ten little fingers - arvind gupta (4 mb pdf)

CLAP IN THE AIRGenerations of children have made this simple toy and enjoyed playing with it.1. Take two cardboardsquares of edge 6-cm.Cut V notches in themiddle of two oppositesides.2. Place onepiece on top ofthe other. Alignthe notches andplace a rubberband in itsgroove.3. Now open thecardboard pieceswith both the thumbsand fold them in thereverse direction.4. This stretches therubber band andkeeps it in tension.5. Now throw these refoldedcardboard pieces upwards.TIK-TIKI6. You will hear anice clap in the air.1. Cut a small rubber bandand weave it through a shirtbuttonhole Tie a knot in thetwo ends of the rubber band2. Take a 50-cm long piece ofthick string Tie a series ofknots along the whole lengthof the string. The distancebetween the knots should be 2to 3-cm. Tie one end of thestring to the button- hole.3. Stretch the rubberband and slide it on asoda water bottle cap.4. Hold the cap in your left hand. Gently press the string with yourright thumb and index finger, and run them along the length of thestring. At each knot the fingers slow down and the button hits the capand makes a metallic tap. As the hand runs along the string there willbe a series of tik-tikis.