Austin, Texas USA, July 2010: Pre-teen boys trade Silly Bandz at park. ©Bob Daemmrich

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Young boys trade Silly Bandz at an Austin, Texas, park. The brightly colored rubber bands are shaped like dinosaurs, musical instruments, animals and many other shapes, and kids nowadays seems to be obsessed with them. Teachers say that the bracelets are distracting in class and there have been reports of students stealing and fighting over them.

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Size: 5505px × 3936px
Location: Austin Texas USA
Photo credit: © Bob Daemmrich / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bands, bandz, boys, bracelets, children, collectibles, collecting, craze, exchange, exchanging, fad, fads, friends, iwi, kids, rubber, shapes, silly, trading, trend, trendy