Zoetrope (mini)
Materials: • 4.5” dia. clear plastic round deli container, 16 oz. • large chopstick • straws (must big enough to fit the chopstick, we used “jumbo” straws) • electrical tape • 2.25” dia. foam core washer • 10.5”x 1” paper animation strip (with frame lines every 1.25” pre drawn) Tools: • scissors • screw • screw driver • tape pattern template (if making multiple or working with young children ) • hot glue gun First, locate the middle of the plastic cup and poke a hole in it with the screw, then take a Phillips head screw driver about the size of your chop stick and widen out the hole. Next, begin applying electrical tape strips to the side of your cup, leaving gaps no more than a few mm wide. Note that given the cups are conical when the tape is placed straight up and down the slots should be triangular not perfectly parallel. Once you've made one good one you can save it as a template or use a sharpie to make a separate template. Temp