Contraptions!

Contraptions! is the 14th episode of Blue's Clues from Season 5.

Characters Present[]

Blue
Joe
Sidetable Drawer
Mailbox
Mr. Salt
Mrs. Pepper
Shovel (end credits only)
Pail
Periwinkle
Gilda (single appearance)
Baby Bird
Boris (cameo)
Tickety (end credits only)
Slippery Soap (end credits only)

Summary[]

Blue and Joe have been having some fun making contraptions. They learn about devices such as pulleys and levers as they check out the contraptions the various characters have made. They use prediction skills to try and figure out what the contraptions do. They also skidoo into a computer contraption game where they help Gilda the builder to complete some unfinished contraptions.

Elements[]

Question: What will Blue's contraption do?
Clues:
- 1. A Cup
- 2. Seeds
- 3. A Bird
Answer: Feed the bird
Skidoo location: The Contraptions Game
Living room picture: A pulley with an envelope attached to it, then the pulley pulling the envelope
Felt frame picture: Felt Friends playing ramp with a ball
Colored Shirt: Orange
Snail Appearances: (1. on the round table) (2. behind the potting soil) (3. behind the left side of the bowl)

Objects[]

Watering can
Seeds

Video Release[]

Nickelodeon: Let's Learn S.T.E.M. (DVD, 2015)

Trivia[]

Joe's notebook did not have a crayon.
Baby Bird is the bird in Blue's contraption.
This episode ends when Joe sings The So Long Song outside instead of inside.
This is Joe's version of What Does Blue Want to Build?.
This is the first Joe episode to be produced in his orange shirt.
This episode was released on Nickelodeon: Let's Learn STEM DVD.
This is the second time seeds are a clue. The first was The Grow Show.
Pail appears without Shovel, except during the end credits.
The notebook does not ding until Joe finds the first clue, but only in the Sidetable Drawer portion.
In this episode, Joe skidoos into the computer, just like Steve, who did it in Blue's Senses, What Did Blue See?, and Animal Behavior!.
In this episode, the fan is the correct choice for the first contraption and it's the incorrect answer for the third and final contraption.