Elementary and middle schools in the Pittsburgh area are flooded with a new toy. Girls and boys are spending hours creating bracelets and other things with the Rainbow Loom."It's a phenomenon,” said ...

Forget bracelets. A New Jersey artist is designing intricate critters on her pegged loom – and melting hearts along the way Sandra Sobieraj Westfall is a former national political correspondent, ...

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 ...

WIXOM, Mich. – Cheong Choon Ng was trying to make rubber-band bracelets with his daughters four years ago when he realized his fingers were too big to manipulate the bands. So, the automotive ...

After a patent battle between makers of a C-clasp that lets kids connect loops of rubber brands to loom bracelets was described in the Wall Street Journal recently, I was again reminded of the big ...

Two years after going into business, Rainbow Loom inventor Cheong Choon Ng was nearing the millionth sale of his plastic-pronged device for weaving colorful rubber band bracelets. The $16.99 kits were ...

A girl works on a Rainbow Loom at her home in Wichita. The toy, engineered by two former Wichita State students, has become wildly popular and inspired several copycat versions. Travis Heying File ...

The Lollipop Toy Shop in Wake Forest is one of the few places in the Triangle to buy Rainbow Loom supplies, which are sold through authorized dealers. Shop owner Theresa Ansel credits the product with ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A popular new fad has been rubber banned. A school on the Upper West Side has banned Rainbow Loom, the colorful make-them-yourself rubber band bracelets, because they are ...

"My daughter, Stella, has become an avid fan of making the rubber band bracelets. She recently started selling her bracelets and even some dog collars to family, friends and neighbors to raise money ...

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 ...