Loom bands are taking the world by storm – and it’s not hard to see why. Rainbow-coloured and cheap, kids and adults can have hours of fun putting together flash designs with these bright pieces of ...

1. Wind one lilac band around the hook three times. 6. Pick up another pair of lilac bands and repeat steps 2–6. You have now made your first petal. Slide the petal onto the handle of the hook. 10.

Websites, YouTube videos and apps are providing tutorials for parents to keep pace with 2014's tween craze Parenting manuals? Pfft. The internet is now the flustered parent's first port of call for ...

Last week we featured a gallery of readers' loom band designs as the new craze continued to sweep through Merseyside. But photographs of your incredible creations have continued to flood in, ...

The trend for clothing made out of a simple children's toy began to grow after one woman made a dress of rubber bands. Loom bands - small rubber bands linked together to make bracelets and other ...

The colourful wrist tie-up that shot to fame after Kate Middleton sported one What started off as a small gift has spiralled into a global trend that is being valued in millions! After Kate Middleton, ...

Eight-year-old Mimi explains why she loves loom bands and demonstrates the basics Why are "loom bands" one of the most popular toys in the world at the moment? In this era of babies playing with ...

1. For the bracelet, work a total of six flowers in the colour sequence pink–green–lilac–pink–green–lilac. Start with six pink bands for the first flower. Stretch a pink band from peg 1M across to 1L ...