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You Can Draw Patterns Immediately! by Calsidyrose

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Here is the opening page for the "simple" instructions for making your own cool Spirographic shapes. I remember struggling to keep the colored ink en from ripping the paper and the pins holding the big wheel in place!

Imagine letting your child play with sharp map pins AND higher math--all by themselves!

BTW, this is the 1967 version--Kenner introduced the toy in 1966.

That's what I did when I was a kid--this isn't my set but it is the same one that I had. I never had the patience to make the more complicated diagrams.

I found this set, missing its four pens and two plastic wheels,, but with the map pins (under the blue storage case) and the original booklet of instructions.

Spirograph Pattern Guide by Calsidyrose

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Click on the large size to fully appreciate the geometry of these shapes! Why, it's fractals without a computer! With pen and paper and some plastic gear pieces! So low-tech!

Imagine letting your child play with sharp map pins AND higher math--all by themselves!

That's what I did when I was a kid--this isn't my set but it is the same one that I had. I struggled trying to keep the map pins in the big wheels, and never had the patience to make the more complicated diagrams.

I found this set, missing its four pens and two plastic wheels,, but with the map pins (under the blue storage case) and the original booklet of instructions.

BTW, this is the 1967 version--Kenner introduced the toy in 1966.

Spirograph! by Calsidyrose

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Imagine letting your child play with sharp map pins AND higher math--all by themselves!

That's what I did when I was a kid--this isn't my set but it is the same one that I had. I struggled trying to keep the map pins in the big wheels, and never had the patience to make the more complicated diagrams.

I found this set, missing its four pens and two plastic wheels, but with the map pins (under the blue storage case) and the original booklet of instructions.

BTW, this is the 1967 version--Kenner introduced the toy in 1966.

How to Draw with Spirograph by Calsidyrose

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Imagine letting your child play with sharp map pins AND higher math--all by themselves!

That's what I did when I was a kid--this isn't my set but it is the same one that I had. I struggled trying to keep the map pins in the big wheels, and never had the patience to make the more complicated diagrams.

I found this set, missing its four pens and two plastic wheels,, but with the map pins (under the blue storage case) and the original booklet of instructions.

BTW, this is the 1967 version--Kenner introduced the toy in 1966.

Vintage Spirograph Set by Calsidyrose

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Imagine letting your child play with sharp map pins AND higher math--all by themselves!

That's what I did when I was a kid--this isn't my set but it is the same one that I had. I struggled trying to keep the map pins in the big wheels, and never had the patience to make the more complicated diagrams.

I found this set, missing its four pens and two plastic wheels,, but with the map pins (under the blue storage case) and the original booklet of instructions.

BTW, this is the 1967 version--Kenner introduced the toy in 1966.

Spirograph! by Calsidyrose

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Imagine letting your child play with sharp map pins AND higher math--all by themselves!

That's what I did when I was a kid--this isn't my set but it is the same one that I had. I struggled trying to keep the map pins in the big wheels, and never had the patience to make the more complicated diagrams.

I found this set, missing its four pens and two plastic wheels,, but with the map pins (under the blue storage case) and the original booklet of instructions.

BTW, this is the 1967 version--Kenner introduced the toy in 1966.

DrawingToy Animals by Retta (Loretta) Stephenson

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Week 5 of Sketchbook Skool, called Beginnings. Assignment 1 from teacher Roz Stendahl:

Still Life Practice, Drawing Toy Animals

I was so busy concentrating I didn't even notice til the end that the Meerkat and Bunny had switched places. Oops!

The 2 hardest for me: the Gesture and Contour drawings. The one I enjoyed the most: the Color and Shadow drawings.

Drawing Rods by Thomas Forsyth

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Two new versions of my project 'Fishing For Lines' for the Campaign For Drawings' tenth anniversary celebration 'Now We Are Ten'.