A mother was sitting with her children making bracelets out of the colourful rubber bands when one of the bands flicked from her eldest sons hand accidentally from the bracelet he was making into his seven-year-old brother Kyle's eye.
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This caused a blood clot which left leaving the child completely blind in his left eye, with doctors needing to operate in an attempt to restore his eyesight.
The incident emerged after the doctor took to a Facebook group to warn parents over the dangers of the latest playground fad.
The accident happened as mum-of-six Carle, from Cleethorpes, Lincs., sat with her children making loom bands at the end of May.
They children were making bands known as 'rainbow loom into sandals' which feature a band around the ankle with a strap which hooks around a toe. The Loom Bands have become popular on playgrounds across the country
One of them needed stretching to fit but as her eldest son pulled it the band slipped from his fingers and shot into the youngsters eye leaving him screaming in pain and being violently sick.
The schoolboy was taken to accident and emergency, where after an examination he was sent home the same night with eye drops. But after the schoolboy continued being sick throughout the night his mother took him back to hospital the following day.
An eye expert said he should never have been sent home and admitted Kyle for six days in hospital, and a further week's bed rest.
Kyle is currently back at school but is unable to take part in any outdoor activities and is now awaiting an operation at Sheffield Hospital to try and regain the sight in his left eye.
The Daily Star newspaper says the mother Carlie Lawrence has contacted the manufacturers but as yet has not heard nothing back.
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