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imastawka wrote:
It was also called 'Knitting Nancy'. This thing has waaay more spikes.
It's fiendish. And expensive. And the kids are hooked. Boys as well.
My grandson's school encourages them because it feels it makes the
kids more socially active. Yeah, let's get something else to get the kids
sitting around and not being physically active!!
Actually, by standards of 'hot' kids stuff these days, its cheap as. Board or loom is available at BigW for $15, bands come at around $3 for a pack of 300 in shops, the other day my boss bought his GD 2400 bands on ebay for $12. All different colours, glow in the darks, two tones, glittery, etc. My Mr9 wanted one so badly, I didnt even have to fork out for it, he bought every piece of equipment he has for it himself.
They can be pretty nasty if you trip and fall on one, it snapped and cut Mr9's knee open. Shouldnt have been on the floor, not really the boards fault.
Theyre also a perfect activity for cold wet weekends, fun, creative, especially when attempting the more difficult desings, and far far better than staring at a screen all day.
They were banned at my sons' school on first day of term, under the jewellery policy, however I supsect it had much more to do with boys flicking them at eachother than anything else. But, in all fairness, when I was in primary school in the early 90's, marbles made a comeback and were promptly banned.
Other than the tiny brightly coloured aerial missile aspect, I dont see a problem with them.
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