(Humming)

A title reads: Make Your Own Thaumatrope. Little Malabar

(Multiple vocal sound FX)

A person sweeps craft supplies off a table. Only their hands are visible. The person taps their fingers on the bare light brown table.

(Humming)

The person says, DING!

An animated lightbulb appears on the table. It disappears in a puff of smoke.

(Vocal sound FX)

An animated computer slides onto the table.

(Mimicking typing)

The person mimes typing on the computer. The computer slides off the table and a printer slides on.

(Zooming sound)

The printer prints out a piece of paper with six round pictures on it.

(Multiple vocal sound FX)

A pair of scissors moves on their own.

(Snipping sound)

The person grabs the scissors.

The person says, OH, UH, OH!

(Vocalizing)

The person cuts circles out of the paper.

(Mimicking cutting)

The scissors slide off the table.

The person says, Bye-bye!

(Snapping)

The person snaps their fingers.

The person says, Mm-hmm...

The person taps the table and four of the circles disappear.

A paper slides onto the table. It reads: Pat. Fix.

(Snapping)

The person snaps and the paper turns into a tube of sticky tack. The person uses a ruler to cut it into pieces.

The person says, UGH, UGH, UGH.

The pieces turn into tiny balls and roll around the table.

(High-pitched chattering)

The person presses balls of sticky tack to the backs of the cut-out circles.

The person says, TUT-TUT-TUT-TUT-TUT...

A stick slides onto the table.

The person says, PHEW!

The person chops the stick with one hand.

(Grunting)

The stick changes into a bunch of thin dowels, painted with stripes.

(Vocal sound FX)

The person attaches the two circles to the end of one dowel.

(Music playing)


The person spins the dowel so that the pictures on the circles appear to move. It looks like a person swimming through water.

Three dowels with pictures are spread out on the table.

(Music playing)

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