A button on a string is a very old and simple toy...One that we have our Native American ancestors to thank for! Woodworkers sometimes make a similar toy out of a flat disc of wood with holes drilled for the string. They sometimes drill extra holes so that when you are whirling it around it will sing to you!
Pick out big buttons like coat buttons because they work best! And if you have any buttons with extra holes in them (like the yellow one) they will make different sounds. If you want to play with it in the office, pick a button without the extra holes so it is quiet. Not that I am recommending anyone slouch at work, mind you, but everyone has a moment now and then....
First cut your string and loop it through both holes, then tie the ends together.
Then put an index finger through each loop at each end of the string, as Grandpa is demonstrating in the picture.
Now let the string hang loose and spin the button around in circles (toward you and away from you) until the thread has twisted a bit. Then start slowly pulling the string out to the sides so the button spins. You will feel it getting taught and then loosening and then going taught again.
Now isn't that fun???
Show your kids and your grand kids!
The yellow button in the picture is the one my dad gave me when I was little!
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