Horizon Group Just My Style Shoelace Bracelets, 1 Each

This item is great for everyone. They have good colors. Easy project for crafting beginner's. The only thing that prevented me from giving it 5 stars. Is that some of the bead quality is not up to par. Overall good product. I recommend it for age 7 and up. Would make a nice gift, for birthday or?

Well, these are made with actual shoelaces of various bright colors. The length is great and can be used for all ages. The ease of making a bracelet is effortless, you just slide the beads on and that's it. The instructions call for simply tying the bracelet into a bow for completion. The 2 issues I have are #1. the beads are poorly painted and #2.the beads are too few for 7 bracelets. My final concern is there isn't enough of the alphabet charms i.e., there was only one letter A.

The Just My Style Shoelace Bracelet kit is a perfectly simple kit rated for ages 6+. My almost 7 year old daughter loved it. It is a basic concept of stringing beads onto a shoe lace then tying it to create a bracelet. You get a bunch of shoe laces and various beads ranging from basic beads, to flower shaped and even letter beads. My daughter had a blast using it and has been creating bracelets like crazy. My almost 9 year old son even made one for her with it. The shoelaces are a tad long to make bracelets so when you get it to the size to fit around a 6 year olds wrist there is a lot of excess string hanging. It didn't bother my daughter but it kept getting caught on things. We could cut the string to make it shorter but there are aglets on the ends to stop fraying. It's very easy to increase the supply as well since it's only shoelaces and beads. Really, depending on the cost of this product you could duplicate this kit with some basic shoelaces and beads so there are more options. Overall this is a good kit, simple for younger kids to do and a good start for beginner bracelet makers. I would recommend this product.

Just My Style Shoelace Bracelets may be good for a short rainy day activity but not much more. It advertises that you can personalize the bracelets and you can, but there are only enough letters to do one , maybe two names depending on the letters. Do not use this for more than one child who wants a name. We were able to get one name and put a couple of words on the second one because the second name needed letters that had been used. A third would have been a stretch. Just an FYI, the metallic beads stain your skin. This was the biggest flaw. Why make something you can't really wear. I wore mine less than an hour and ended up with staining on my wrist (see picture). I would not pay more than a few bucks for this item. The box is several times larger than what you actually get- don't get sucked in by size!!!

This was a great craft project to do with my 6 year old daughter, she was so excited when it came in the mail we opened it and made two bracelets right then. It was really easy to assemble the bracelets and there were multiple colors of shoe laces to choose from. The beads came in different colors, had flower shapes and letters for a very personal bracelet for someone. There wasn't any problems getting the beads onto the shoe laces which was great not having to struggle just to make it. I do wish there were just a couple more shoe laces and the beads are small so they will be a choking hazard for small children. Overall I think this is a great gift for a crafty child or something a parent and child can enjoy together.