Review on 🌈 30-Pack Fun Pull and Stretch Tubes for Kids by Special Supplies - Sensory Play Toy for Tactile and Auditory Stimulation, Pop, Bend, Build, and Connect, Colorful Heavy-Duty Plastic by James Weber

The most used toy in Grandma's (mine!) house. I have four grandchildren aged 3 to 6 who love these whistles. Here's a list of some of the things they do with it: 1. Play on the phone. They make two long tube chains. One child holds one end of both tubes in one room while the other child goes to another room. They put their ear to mouth and mouth to ear so they can talk and listen at the same time. The sound travels through the tube and into the receiver's ear. Best of all, they only have to whisper and no one else can hear what they say. 2. Make jewelry and accessories. They will adorn themselves with bracelets, necklaces, belts, haloes, etc.3. Make chains out of loops. You will see how long the chain you can make.4. Make a hula hoop. Or two or three or four.5. Make an indoor (or outdoor) hopscotch set by making circles or squares by combining two tubes and then placing the squares/circles on a track around the house that they bounce onto. 6. Play music. They can create sounds by stretching and squeezing the tubes, blowing through them, or spinning them (which has now become an outdoor activity. Imagine four kids spinning two-foot tubes in a small space. Yes. Someone gets injured. .)7. make vehicles. That's what they came up with. If only one child is present, make a rectangle out of 4-6 tubes and call it a motorcycle. If two, then double and build a car. If there are more than two, they form a big circle and call it a bus. Then the "driver" will pick up the front of the car and the others will support the sides and back and they will "lead" him around the house.8. make circles. And, oh, what they do to them. They throw them in the air and catch them. You will arrange them to "catch" the cats (cats cannot ignore the circle). They will (try) to juggle them. They will put a few on their arm and try to get them all spinning at the same time. Make a jump rope.10. Use in the bath or pool, allowing water to flow through the various configurations you dream up.11. Chew them. (OK, this is from the baby, but it's never too early to start.) 12. Make a collar and leash. They will wrap hoses around the waist of one of the children. They then make a chain (the first link encircling the waistline) and take turns walking the "dog's" cousin/sister. I know they do a lot of other things with it. When they get bored with the current list of things they do with them, they invent new uses. The important thing is that they PLAY with it and train their creative muscles. They have learned to manipulate them with their hands. Even a three-year-old child can connect them. You learn through play. This is my third set and I haven't thrown any away. They are well made and almost always bounce back to their original shape (if an adult steps on one I sometimes have to fiddle with it to get it back). But sometimes I send some home for the kids (especially the "guests" who don't visit Grandma often) so they can play at home. If I could give this product a hundred stars I would.