The plastic crafting device uses a template board, tiny rubber bands and a hook to weave everything from bracelets to elaborate charms. Rainbow Loom has become one of the top toys in the country. Sophie Durrett (left) and Makyla Clinton-Kaplan watch YouTube tutorials on Rainbow Looms in South Pasadena. Kids take free colored rubber bands at the Burbank Central Public Library's first Rainbow Loom event on Tuesday, April 1. Satynne Pyles, left, makes a rubber band bracelet for the first time during a Rainbow Loom event at the Burbank Central Public Library on Tuesday, April 1. Kids learn how to make a starburst bracelet on a Rainbow Loom during a Rainbow Loom get-together at the Burbank Central Public Library.Īn attendee at Tuesday's Rainbow Loom event removes her colored band bracelets from her wrists. Ng's Rainbow Loom won the Toy Industry Association's 2014 Toy of the Year award.įour-year-old Ariana Demirchyan shows her work to Children's Librarian Ingha Chopra, who led Tuesday's first-ever Rainbow Loom event at the Burbank Central Library. The loom allows for more complex designs and layering. Nine-year-olds Valentino Maldonado, left, Lucy Stuck and Amanda Sanchez look through Stuck's Rainbow Loom bracelets. In addition to bracelets, YouTube videos have tutorials on making purses, hair accessories and other objects out of the florescent-colored bands. In 2010, Cheong Choon Ng, a father and engineer in Michigan, first came up with the idea for the loom while trying to make rubber band friendship bracelets with his daughters. The rubber band bracelet trend has taken off has captured the attention of millions through YouTube channels.įour-year-old Ariana Demirchyan shows her grandmother a rubber band bracelet. Nine-year-old McKenzie Mack makes a fishtail bracelet during a Rainbow Loom gathering at the Burbank Central Library. Friends gather at a home in South Pasadena to practice looming together.
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