Sharon Lighton, the owner of Anana Gifts, sells kits for children to make rubber band bracelets, which are a very popular trend right now. She has bought 14.7 million rubber bands to sell at her store ...

Kids are making "friendship" bracelets from tiny multi-colored rubber bands. Stores can't keep the supplies in stock. (Sue Gleiter, PennLive.com) For a Monday evening the A.C. Moore craft store in ...

Every year there seems to be a trend, a new hot item for youths. Colleen Strong, 16, of Manchester, said she and her friends at Manchester Valley High School are “totally into” this year’s trend – ...

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, ...

Once the mark of a beach holiday in a vaguely hippyish destination, the reinvention of the woven friendship bracelet has taken much of the tween toy market of three continents by storm. This summer's ...