The Tumblies

Sand-shapes - The Tumblies tip a beach-bucket with sand forms. How strange, the crab-like one moves by itself. And where is doggie? Skip - Two Tumblies spin a , but now there is no one to jump. Luckily some of their own discs can do the jumping. Kite flying - Flying kites ain't easy. They get entangled and Tumblie arm-discs need to be caught. Together they manage but the kites fly away.

Balance scale - When the balance scale is unbalanced you have to swap discs to become in balance. Cleaning - There is too much mess of blocks to play. So together they clean up the place. It makes a nice wall to throw a ball back and forth over. Mosquito - A Mosquito is 'terrorizing' two Tumblies. It interferes with their play and makes them fall apart until Doggie safes the day.

Bicycle - The Tumblies want to learn to ride 'bicycle' by using their bottom disc as wheel. Yellow fails. With the help of Doggie he finds a solution. Tape mummy - When you play with sticky tape, you need help when you get stuck in it. Remote - There is a very special remote control. The color buttons make Tumblies appear and disappear and can make them grow or shrink.

Music - Pink makes some music with a woodblock. Blue tries to trick her by making other sounds. Together they make nice music. Piece together - Puzzle pieces are just like masks and that's lots of fun. Even more fun putting them together. Doggie finds the last piece. Seek - Doggie finds Blue easily under one of three cups. When it's Pinks turn to seek, Blue cheats.

Big ball - A bouncing ball is fun when it makes you jump and your discs rattle. Making it bounce can be hard. Working together helps. Drawing animals - The Tumblies draw animals on paper and make the corresponding sounds. When Doggie comes, the drawn animals are chased away! Sled - The Tumblies have a sled. Who can be on the sled? They figure out a way to ride along all together.

Fall - The Tumblies make look-a-likes from chestnuts and acorns. Lost Teddy - One of the Tumblies has lost his 'teddy'. They cannot find it, but Doggie uses his sense of smell and it is soon recovered. Ball - One wants to play alone with his ball. But Doggie makes clear it's much more fun to play together.

Dust bin - A dust bin with lid and foot release is nice to climb upon, but it can launch you to. Mud -The Tumblies play in the mud and get very dirty. In the end they have to clean each other. Doggie jumps in the mud so everybody gets dirty again. Hide and seek - The Tumblies play hide and seek. Doggie is easily found because he is to eager, but he is a very good seeker.

Toilet roll - The Tumblies make the best of play with empty toilet rolls. We all know how fun that always was. Counting - The colored dots on a blackboard correspond with the colors and the amount of discs of each Tumblies. Xylophone - By throwing their discs cleverly they act like drumsticks so the Tumblies can make music with a xylophone.

Running - Blue and yellow have a running contest. There is fierce competition between them, but in the end the surprising winner is Doggie. Domino - Setting up a domino race ain't easy with doggie around. He accidentaly set things in motion. But it is a lot of fun. Carton box - Two Tumblies use a carton box to hide from the third. But he finds the secret door and the joke is on them.

Masks - The Tumblies have masks of a lion and a tiger. Blue is scared by them. Doggie comes to rescue him. Now Blue wants to be a wild animal too. Swing - The Tumblies want to play on a swing. But there is just room for one. The Tumblies find a solution. Catapult - The lid of a dustbin on it's side can be used as a mechanism to launch a bike riding Tumblie. And that's lots of fun.

Tag - The Tumblies play their version of tag, 'stealing' a disc from one another. But Doggie changes the rules. Pencils - With some pencils the Tumblies draw a really big drawing in which they can play. Peekaboo - When one tumblie is playing with blocks, another tries to trick him. Then the tables are turned. What fun.

House - Tumblies are building a house from blocks. But one has disappeared. Turns out he is in the house without a door. Teddy bear - A tumblie is scared by a moving Teddy Bear. Doggy discovers the others make it move. Get the ball - Yellow wants to play alone with his ball. The others start playing a peekaboo game so he loses interest in the ball. But than the others start playing with the ball.

