Zoetrope
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Croatian Zoetrope is a cardboard cylinder with vertical slots on the upper side. Paper strips with drawings are inserted inside. You rotate the zoetrope with your hand, so it starts to spin around its axis. The drawings become an animated loop.
The specificity of Croatian Zoetrope is that it is made of light material. We mostly use environmentally friendly materials. With each zoetrope, you will get a few ready-made animations and 10 blank papers for your own animations.
It is very important to have enough light while watching the animation! Use your lamp and point it to the inside of zoetrope. The animation looks slightly different depending of speed of spinning. Try slower and faster version.
Croatian Zoetropes are not intended for children under 3 years old.