Dear Internet,
Are your kids / nieces / nephews / godchildren / siblings CUCKOO SLAP-DAB CRAZY over these little dealios?
Because in our house? And at our school? And in our town?
The kids – boys and girls alike – are CUCKOO SLAP-DAB CRAZY over the animal bracelets.
Beats anything I’ve ever seen, this fascination with GLORIFIED RUBBER BANDS.
That is all.
Love,
Me
p.s. CUCKOO.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Never seen them before but yes I would totally love them. To darn cute.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I am a 2nd grade teacher and the bracelets are EVERYWHERE! I have taken so many of them up from children who are playing with them that I now have my own collection- the flamingo, pig, rhino, and giraffe. Who needs to buy them? You can just be a teacher :)
November 8th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Oh, that takes me back…back to the days when everybody was obsessed with slap bracelets…you know, the ones that were straight until you smacked them on your wrist and then they curled around…magic! They were so popular that they were banned at my elementary school.
I also remember a trend of bracelets made out of what looked like telephone cord…
November 8th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Never heard of them. Where would I get such a beast? My Youngest would LOVEY those!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I’m embarrased to tell you how many hours I’ve driven all over this city looking for them. It’s way too many for a grown woman to admit to.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I’ve never seen those before!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Never seen them, but I can see Chickie being in love.
BTW, our church handed out slap bracelets in the All Hallow’s Eve bags o’ goodies and my kids are IN LOVE. In fact, I wish I could find some more because they would go straight into the stockings next month.
Whoa. Did I just type next month?!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
kids these days……geesh.
Wait….i like them too.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Yes, Silly Bandz are all the rage. (I’m in Birmingham, too.) One of my good friends just set up a kiosk at the Galleria to sell them. They were originally only going to be open until Halloween, but sales have been so good that she just extended her lease through the holidays. Yesterday she got in a shipment of 288 Christmas Silly Bandz, and they were sold out within an hour!
And — NOT to add to the hysteria — BUT there are new designs on the way: 12-packs of Cars (Trucks, Vans, Buses, Beetles), Fun Shapes (Flowers, Hearts, Stars, Four-Leaf Clovers, Christmas Trees and Stockings), and Animals (Alligators, Porcupines, Moose, Seagulls). April knows my boys are cuh-razy about them, so she sends me the “news.” :)
November 8th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
us too!
and i’m the worst mom because i haven’t broken down and bought any. jett keeps trading cool pencils to add to his collection!
November 8th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Never seen them before (I live in Michigan – maybe it’s a regional thing??).
AndiK & Name Nazi – OH MY GOSH I loved slap bracelets!!! That is until the wrapping came off one and it actually cut my wrist when I slapped it on. :)
November 8th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
We haven’t seen them yet, but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time. Or maybe I could be the coolest mommy ever and introduce them…naaahhh…
November 8th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Those are way better than the jelly bracelets from the 80’s!
I would have been totally hooked! :)
November 8th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Oddly enough, my daughter had these tonight at church…someone gave them to her…first time I’ve seen them.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Oh, my! Do we have them in Texas yet? I’m a first grade teacher so you would think I’d have seen them by now….
November 8th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I, too, am from Birmingham and agree with Ashley. I, too, am a teacher and I have a mighty fine collection of animal bracelets of my own!! Turtle, Kangaroo, Rabbit, and like 4 others that I can’t remember! I wish I was the person who created the darn things and maybe I wouldn’t have to be a teacher anymore!
November 8th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Shhhhh… don’t tell my little Okie girls. We haven’t seen them yet and I’m afraid mass hysteria would follow.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
I have never seen these before…and I have 3 kids. Must not have caught on yet around here or they are the only thing that isn’t on the Christmas list!! :)
November 8th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
They haven’t reached NE Ohio yet. They looked like a cookie cutter to me! Mmmmm, cookies. Sugar, chocolate chip, peanut butter . . .
November 8th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
My hubby found out about these things as his very first day as a high-school teacher this year. (Ever. His first job.)
About day 3, he was gifted with a duck bracelet. He is a 28-year-old male.
Them kids are nuts.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Haven’t hit Oregon but I want some!! So cute!!
