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The trend of kids using a loom to make rubber band bracelets first caught on in late summer, spiked in September when kids returned to school, and was completely over by December. It grew too fast ...

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Now, it's a bonafide hit. "We are selling 200,000 Rainbow Looms a month," Ng said. There are more than 100,000 videos on YouTube teaching kids how to use the loom and how to make the bracelets.

Toni Notarangeli thought she’d misheard when her eight-year-old son Angelo begged her for a toy he just had to have: a plastic loom that helps kids weave colourful rubber band bracelets.

The loom, which costs $15.99 to $17.99, has three rows of 13 pegs each. A user loops rubber bands around the pegs to weave myriad patterns — from a simple fishtail to elaborate floral designs.

Set the rules." Rainbow Loom bracelets now join a rich history of seemingly harmless but trendy toys banned from school grounds, including: Silly Bandz, Slap-Bracelets, and Pokémon cards.