String Figures and how to Make Them
Title | String Figures and how to Make Them PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline F. Jayne |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1962-01-01 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9780486201528 |
Diagrams and text illustrate the steps involved in creating over one hundred string figures while providing information on their origin and cultural background
STRING FIGURES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM A STUDY OF CATS CRADLE IN MANY LANDS
Title | STRING FIGURES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM A STUDY OF CATS CRADLE IN MANY LANDS PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Furness Jayne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 476 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | String figures |
ISBN |
Fascinating String Figures
Title | Fascinating String Figures PDF eBook |
Author | International String Figure Association |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9780486404004 |
Collects instructions drawn from the pages of String Figure Magazine explaining how to create such string "sculptures" as "Twinkling star," "Polar Bear," "Erupting volcano," and "Andromeda galaxy"
String Games
Title | String Games PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Darsie |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781402727870 |
Provides directions, illustrated with photographs, for making many different string figures-- from the fairly simple Jacob's Ladder to more complex Mt. Fuji-- along with information about their history and meaning.
Cat's Cradle
Title | Cat's Cradle PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Akers Johnson |
Publisher | Klutz |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781878257536 |
In today's high tech world, people have completely forgotten how to make The Cup and Saucer, The Witch's Broom, and Jacob's Ladder. Thank goodness for Cat's Cradle. This book's simple instructions and ultra-clear instructional art are foolproof.
Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes
Title | Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes PDF eBook |
Author | Camilla Gryski |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | String figures |
ISBN | 9780590254861 |
Play 40 terrific games with only one piece of string!
Finger Strings
Title | Finger Strings PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Taylor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | String figures |
ISBN | 9780863156656 |
Finger string games are a wonderful opportunity for today's children to practice meaningful movement, explore space, interact with others, and exercise their creative spirits. They are also great fun String games can be especially useful to children who struggle at school or are dyslexic, and for those who are learning the concepts of "left and right" and "up and down." Finger Strings contains games that will delight all children, from the very young to those with greater dexterity. Michael Taylor has many years of experience working with children and has shared his string figures at schools and camps throughout the world. Finger Strings contains more than eighty inventive, imaginative string games and stories, all clearly illustrated with step-by-step, color diagrams. This book is designed especially to require minimal page-turning while making string shapes. Ringbound to lie flat. Includes two brightly colored strings to get you started.