| Scoubidou
is a fad in certain countries in 2004 which involves
the knotting of plastic tubes.
The scoubidous are supple, round,
hollow plastic tubes of approximately 80 centimeters
in length. They are sold in various colours, sizes
and types. The tubes can be used to make various
items by binding them together with special knots.
Young and old make key chains, friendship bands
and other trinkets. Scoubidou originates in France,
where it was already a rage in the 1960s. The
creations possible with Scoubidou are similar
in many ways to traditional Corn dollys.m.
Most of the knots used in Scoubidou
were known long before the current fad. They were
executed in Bast and used for similar purposes
as scoubidou proper today.
Scoubidous are also know as Bondoogle
in the USA and are now imported into the UK by
Activity Plus Ltd . Examples of some of the knots
can also be seen on their website.
In July 2004 German and Dutch
research showed that scoubidou appears to contain
an excessive amount of phthalates.
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