Scoubidou
Scoubidou is a plaiting and knotting craft, originally aimed at children, which became a fad in certain countries in 2004 and 2005. It uses commercially supplied plastic strips or tubes.
Scoubidou or Scoubi is also know as Boondoggle in the USA.
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 originated in France, where it was already a rage in the 1960s.
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. The creations possible with Scoubidou are also similar in many ways to traditional corn dollys.
In July 2004 German and Dutch research showed that scoubidou appears to contain an excessive amount of phthalates.
Scoubidou is also a song by Sacha Distel and was formerly the title of the cartoon Scooby-Doo in French.