November 8th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Never have seen them – they are cute – what a clever way to train children to BUY stuff – :::sigh:::: oh well for those in need and without a neat kiosk nearby
http://silly-bands.com/
November 8th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
I’ve never seen them. Do they go back to their animal shape when you take them off your wrist?
November 8th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
We live in Cullman and my nephew is OBSESSED. It’s a sickness.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
You know your kids are getting older when you don’t know about the current bracelet rage. I’ve never seen them in my life.
You Southerners are such trend setters.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Yes- I have gone to lenghts only rivaled by my own mother’s when she was looking for Cabbage Patch Kids- and yes, for rubber bands.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Never seen them in OK, but then again, I have boys. They seem very cool…like jelly bracelets, slap bracelets, etc. My niece would love them!
November 8th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
No from Texas. :) Never seen ‘em.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Never heard of them…although I just had a scary thought – my kids are going to old enough one day to be into the silly stuff like this that becomes popular and I’m going to be one of “those moms” running all over town for…rubberbands? Or whatever comes next…..ugh!!!!
November 8th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I live in CA and have never even seen those things before, but they’re adorable! Actually thinking of tracking some down for my daughter! ;)
November 8th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
hmmm…. never seen them
November 8th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
All I can say is YES. We are right there with you.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Yes. Completely in love. We are right there with you. And the day I caved and bought them for my son was the day they banned them from his school.
Nice.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I am a second grade teacher and I have never seen these before! I bet my kids would love them though…and hopefully leave them at home :)
November 8th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I’m getting them soon in my store here in Texas. http://Www.lindentreeboutique.com :) they are so cool! We love them!
November 8th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I’m in Texas & have never seen them. My kids would love these!! About how much do they cost?
November 9th, 2009 at 1:37 am
http://www.sillybandz.com
4.95 for a set of 24 and they have Christmas sets…
How cool is that? I used to wear the little rubber bracelets… they weren’t in shapes though. <>
November 9th, 2009 at 5:13 am
My 8 year old daughter wears so many she can’t pull her long-sleeved shirts down over them. My son cried for 20 minutes the other night when his dinosaur bracelet broke. So, YES, we’re crazy about them in this SC town.
Why, oh why, can’t I come up with some crazy little invention that would be all the rage!?
November 9th, 2009 at 5:46 am
I’ve never seen them before, but my kids are 11 and 13 so they might have missed this trend. They look really cool, though.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Never heard of them or seen them. I guess we could be trendsetters! Unless of course, they are the rage in public school and we don’t know it because we homeschool???
November 9th, 2009 at 6:41 am
I’m in the Frozen Tundra (MN) and they haven’t made their way here yet. I can bet that they will be very popular though when they do.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:45 am
This is the first time I’ve heard of them. They are so cute! I think I’d rather have them slap dab crazy over those than these crazy Pokemon and Bakugan. At least I know what a giraffe is but a Beedrill? or a Dragonoid? Beats me!
November 9th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Well, I’m just devastated that I have not seen them and know nothing about them.
Dern. I love them!
November 9th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Boo-
I’ve never heard of these bracelets….we homeschool, so I guess this proves how “unsocialized” we are. :) But they are awesome and I know my kids would dig them.
Off topic, with the El Salvador team going for a Compassion tour, I just wanted to tell you that 2 years ago, when you were in Uganda, I sponsored a child, Shivan, who we still sponsor and love and adore. I have a HUGE folder of letters from her. :) It has been an awesome experience. We hope to meet her in the future. THANKS for going!
November 9th, 2009 at 7:39 am
My kids would love something like this.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:44 am
I’ve never seen them before. I’m sure my daughter will love them in a couple years, but odds are that they’ll be out of vogue by then!
November 9th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I’m curious as to what those ‘glorified rubber bands’ cost? :)
November 9th, 2009 at 8:56 am
And then add into that mix BENDAROOS!!!!!!
November 9th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Yes. They are crazy about them here in my neck of the woods… especially the girls.
There are only two shops in town that carry the bracelets and many parents seem to have set up vigil in these stores in an effort to snatch an overpriced bag or twenty when the come off the truck. They are so popular that at one store, they have created a waiting list.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Where’ve I been?
I want one too!