August 23rd 2015 - Tubes

August 23rd 2015 - Tubes

A few years ago I picked up these plastic tubes in a charity shop for few pence.  They each have a wide and narrow end so can be connected together.  Some are straight, some are curved, some are cross and some are "T" shaped.  This is so that you can make various things.

I gave them to the boys to play with and lil man absolutely loved them, he makes loads of things but moans that he needs more.  Well I hunted high and low with no luck, I posted on facebook asking my friends and a few said they thought they were called ...... or ........ etc.  I searched the net under the names given and still hit a blank. 

After months of searching I found some from a company based in Croatia who would ship to the UK, so I ordered them.  Only to be very disapointed when they arrived - yes they were the same thing as my tubes, all different shapes etc BUT (and a big but) they were about 10x bigger than the ones I had.  So I was still no nearer getting lil man some more.  But I did find a lot of "things to make with them" in images on google.

Then a few weeks back I happened to be on the works website and guess what I found - Yep Smart Buliders Puzzle set.  Identical to what I have.  So I ordered 2 boxes.  When they arrived they were the same size and colours as to what we had, so they got put up for lil mans birthday.  Well his birthday isn't until friday but as we are seeing his godmother thursday (who they are from) we have let him have them today.  He is sooooo Happy that he has more tubes to build with.