[Magic] Easy-to-enjoy trick using string figures (Ayatori)

A magic trick where the string smoothly slides out when it’s hit

How to Make the String Figure “Omikuji” – Easy! A Fun String Game [With Audio Commentary] String Figures Fortune / Grandma’s String Figures

Try your luck! Here’s a string figure trick that works like an omikuji fortune.

First, loop the string over the thumb and little finger of your right hand, and the thumb and little finger of your left hand.

With your right middle finger, pick up the string from the left hand from underneath, then rotate your right middle finger toward the string in front of you.

Twist the string into an X and rotate it three times.

Next, with your left middle finger, pick up the string that’s looped over the right hand from underneath.

Then remove the strings from the right thumb and right little finger.

Take all the strings off the left hand, and when you lift your right hand, you’ll see three loops hanging below.

Pull any one of the three strings—if the string comes undone, you’ve got a winner!

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Rubber → string-removal magic

[Ayatori] Rubber Band-to-String Pull-Through Magic — Fun like a magic trick!

A popular move in playable string figures is the “Rubber Band.” From that rubber band shape, let’s go straight into a string-escape magic trick! First, how to make the rubber band.

Place the string on both thumbs and little fingers.

Then, on the left hand’s little-finger side, pinch the far string (the one farther from you) with the right thumb and index finger, and loop it again over the left thumb and little finger.

Do the same to loop the string over the right thumb and little finger.

Next, use each middle finger to pick up the lower string lying across your palms, then release the outermost strings from the thumbs and little fingers.

That completes the rubber band! Looking at the rubber band shape, you’ll see two parallel strings in the center.

Use your little fingers to take the strings on the thumb side, and your thumbs to take the strings on the little-finger side.

Slip the strings off both middle fingers, and as you slowly pull your hands apart, the string will come free—magic complete!

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Finger ring magic from a combo (chain of moves)

How to Do Ayatori Combo 1: “Iron Bridge, Turtle, Rubber, Airplane” + a Bonus Easy Magic Trick at the End | String Figures [Koromaro Ayatori]

Here’s an introduction to a magic trick that builds on a sequence of cat’s cradle moves.

First, loop the string over both thumbs and little fingers.

Pick up the strings on each side with your middle fingers.

With your thumbs, pick up the strings between your index and middle fingers, and with your little fingers, pick up the strings between your middle and ring fingers.

With your thumbs, pick up the front string that’s looped over the little fingers, then release the little finger loops.

Use your little fingers to take the two thumb strings, release the thumb loops, then use your thumbs to take the two little finger strings.

With both middle fingers, pick up the two strings under the middle fingers and on the palms.

Release the bottom-most loop on each middle finger, and you’ve made the Railroad Bridge! Next, if you release the two loops on the middle fingers, you’ll get the Turtle.

Remove the middle-finger loops and pass your fingers up through the triangle from below to make the Rubber Band.

Finally, transfer the string from the right thumb to the left thumb, and place the right thumb’s string over the left hand to complete the Airplane.

End with the finger-escape magic trick to really surprise everyone!

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A mysterious cat’s cradle where a dog moves

How to Make the Cat’s Cradle “Dog Walk (Big-Eared Dog)” — A Clear Guide to a Difficult Advanced String Figure! [With Audio Commentary] / Baaba’s Ayatori

It looks like a dog is taking a walk! I’ll show you a mysterious string figure.

First, insert only your thumbs from underneath into the string.

Grip the strings on your palms with three fingers, then loop your raised index finger over the top of the string, and use your left thumb from underneath to pick up the string between the right fingers.

Do the same on the other side.

After pulling the strings a bit, pick them up from underneath with your little fingers.

Remove the unheld string from your thumbs, then release the strings from your thumbs and index fingers.

Pass the middle and index fingers of your right hand through the thumb loops, remove the little finger of your left hand, and place that loop onto your right middle finger to set the size of the face.

Take it off your hands and adjust the shape to finish! When you pull with your left hand, the dog walks; return it to the original position to enjoy it again and again.

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figure eight

Super easy! How to do the cat’s cradle magic “Figure Eight” [with audio commentary] / String figures magic / Grandma’s Ayatori

Place a string for cat’s cradle on a table in a figure-eight shape, then rest your hands on top of it.

Wrap the loop on the right around the four fingers of each hand except the thumb, and then do the same with the loop on the left.

It looks like the string is firmly wrapped around your four fingers… but when you pull one end of the string—whoosh!—it slips right off! The trick is that although it appears to be wrapped, it’s actually set up to undo itself.

The key points are paying attention to which strand is on top and which is underneath when making the figure eight, and how you wrap it.

Try it once and you’ll get it right away!

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