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 A zoetrope is a device used for displaying animations. Inside a cylinder attach a set of sequenced images, then cut slits in the cylinder. Looking through the slits as the cylinder is spun, the succession of images produce the illusion of motion. Eadweard Muybridge, through a famous set of photos he took of a horse running, answered the question “do all four of a horse’s hooves left the ground at the same time during a gallop.” Those pictures are perfect for a zoetrope or flipbook. There’s a free zoetrope you can cut out and make here using the galloping horse pictures. It spins on a pencil…
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I love this. Years ago–perhaps 16 or 17–there was a time when McDonalds sometimes gave away really interesting things with their kids’ meals. We don’t go there very often at all, but I have a clear memory of going there once with my first child, who came away with a toy zoetrope. It was kind of downhill from there for McD’s, but I will always remember my son’s fascination with the spinning images in the zoetrope.