String figures or string games are popular with many indigenous cultures throughout the world, from the Arctic to Australia, all around the Pacific, and in Africa. They are typically performed by one person, or two, as in the game of "Cat's Cradle", using a single loop of string. Often they are made one following another, while singing or telling a story.
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Step by step instructions with photographs.
[ Teens/Mature Teens ]
Background information with instructions for making traditional Inuit figures.
[ Kids/Teens ]
Descriptions, illustrations and video clips showing how to make basic figures.
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]
Animated instructions for making Jacob's Ladder, Walking Sticks and Two Mountains and a Stream.
[ Kids/Teens ]
Step by step instructions with photographs.
[ Teens/Mature Teens ]
Background information with instructions for making traditional Inuit figures.
[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ]
Animated instructions for making Jacob's Ladder, Walking Sticks and Two Mountains and a Stream.
[ Kids/Teens ]
Descriptions, illustrations and video clips showing how to make basic figures.
