Help to develop your child’s fine motor skills with string games. This ‘cup and saucer’ string figure is the basis of many harder string games so is a great one to learn. Watch the video for the step-by-step instructions.
What you need:
- 60cm long piece of string, looped and tied together at the ends
Number of players:
1+
Activity:
Watch the video to see how you can make the cup and saucer string figure.
Step 1: Start with the string behind your thumbs and pinkies, running across both palms.
Step 2: With your right hand, reach across to the left hand and hook the string that runs across the left palm.
Step 3: Pull your hands apart.
Step 4: Do the same with the other hand.
Step 5: Pull your hands apart again.
Step 6: With your thumbs, reach over the first pointer finger string and under the second pointer finger string. Pull your thumbs back towards your body – there will be two loops on each thumb.
Step 7: Using your teeth (easiest) or pinkie fingers (if you’re feeling dexterous), pull the bottom string off your thumbs and pass it over the top string.
Step 8: Drop the loops off both pinkie fingers and pull your hands apart.
Step 9: Tilt your thumbs up and you have a cup and saucer.
Now you have mastered the cup and saucer, you can create an Eiffel Tower or star string figure.
- Thanks to our sister company Kidspot Australia for the creating instructional video.
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