Learning Express Toys employee Taylor Damron, middle, teaches a specific a Rainbow Bracelet pattern to, from left , Meghan Wilson, 8, Maggie Stevens, 9, and Cason Wilson, 6, during an advanced class at Learning Express Toys. The bracelets are made on looms from rubber bands and are the latest trend for kids.
Meghan WIlson, 8, weaves a Rainbow Bracelet during an advanced class at Learning Express Toys. The bracelets are made on looms from rubber bands and are the latest trend for kids.LEARNING LOOMWhat: Rainbow Loom instructional classes.Where: Learning Express, 313 Manufacturers Road, Suite No. 103, Chattanooga.When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday; 3:30 p.m. beginner class; 4 p.m. advance class.How much: FreeInformation: 423-643-8697 or www.chattanooga.learningexpress-toys.com
Her expert sleight-of-hand-like technique can produce a rainbow in just under 10 seconds.
Emma Chamberlain, 10, a fifth-grader at Thrasher Elementary School on Signal Mountain, has become an expert at making Rainbow Loom bracelets, the uber-popular fashionwear now decorating the arms of children in elementary and middle schools across America. Emma makes the bracelets using latex-free mixed-color rubber bands and likes to be creative.
“I can make fishtails, singles, double singles and triple singles,” she says, describing various bracelet patterns. “The most popular are hexafish, starburst, bridges, raindrops and fishtails. The kids typically bring their looms to school and make them during recess. No one ever argues. We all share.”
Mary Beth Conklin, owner of Learning Express Toys on Manufacturers Road in Chattanooga, says the Rainbow Loom trend is even bigger than the popular Webkinz and Silly Bandz from several years ago.