Tennis ball- Blue falls apart by the bounce of a tennis ball. Turns out the others play a throwing game. That is even more fun with everyone. Change the image - A puzzle is hard to solve. The image just isn't right. They switch discs so they look like the image on the puzzle. Little car - The Tumblies made a small car. But there is only room for two. Luckily you can also bike alongside of it.

Behind you - Yellow sneaks up behind blue and steels a disc. Doggie is there to help blue. Tail of tape - When you make a tail of sticky tape, things get stuck to it and it becomes really hard to move. Fierce wind - The Tumblies are blown away by a fierce wind. Working together they can withstand it to discover it is made by a blowing fan.

Recorder - The Tumblies discover that by opening and closing the holes of a recorder you can play music with it. Slide - The Tumblies play on a slide. When someone helps you, you can overcome your fear and have fun. Catch the disc - Yellow 'steals' a disc of pink. She tries to catch him. When blue appears he and yellow roll the disc. When pink catches it, it is blues turn to catch the disc.

Swimming - Yellow thinks the water is to cold. Doggie sneaks up and surprises Yellow. Startled he jumps into the water. Magic buttons - The Tumblies play hide and seek using the special remote. Doggie doggie - Three cups are a perfect hiding place. Blue shuffles them. Under which one sits doggie?

Paint - The Tumblies have fun with a pot of paint, giving themselves some extra color. Luckily there is a shower that cleans them. Push - The Tumblies discover that when you want to move a basketball you better push on the same site. Chasing sheep - The Tumblies draw animals, sheep and cows. Doggie comes along wondering what these animals are. He barks and the drawn animals run away.

Building - Two Tumblies are building a tower. It is a competition and the last block is needed by both. Doggie ends the dispute and makes them work together. School - The Tumblies are in a makeshift classroom with blackboard. They learn to count with numbers and their disks. Skateboard - the Tumblies show each other tricks you can do sliding in a deep soup plate. It becomes a nice ballet.

Dancing - The Tumblies are dancing. Every time the music stops, they freeze in a pose. During dancing, discs fly away. Sliding puzzle - Two Tumblies solve a puzzle but only one is on the image. So one has to change places with doggie to resemble the image on the puzzle. Seesaw - To use the seesaw (teeter totter) they need to balance themselves. Of course this takes some tumbling and fun.

Curling - The Tumblies are using their disks as curling stones. They need to be creative to make the game work. Spin the rope - When you spin the rope, you can't jump yourself. Unless you are a Tumblie .It is more fun to jump together than alone. Flash light - They make shadows of all sorts. Doggie is excited by the shadows. When a shadow of a dog appears he chases it away.

Cups - Doggie hides under a cup and finds a way to cling to the top. So when the cup is thrown over he isn't found. Woodblocks - With a drumstick you can make music on your discs. They all sound different so you can play a nice tune and the others can dance to it. Basketball - When you are both on a different side of the ball it doesn't move and you can't see each other.

Marbles - The Tumblies use bouncing skills to put all the marbles in a box. Tv - The Tumblies are watching tv. They switch channels and respond to what they see (and the viewer doesn't). Diving - Yellow wants to swim but is scared to jump in. As the others come swimming, yellow overcomes his fear through the support of the others.

Spinning toll - A turn-toll enters the scene. To make it turn fast a rope is needed. Together they make it go really well. Broken swing - They Tumblies play on a swing. But one seat brakes. The Tumblies find a real Tumblie solution. Barnyard - The Tumblies make paper masks: Sheep, cow and pig. Doggie is confused. Are they animals? Then he understands and get's a mask too, a cat-mask.

Photo-camera - The tumblies make funny pictures with a photo camera , faster and faster. it looks like animation! Puzzle - Pieces of a puzzle can fall like domino's, but it is more fun to create the image especially when the image is of Tumblies. My ball - Blue doesn't want to share his ball with the others. But when they start playing, he rather plays with them.