HARTFORD — Although rubber band bracelets are a trend at their school, Keeley Joyal and Lindsay Masamery had more than fashion in mind when they started making the bracelets by the dozen. On Thursday, ...

TOLUCA LAKE (CBS) — Rubber band bracelets in all kinds of shapes and sizes are the hot new fashion trend with lots of kids, but can the popular bracelets pose a danger? "He went to bed one night and ...

Kids are making "friendship" bracelets from tiny multi-colored rubber bands. Stores can't keep the supplies in stock. (Sue Gleiter, PennLive.com) For a Monday evening the A.C. Moore craft store in ...

Bob Antonius’ 7-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son never used to sit down and play together. But that changed when his children discovered the Rainbow Loom, a crafts kit used to weave rubber bands ...

Sharon Lighton, the owner of Anana Gifts, sells kits for children to make rubber band bracelets, which are a very popular trend right now. She has bought 14.7 million rubber bands to sell at her store ...

This rule is a stretch! An Upper West Side elementary-school principal is banning colorful rubber-band bracelets, claiming the jewelry-making fad is a classroom distraction that causes fights on the ...

Every year there seems to be a trend, a new hot item for youths. Colleen Strong, 16, of Manchester, said she and her friends at Manchester Valley High School are “totally into” this year’s trend – ...

Craft your own chic stackable bracelets using metal chain and loom bands, and flaunt your unique sense of style! Stretch bracelets are very popular and my girls and I have been making a lot of them.

Once the mark of a beach holiday in a vaguely hippyish destination, the reinvention of the woven friendship bracelet has taken much of the tween toy market of three continents by storm. This summer's ...