Cooper Volkman is 8 years old and full of energy. While his 10-year-old sister sits down easily to focus on projects, Cooper tends to be perpetually in motion. Lately, though, it’s been different. In ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Rainbow Loom is not just a craft set. It may also be a portal to digital literacy. When I recently bought Rainbow Looms for my two sons (6 and 8), I discovered that this is really a tangible/virtual ...

The warning comes as four children were treated at the same hospital in just one week when the rubber bands became lodged up their noses Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by ...

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 ...

Rainbow Loom bands, the latest craze to hit elementary schools, has reached new heights. One eBay seller in the United Kingdom listed a homemade dress created out of the popular interwoven rubber ...

Veterinarians have treated dogs and cats that ingested loom bands. If an animal swallows several bands, an intestinal blockage can form, a problem that can become fatal. (LORI L. VOLKMAN/ASSOCIATED ...