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| Gummy bracelets rocked in the '80s and are cool even today! |
In my
sleep-away summer camp diary posts, I mentioned having a love of gummy bracelets in the 1980s and one of my readers questioned this. I'm sorry to out her, but I just had to. She's a super cool chick from the UK and goes by the name,
Girl Interrupted. Maybe you've been to her blog,
A World So Small.
Girl Interrupted mentioned having never heard of
gummy bracelets. Now, I'm cutting her some slack for two reasons. One she's seven years younger than me. This means, while I was sporting my armload of
gummy bracelets in seventh grade, she was just a little five-year-old girl in kindergarten or something. Then there's the UK factor. Maybe
gummy bracelets weren't big in the UK, although I'm sure they are -- those Brits are usually way ahead of us!
Gummy bracelets are plastic, stretchy bands which were very popular with girls around 1985/1986. They made a comeback in 2000 and are still cool today. Until recently, I was still wearing a few black gummy bracelets but they broke. I also loved
gummy rings.
Gummy rings were the same concept, only scaled down to fit your fingers. I would stack them and wear one or two.
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| These gummy bracelets are barbed wire, I loved 'em! |
Please note
gummy bracelets are not to be confused with gel bracelets which I'm quite sure are those bands which say LIVESTRONG and are cause-related. They are also not the same as friendship bracelets which were woven bracelets friends made and gave to friends. I'll blog about that another day.
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| Not a fan of the shapes. Even if I was 11, this wouldn't appeal to me. |
Today, rubbery
gummy bracelets have been replaced by silicone bands known as
Silly Bandz which I'm personally not a fan of. I don't like the thinness of the bands nor do I like that they are grouped together in corny genres. Kids love them, don't get me wrong. I just don't dig the idea of dinosaur, sea creatures or pet shaped bracelets. For example, the only
Silly Bandz I like are star-shaped. I would want to own a few of these but only 1 star comes in a 12 pack for $2.99. I would need to stock up on several packages of
Silly Bandz just to get a few star bracelets. Not cool.
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| Today's kid has replaced the gummy bracelet with Silly Bandz. |
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Months ago, my bloggie Facebook buddy
Rainy Day Saver tweeted me asking when I would blog about the
Silly Bandz craze compared to gummy bracelets, so there you go. My opinionated 2 cents.
