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 ...

TOLUCA LAKE (CBS) — Rubber band bracelets in all kinds of shapes and sizes are the hot new fashion trend with lots of kids, but can the popular bracelets pose a danger? "He went to bed one night and ...

HARTFORD — Although rubber band bracelets are a trend at their school, Keeley Joyal and Lindsay Masamery had more than fashion in mind when they started making the bracelets by the dozen. On Thursday, ...

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 ...

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 ...

They’ve gotten too big. Rubber-band bracelets have caused so much commotion at schools that at least one middle school has banned them. Known as “Silly Bandz,” Crazy Bandz and Zanybandz, they look ...