Spring Off Shelves by Silly Bandz Bracelets

President of Zanybandz, based in Oklahoma, said the idea originated in China with shaped silicone office products. He suggested making silly bandz in cute shapes that would appeal to children and that the Learning Express stores in Birmingham picked up on the craze when the product started to fly off the shelves.Sales quickly went from 25 packs a month to 7,000 a month.

“They’re cool to trade, to collect and fun to play with and everyone is, like, going crazy about them,” said Kaitlin Thomas, 8, of Maplewood, who owns between 70 and 80 silly bandz , some of which were bought with money from her piggy bank.



The bracelets are called silly bandz, and they are today’s kid fad. Sold in packs of 12 for about $2.50, or 24 for about $5, they are organized according to theme: animals, princesses, alphabet, Western, for example. Children stack them on their wrists and trade them. The coveted ones glow in the dark. On a child’s wrist, they look like brightly colored rubber bands, but laid on a lunchroom table for inspection, they revert to their original shape.


The silly bandz craze was first noticed in Birmingham, Ala., late last year, according to one of the manufacturers, and has steadily spread up the East Coast. Parts of New Jersey, Long Island and Staten Island first started seeing them in November, and those areas are now gripped by the craze.

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It can be used as Anklets,Bracelets,Necklaces,Accessories for dressing your dolls and stuffed toy and Trading game parts.


On a wrist, they're simple bands, but taken off silly bandz form into shapes that more and more youngsters want to collect.