Sep 12, 2024
Celebrating Scoubidous
This handcrafted Doodle honorsscoubidous, a French thread knotting craft that originated in the 1950s and enjoyed a global revival in the 2000s.
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About the Celebrating Scoubidous Doodle
This Doodle celebrates scoubidous — vibrant colorful threads that can be knotted together to create intricate crafts and designs. On this day in 2015, people in La-Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, France set a Guinness World Record for the longest scoubidou.
Scoubidou’s origins date back to the late 1950s when it became a French fad. Using generationally taught lanyard weaving methods, families supplied their children with thin rope straps to create colorful patterns and knots.
Scoubidou maintained its popularity but saw a notable revival in the United Kingdom during the mid-2000s. While the most iconic threads are flat and colorful, others are round and hollow. Today, people use this knotting craft to make everything from key chains to friendship bands. Some countries have helped popularize scoubidou parties — where kids come together to experiment with new threads designs!
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