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 ...

The loom is intended for “6 and up,” but Brycen, the aforementioned nephew, is persuasive, and in my family, there is always a fallback position: Joan will figure it out. Sure enough, I stopped in for ...

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 ...

In September, when Greta Arcudi bought her daughter a bracelet-making kit called the Rainbow Loom, her son, Jake, was a little miffed because he wanted one, too. So she bought him one. "He's way into ...

Parents are being warned of a cancer-scare involving fake accessories for loom bands after tests revealed some imported batches were laced with deadly levels of chemicals. Safety officials have issued ...

Loom bands - they're the tiny colourful rubber bands that have become a massive craze around the world. Boys and girls are spending hours weaving them into everything from bracelets to skipping ropes.

Loom bands are taking the world by storm – and it’s not hard to see why. Rainbow-coloured and cheap, kids and adults can have hours of fun putting together flash designs with these bright pieces of ...

Parents are being warned about the dangers of loom bands and the plastic trinkets sold with them after tests revealed some to be laced with cancer-causing chemicals Credit: Photo: Rachel Trump/BNPS ...

In this era of babies playing with tablets and young teenagers living and breathing social media, it seems curious to find that rubber bands are a big thing. Playgrounds and living rooms are under ...

CHEONG CHOON NG has his big fat fingers to thank for the creation of a business that has gone on to become a celebrity-fuelled global craze valued in the millions. It all began four years ago with an ...

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