How-To: Bird Thaumatrope

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This simple project from Joel at Made by Joel will keep your kids (and you!) entertained for ages, and is a perfect activity for a snow day. He’s provided printable templates for making the bird thaumatrope pictured above, and all you need to add is a stick or drinking straw and some tape and then get ready to spin like crazy to create the new image.

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