ORLANDO, Fla. — Rainbow Loom bracelets — the colorful craze among the elementary-school set — have been banned from at least two schools because officials say they are disrupting class. Lake Silver ...

CASSELTON, N.D. - Lauren Oberholtzer's fingers fly as she methodically weaves an intricate pattern out of colorful rubber bands. Within minutes the Casselton 10-year-old has created a fun, stretchy ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Lara Cassano has 40 of them; her big sister, Francesca, 60. Samantha Perham owns 121 and Nicole Weinberg, 180. But the queen of Bandz bracelets, the girl classmates secretly envy ...

My daughter is five and she loves these stretchy rubber band bracelets that look like animals and other things when you take them off. She trades them with her friends and wears them all the time. She ...

Little arms draped in colored, rubber bands became a common sight in school classrooms almost overnight. “They just appeared one day,” said Pete Belcher, a fourth-grade teacher at Bellaire Elementary ...

MANILA, Philippines–While those trendy loom bands may not be toxic, they can still pose a hazard to humans and their pets. Animal welfare advocates and environmentalists on Sunday reminded weavers and ...