When I was growing up the hottest thing that you could buy for your kids was the
Cabbage Patch doll. People went absolutely nuts, fighting for them in local stores. Soon after the Cabbage Patch doll came the
Garbage Pail Kids (A personal favorite),
Beanie Babies,
Furbies,
Pokemon etc., etc.
Luckily, for parents today the newest in the “I’ve gotta have it or else I’ll die” trend are
Silly Bandz, cute, cheap, colored rubber bands that can be converted into jewelry. No one really knows where the craze originated from came from but overnight, kids everywhere were screaming for this newest toy trend. The first time I saw them was last year when I was teaching children to speak English. Not only were these bands a fashionable accessory, they proved to be a handy educational resource as well.
Looking back now however, I seem to recall when the jelly bracelets were a pretty hot trend too. It was about the time
Madonna first hit the scene and everyone was trying to sport the “Like a Virgin” look complete with cut of T-Shirts and black jelly bracelets that came up to your elbow, and then came the rave scene...
The
Silly Bandz trend is not so different, with the exception that they come in a variety of shapes and themes, such as dinosaurs, submarines, baseball bats, butterflies, tools, letters of the alphabet, sea creatures and MUCH, MUCH more. There are no rules to how you wear them, you can mix up the genres, the colors; you can trade them, collect them, give them away to your friends or share them with anyone you meet along the way.
Silly Bandz meet all the requirements of a modern craze; they have kids begging for them, their parents fighting for them, and they have earned the top-selling spot on Amazon’s toys and games category. The bands have become so popular and distracting that some schools have asked students to stop wearing the bands after teachers reported that some kids were crying over lost bracelets or playing with the bands instead of listening in class.
Its not just kids who like
Silly Bandz. Adults like them too. Within the last year they have gained popularity in the fashion scene and with celebrities like
Sarah Jessica Parker,
Kim Kardashian and
Shakira. In the same manner children are swapping their
Silly Bandz, people their 20s and 30s are handing them out to their friends and even strangers at the bar…
Who will you give your
Silly Bandz to?
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You can find Silly Bandz on beruby…
… here and in the category Shopping>>Fashion and Accessories.
