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Bird Thaumatrope
I’ve wanted to try making a thaumatrope spinner for awhile, and when I recently saw these on the Made in Me blog , I had to give it a try. I just finished a bird painting for a commission, so I used it for the design. When spinning, it almost looks like the bird is flapping its wings. The kids were really excited to see the illusion, and the act of spinning it was just as exciting. If you want to try it out, I made two templates. One like in the photos, and one to color in.
A zoetrope is a classic toy which, when spun, delivers the illusion of animation. The construction is simple and the results are always fun to watch. Zoetropes work by using a cylinder with vertical slits cut along the top edge and a band of sequential drawings/photographs placed inside the cylinder. When the cylinder is spun the viewer looks at the images inside the cylinder through the vertical slots, resulting in each image blurring together in rapid succession creating the illusion of motion.
Zootrope
How to Make a Zoetrope
Edit Edited by TOHGIN minako, Alatos, Krystle, Dvortygirl and 14 others A zoetrope works similar to a flip book : if you move many images through a single spot fast enough, it creates the illusion of a single, animated image. Unlike a flip book, though, in which you flip through the pages quickly, a zoetrope rotates the images, which are viewed through a slit. These instructions will show you how to make your own little zoetrope animation .flipbooks
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