blondie Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 we have a child with us (expected asd) who's loves to watch things falling - he spends long periods pouring sand , rice etc through sand/water wheel and things through tubes etc., I would love to extend this to allow him to actually watch the objects fall so am looking for clear tubing wide enough for him to drop things like ping pong balls etc - I have looked everywhere but can't find wide tubing - I know someone on here will know where I can get some. Any ideas please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 From Mr S Axminster tools - he says it is used for dust extraction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 O and now he has found you some on ebay! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 (edited) thank you sooooo much will look right now x ps where abouts on ebay? Edited June 25, 2019 by blondie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I don't kow much about ebay - he says shopping.com and it is called plastic tube/acrylic extruded clear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 blondie what have you started! He has now found some on Amazon - tube Perspex 60/54 mm acrylic clear hollow tube long 1000 mm colourless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panders Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 what fun to be had with this Blondie, you'll be holding back the other children How about one of those jumbo flexible tubes they use for venting tumble dryers, should be easy to get one of those as a kit from a plumbers or B&Q. Saw a couple of things on pinterest the other day - so simple. One was a cardboard tube cellotaped to the wall and a young child was popping glittery pom poms down it, another was a cardboard box lid with a hole cut into one corner and the child was trying so hard to get a ball to go down the hole, fascinating watching him persevere! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 25/06/2019 at 22:12, sunnyday said: blondie what have you started! He has now found some on Amazon - tube Perspex 60/54 mm acrylic clear hollow tube long 1000 mm colourless Thought I would let you know how we got on with the clear tubing - we actually found that hamster / guinea pig tubing was perfect ( the tubing where the hamster runs through from one part of cage to another) as it was clear so child could see what was happening as object fell/poured through - he absolutely loved it , so did lots of others lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 25/06/2019 at 19:41, blondie said: we have a child with us (expected asd) who's loves to watch things falling - he spends long periods pouring sand , rice etc through sand/water wheel and things through tubes etc., I would love to extend this to allow him to actually watch the objects fall so am looking for clear tubing wide enough for him to drop things like ping pong balls etc - I have looked everywhere but can't find wide tubing - I know someone on here will know where I can get some. Any ideas please? I have wanted to find a completely clear marble run for years and have failed dismally, apart from marbles would be great with coloured water :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 11 minutes ago, Mouseketeer said: I have wanted to find a completely clear marble run for years and have failed dismally, apart from marbles would be great with coloured water :-( look at my reply above, might be helpful? we let him use ping pong balls, pom poms, sand, coloured water and anything else he wanted to drop through - loved it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) We do have clear tubing, would just love a stand up on its own clear marble run, we also have a fab wooden stand with wide clear zig-zag tubing but becomes a nightmare if something gets put in it that shouldn’t be :-( Edited August 12, 2019 by Mouseketeer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 ah ok - ours is just short tubing so can pull apart if anything gets stuck. Love the tubing you have though it's fab. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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