Cat's Cradle Tricks Easy

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Cat's cradle tricks easy. A Book of String Figures By Anne Akers Johnson. Position 1 Opening A A Hand Catch Cup and Saucer The Star Fishing Spear Dressing a Pelt The Moth The Mouth Man Climbing a Tree Sawing Wood Framework for a Hut The Mouse A Thumb Catch Batoka Gorge Casting a Spear. The Japanese call these string tricks Ayatori.

The size can vary. The string should be twice as long as the distance between your shoulders. A Book of String Games By Camilla Gryski.

String games such as Cats Cradle have been played around the world for thousands if not millions of years. Use a square knot and cut off the excess when the string is tightStep 3 Position your thumb and pinky. Take the lower string from the inside of the left wrist and wrap it up and to the outside around the wrist once.

Secure the string in a square knot so it wont pull loose. Keep your thumb out of it. The object is to see how long you can keep it going without messing up.

Move both thumbs forward over the middle finger string nearest to your body and under the second middle finger string. Some such as coming when called are useful and others such as giving a high five are a fun form of enrichment for your cat. Includes a two person Cats Cradle.

Then you loop the string around each hand. Any type of cord will work as long as it fits around your hands. The true origin of the name is debated though the first known reference is in The light of nature pursued by Abraham Tucker in 1768.