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String Figures

6 Sites in String Figures

How to do Cat's Cradle

Step by step instructions with photographs.

http://www.ifyoulovetoread.com/book/chten_cats1105.htm
International String Figure Association

Background information with instructions for making traditional Inuit figures.

http://www.isfa.org/
Kids Guide to Easy String Figures

Descriptions, illustrations and video clips showing how to make basic figures.

http://www.alysion.org/figures/introkids.htm
String Figure: Honu (Turtle)

Simple instructions with photographs for making a traditional turtle figure. Includes an associated chant.

http://www.stringfigure.com/Direct/Honu.html
String Figures

Animated instructions for making Jacob's Ladder, Walking Sticks and Two Mountains and a Stream.

http://www.frontiernet.net/~steve_glimpse/stringar.html
The Mathematics and Origin of String Figures

An advanced discussion of their history and theory with instructions for making new designs by the author, Martin Probert.

http://website.lineone.net/~m.p/sf/menu.html

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