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\nFollow along with Durga, age 11, and learn how to make a thaumatrope, an optical toy that was popular in the 1800s. Roughly translated from Greek, the word thaumatrope means \"wonder turn.\" Materials: --card stock --pencil or pen --roll...\nFollow along with Durga, age 11, and learn how to make a thaumatrope, an optical toy that was popular in the 1800s. Roughly translated from Greek, the word thaumatrope means \"wonder turn.\" Materials: --card stock --pencil or pen --roll of masking tape, plastic lid, or another circular shape to trace scissors --hole punch --two rubber bands Instructions: 1. Think about what you want to draw on your thaumatrope. It needs to have two related elements—like a bird and a cage, or a fish and a bowl. 2. Draw a circle on a piece of card stock. You can trace something with a circular shape, like a roll of masking tape or plastic lid. 3. Cut out the circle and punch two holes opposite each other and at the edge. 4. Make sure the holes are horizontal. Then, draw an element on one side. 5. Now flip the circle over from bottom to top. 6. Draw the second element on the other side. 7. String a rubber band through one of the holes, and thread one end through the loop at the other end. Repeat on the other side. 8. Pull the rubber bands tight and use your forefingers and thumbs to spin the circle back and forth. Watch your two drawings become one! Credits #MetKids is a digital feature made for, with, and by kids! About #MetKids #MetKids Contributors: Durga and Krishna Inspired by \"Lady with Her Pets (Molly Wales Fobes)\" by Rufus Hathaway. Music: Kevin MacLeod, \"Fig Leaf Times Two\" (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Closed captioning for this video is available in ten additional languages: #MetKids—صمم لعبة بصرية: ثاوماتروب #MetKids—制作光学玩具：西洋镜 #MetKids—Créer un jouet optique : le Thaumatrope #MetKids—Bastle ein optisches Spielzeug: Das Thaumatrope #MetKids—Creare un Giocattolo Ottico: Taumatropio メットキッズ—視覚玩具ソーマトロープを創る #MetKids—착시현상 장난감 만들기 - 회전 그림판 #MetKids—Crie um brinquedo óptico: Taumatrópio #MetKids—Создай оптическую игрушку: Тауматроп #MetKids—Crea un juguete óptico: Taumatropo. Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies. © 2015 The Metropolitan Museum of Art\n
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