Friendship bracelets are a super-simple ... To start, make a loose loop around your wrist with the elastic cord. Add about two extra inches, and then cut the cord to about that size.

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In the 2010s, there was a trend of bracelets called loom bands. These were plastic and elastic bracelets in bright colours, that you could collect and swap with your mates on the playground at school.