Spiral Unplugged Project - Spirograph Fun!
The theme for this month’s Unplugged Project is spiral. All along I had been thinking Spirograph and dug out my old Spirograph sets (yes, I am a packrat!), but we haven’t had a chance to play with those yet.
Coincidentally, my husband gave each of the kids a gift bag full of Valentine’s Day goodies, including a very cute, small, heart-shaped Spirograph-type toy! They pulled those out this afternoon and had a blast with them. It was their first time playing with such a thing (although the results reminded the kids of our very fun string art project).
It is still a bit hard for my 4 year-old to manage on her own (holding frame still and keeping the gear tracking along the teeth), but she loved it and it seems like a great exercise in fine motor skills.
When I was a child, the classic Kenner Spirograph was as ubiquitous as Crayola Crayons or Play-Doh. Everyone had one! But nowadays, as far as I can tell, this is considered a “vintage toy” that can only be found at places like Ebay. Am I vintage too?? Feeling a little old here…
Anyhow, I have lots of not-so-vintage ideas of things to do with our Spirograph creations. Hopefully we’ll get to try them and post about it before the end of the month.
LINKS:
- There are still Spirograph-like sets
out there.
- Here’s a simple one that looks pretty good to me: Hypotrochoid Art Set
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Oh I used to love Spirographs! I can’t believe they don’t make them any more. Guess that makes me vintage too!
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Pack me away in the vintage draw too. Spirographs were so much fun! And those little spin art boxes that you’d drop paint on. The box had a spinner that you put paper on and it would draw the paint out on the paper. I have no idea what those things were called anymore… Might have to go buy some Spirographs now that I know they may not be around in a couple years when my daughter is old enough to use one!
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I had forgotten all about the Spirograph. I had one too, and I loved it! I wonder how many more of your fans are “vintage” also? :o)
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I’m in! I even have a spirograph!!
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[...] I promised another Spiral Unplugged Project post and I am finally here with it - at the eleventh hour (a new Monthly Unplugged Project theme begins tomorrow)! [...]
Sorry I’m late! I wish I had been able to delete that other link. But now the post is ready. I am 30 minutes late! I loved loved loved this project and I can’t wait to find out what March’s project is!!
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I still have my Spirograph and Super Spirograph all intact from my childhood and I use them today to make greetings cards or just have fun. Sometimes I get really into it and make simple great big spirograph patterns on the beach in the sand and I make a kind of string art thing using similar principles.
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