Apparently, not only are the bracelets distracting children from their lessons, but they're causing tension and fights between the haves and have-nots.

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 th… ...

Rainbow Loom friendships bracelets may be a new fad among children, but they are also becoming a distraction in some Connecticut schools, according to parents and administrators.

My nephew's obsession with Rainbow Loom braceletsBand bracelet looms may target girls, but boys love the stretching, colorful bands, too. Brycen Poe, 4, has a never-ending list of color ...

PS 87 has banned Rainbow Loom, the colorful make-them-yourself rubber band bracelets, because the fad is distracting and has led to fights on the playground, the principal said.

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 Rainbow Loom bracelets have been banned in schools in New York, Connecticut and central Florida, but encouraged elsewhere, such as at Arroyo Elementary in Tustin.

An Upper West Side elementary school has banned Rainbow Loom bracelets from the premises because the principal says children are getting distracted in class and fighting over them on the ...

It’s a quest of Guinness proportions. Six-year-old Tustin resident Max Wilford is calling for residents to join him in creating the world’s longest rainbow loom bracelet. The goal: to set a ...

In September, when Greta Arcudi bought her daughter a bracelet-making kit called the Rainbow Loom, her son, Jake, was a little miffed because he wanted one, too.

Friendship bracelets? Silly Bandz? Those are SO yesterday.This year's hot trend with the elementary school set is Rainbow Loom bracelets. But you probably already know this if you have a young ...