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Learn all about rubber bands and some fun things you can do with them! Plus, see the biggest rubber band ball and longest rubber band chain in this week's episode of Full-Time Kid with Mya!
Aired: 11/28/13
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NARRATOR: "Full Time Kid," with Mya.
[giggling] Hi, I'm Mya.
Today on "Full Time Kid," we'll be learning about rubber bands.
Rubber bands are made from the rubber tree.
The rubber band was invented in England on March 17, 1845 by Stephen Perry.
He invented the rubber band to hold papers together, but we can do much more with them.
You can make a rubber band ball by bunching up a few rubber bands and continually wrapping them with other rubber bands, like this.
The largest rubber band ball weighs 9,032 pounds and was made by Joe Waul.
You can make a rubber band gun by wrapping the rubber band around your hand, like this.
You can even make a rubber band chain by linking rubber bands together, like this.
The longest rubber band chain I hear is 1.32 miles and was created by 11-year-old Allison Coach.
You can also make shapes and letters, like this.
Star, X, Y, B, L, I, O.
Or you can make a rubber band instrument by wrapping rubber bands around a plastic container, like this.
And the last thing I want to show you is a magic trick.
I'm going to make these two rubber bands switch.
Watch carefully.
Ta da!
That's it.
Thanks for learning about rubber bands on "Full Time Kid."
Bye!
(LAUGHING) Sorry.
I can't make a straight face.
OK, one more time.
One more time.
Hi.
Today on-- [speaking gibberish] I forgot what I was going to say.
Hi, I'm Mya.
Hi, I'm Mya.
Today on "Full Time Kid," we-- [speaking gibberish]
