scoobies, scoubis, scoubidous, or woteva ya call em r da strands of plastic dat r rapidly becomin da latest craze. afew ppl av askd how 2 make em so im gonna try 2 explain, lol i repeat TRY. they can be made in2 a numba ov fings (bracelets, keyrings, etc) and can b made in a numba ov ways. i miself onli kno 3 ov dese ways n i will try 2 show you how usin pics n, hopefuli, simple steps. ill rite in normal ritin so its easia 2 read lol. most ov em r wit 4 strands but some wit more. i will show you how 2 make em wit 4 n u cn try usin more yaself if ya wnt. so here we go:

The Square
This can only be made with 4 strands.

Step 1: Similar colours face each other, if they are all different it doesn't matter what order they are.
Step 2: Choose the colour you are going to work on. It doesn't matter which it works the same with any. The one at the back is crossed over to the front and vice versa. It should make a pretzel type shape.
Step 3: The purples are then crossed over and threaded through the opposite pink loop on the inside of the opposite purple string.
Step 4: The strings are then pulled tight, opposite colours at a time, until a square is made.
Step 5: The strings should now have deffinate sides and must stick to these sides.
Step 6: The whole process is just repeated over and over until it is as long as you want it to be.

The Circle
This can be made with more then 4, however it does become more difficult.

Step 1: Start with any colour and cross it over the string next to it on the right.
Step 2: The string that has just been crossed over now crosses over the string to its left.
Step 3: Again The string that has just been crossed over now crosses over the string to its left.
Step 4: This is repeated until there is only 1 string left, which is threaded through the loop the 1st string made.
Step 5: The strings are then pulled tight, opposite colours at a time, until a square is made.
Step 6: Again the whole process is just repeated over and over until it is as long as you want it to be.

The Spiral
This can be made with more then 4 and is the easiest.

Step 1: All but 1 strings are held together.
Step 2: The other string is wrapped around the others and a loop is made.
Step 3: The string is then threaded through the loop and pulled tight.
Step 4: This is repeated with the same colur afew times and a spiral starts to form.
Step 5: When that colour has been used afew times repeat the process with another colour. Keep going until it is as long as you want it.

thanks but... this is hardly new.... im pretty sure we used to do this in elementary school, only we call them lanyards..?

ye bt der new ere, well wer i liv dey r

I used to have tons of these about 8 years ago. We didn't make them, just bought them off a market stall, heh. Apparently all the different colours had different meanings, but no one actually knew what any of them were.

Ah, memories.

good instructions but the square is really called the box. the circle is really called the barrel. and the spiral is called the chinese staircase. there is also a design called the cobra which i havent yet become experienced at

They have websites on how to make them.

They show you here: Scoubidous.co.uk