It's a good idea to start with the official Rainbow Loom videos, according to Kim. Wondering where to begin with YouTube videos? "The number of people that have now posted Rainbow Loom content is staggering to think about," said Kim, the New York-based mom behind the popular Made by Mommy YouTube account.Be wary of products that aren't authorized. Suzanne Peterson, the woman behind Rainbow Loom's official YouTube videos, warns that copycat products don't meet safety standards and that parents and kids should watch out for sharp edges from non-authorized toys.It includes 600 rubber bands - enough to create 24 bracelets. If you're just getting started, the Rainbow Loom complete package ($14.99) has everything you need to begin.If you are a fan of Rainbow Loom or just a parent or teacher trying to cope with the craze, here are tips and local resources - some of them straight from YouTube looming stars. Kim's one of about 30 people now making a career from ad revenue generated by online video tutorials. Online, Kim goes by the name "Made by Mommy" and she prefers not to share her full name for privacy reasons. "On the weekend that number doubles," she told KPCC. "I get a minimum of 100,000 views a day and I'm just one channel," said Kim, a stay-at-home-mom who’s become a YouTube crafting super star. For millions of kids around the country, it has become something of an obsession. Weaving may seem an unlikely subject for a YouTube boom, but currently there are more than 500,000 Rainbow Loom instruction videos on the website. 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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