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1. For the bracelet, work a total of six flowers in the colour sequence pink–green–lilac–pink–green–lilac. Start with six pink bands for the first flower. Stretch a pink band from peg 1M across to 1L ...

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 ...

Beloved by kids and the bane of parents and teachers, Loom Bands – or Rainbow Loom - is the playground craze that has taken over the planet. But what are they, and where did they come from? Chances ...

It’s a quest of Guinness proportions. Six-year-old Tustin resident Max Wilford is calling for residents to join him in creating the world’s longest rainbow loom bracelet. The goal: to set a Guinness ...

More than 500 kids and adults built a 23,760-foot-long Rainbow Loom chain Saturday in Tustin in an attempt to set a Guinness world record. Eager participants braved the rain to help Max Wilford, a ...

Rainbow Loom kits, which enable kids to make customized bracelets out of rubber bands, are the latest fad among the younger set. Aoife Rouse, an 11-year-old expert, shows the anchors how to get in on ...

The tween fad Rainbow Loom fails to remain hot for the holiday shopping season. Tween trends come and go like ocean tides, but the fad curve of Rainbow Loom surprised even jaded trend-watchers for its ...

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 ...