I always carry a bag or two of the hot pad loops, and a bundle of them on my wrist for the color changing loop trick. One of the few tricks I 'teach' people aka kids how to do. Plus I give them a couple of the loops so they can do it for their friends.
Take two of the loops, preferably of different colors... otherwise there just isn't much of a color change. I'll try to 'splain this without confusing you folks.
1. Hold one loop so it hangs vertically.
2. Insert the second loop horizontally through the first loop.
3. Take the ends of the loop you just put through the vertical loop, and drape the ends of that loop over your thumb.
4. Then make an O.K. sign with the particular hand you used to attach the loops to.
Ok, you should have your O.K. sign with a loop looped over it twice with the other different colored loop hanging dependently from the aforementioned loop.
5. Here comes the magic.... Pull on the bottom loop to stretch the whole thing out, be sure to keep the thumb and forefinger together so the loops don't come off.
6. Now reach up and grab 'one side' of the double looped loop over your thumb and pull it down. The bottom loop should change places with the top loop.
7. Rinse and repeat.
I probably made this much more complicated than it really is. I've taught it to kids as young as 3 or 4. Once you get the principle you'll have it down easy. Kids love this trick!
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