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 ...

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.

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 ...

Everybody's talking about loom bands, the most popular playground craze of all time (yes, even bigger than conkers – get with the programme!). Kids try to out-do each other with their finger-woven ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...