool around a ‘polo mint’ shaped card then cutting and tying in the middle. If you used a mix of different coloured wool then you had a ‘far out’ pompom!
I used to draw or make things i’d seen on art attack!!
Daisy chains, and butter cup chains every chance I got 🙂
I made all sorts as a child! I have very active imagination and would commandeer cereal boxes and yoghurt tubs and all sorts to make into houses and pirate ships and spaceships!
Daisy chains and mud pies!
Daisy chains and perfume from rose petals, bringing back all the childhood memories 🙂
I use to make paper mache hills for my army men!
Meccano
Magic potions from twigs and leaves and mud!
Rose petal perfume was a must! Which is what it usually smelt of! 😀
MUD PIES
Paper Airplanes
Daisy chains
Ok
Daisy chains
Model planes, took ages but it was worth it. Still do now and then
Daisy chains and rose perfume. Used to catch tadpoles hoping they would turn into frogs, cruel when I think because they were kept in a bucket
Daisy chains
daisy chains 🙂
daisy chains 🙂
All of those! Fond memories 🙂
Forts, always made lots of forts
Pom poms
I used to make things from Art Attack with my Grandad, one of my favourites being a styrofoam pterodactyl 🙂
haha i have fond memories of mud pies, perfume and daisy chains. 🙂 i would always make perfume with Buttercups, and water 🙂
Haha! We used to make all those things you said, plus daisy caterpillars, stick boats, grass cutting mazes, hay bale dens and friendship bracelets 😀
Mud pies
Everything that you’ve mentioned plus, I used to make villages out of mud, gravel and stones for any insects I found.
Made daisy chains but I remember having a candle making kit as a child
daisy chains n slapdab (mud pies)
I used to make perfume out of petals….it really did smell vile!
Lego towers
Mud pies!!!
loved making perfume made out of rose petals,leaves and grass
l made daisy chains
I liked making insect houses & finger knitting
I was a daisy chain kind of girl.
Paper Airplanes 🙂
I made near scentless rose perfume.
Better than loom bands 🙂
Daisy chains and perfume out of rose petals
Pom poms 🙂
We used to make foam glider planes we’d buy from the newsagent.
mud pies and lavender water perfume (Yuk!)
Daisy chain necklaces, bracelets, crowns! (@PeanutHog)
I made ladybird cities in icecream tubs.
I used to make potions and bases
I did French knitting with doll called knitting Nancy
I liked to pretend to make recipes out of lots of plants from the garden, but my brother would never eat it!
We used to make daisy chains, our own perfume (from flowers stolen from my mum and nieghbours gardens), dens out of old crates and sheets, elastic band guns and all sorts of random stuff out of whatever we could find 🙂
daisy chains
Daisy chains…well actually daisy skipping ropes lol
I used to make perfume out of rose petals and mud pies.
I made nasty Rose Leaf perfume
I loved sitting in the grass making daisy chain bracelets!
Mud pies!
I’m afraid it was mainly mud pies with my brother. My family wasn’t too creative.
Witches potions!! 🙂 x
I remember making rose perfume that would have better been described as stinky.
things like mud pies
Mud pies 🙂
all of it
I love creative activities that take some thinking and concentration – an excellent prize
Mud pies
Yes, we sat in the garden and made daisy chains and buttercup chains. Those were the days!
I used to make greetings cards using pressed leaves and flowers
Rose perfume … then coloured it with ground up chalk!
I made daisy chains
Probably all of the above! Though I particularly remember sitting on the bank at school making daisy chains during playtime!
Ooh and friendship bracelets – they were a massive thing when I was a child