A Silly Fad

For most of us it was Cabbage Patch Kids, Pollypocket, Lip Smackers, Tickle Me Elmo, Furby, TY Beanie Babies, Pogs, Tamagachi/Gigapets but this generation has taken fad to entire new level with...rubber bands? Yes that's right rubber bands- sounds like a fad straight from 1900. The official brand name is Silly Bandz, but like any other hot item there are generic brands like Bandit-O's, Stretchy shapes and so on. These colorful shaped silicon bands have become the hottest commodity ranging from elementary kids to college students. Kids bring them to school and trade them with their friends with the goal of collecting the most.

Silly Bandz are flying off of shelves and parents are on the hunt to find them because lets face it kids just "gotta have 'em." I recently found out about this silly fad from working at A.C Moore, when we first received the product they sat on the shelf for a couple of days untouched. Out of no where swarms of people started coming in for Silly Bandz, parents waited outside before the store opened, and they flew off the shelves within hours of coming off of the stock truck. I was amazed, I didn't understand how a product that has never been advertised could be so popular.
 In a world that is so technologically advanced, kids are crazing over something as simple as a rubber band. I think the economy is to blame, if parents cant afford to buy their child the newest ps3 game or mp3 player, they're in luck because this fad is a whopping $5 max per package unless you decide to go generic.

For more information on Silly Bandz and other silicon bracelets check out:
http://www.animalbraceletsblog.com/
this lady is a silly band expert!