Climbing Clothes Clip | English

This is a game for two, though you can play it alone too. Here you can see a plastic Clothes Clip climb up. As the child pull the two end threads alternately, the Clip climbs up the thread. To make this you will require a plastic clothes clip, card sheet joker, glue and 2-meters of thread. Weave the thread in the slits of the Clothes Clip as shown. Then tie a knot at the two ends. Hang the thread by a nail in the wall. Now hold the two ends of the thread and pull them alternately. Slowly, you will see the clip climb up the wall. Now stick a picture of a Joker to the Clothes Clip. Hang the top of the thread by a nail in the wall. As you pull the two ends of the thread alternately, the Joker will climb up the thread. Here you can see the climb in slow motion. On releasing the tension in the threads the clip and Joker will fall. You can start the game again. Two friends can play it together in a game of cooperation. One holds the top of the thread and the other pulls the end threads alternately. They can then take turns.
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Credits:,Ashok Rupner, Manish Jain, Pradnya Pujari, Shivaji Mane, Jyoti Hiremath, Arvind Gupta