How to make and play the traditional toy gyro

How to make and play the traditional toy gyro is as follows:

Prepare a paper milk carton, cut the four corners so that the milk carton is separated on all four sides, and then cut off half the length of each side.

Trim and round the corners at the end of the four leaves.

Paint a colorful pattern of your choice on the blades and glue plastic bottle caps of the same size with clear tape to the center of the blades, one at the top and one at the bottom, in opposite positions.

Turning the bottle cap by hand will drive the gyroscope to spin up, and the pattern on it will produce interesting changes.

Making a gyro from a paper plate:

Draw your favorite pattern or motif in the center of the paper plate and cut four, eight or sixteen equal notches around it at the same spacing, then fold the notches up in the same direction.

Glue a plastic bottle cap at the top and bottom of the center of the paper plate with clear tape, with the caps facing in opposite directions.

Turning the caps by hand will spin the gyro around, creating interesting variations in the pattern on top.

The origami production of gyroscope:

Prepare two square paper, the paper was folded into a long strip, long strip head and tail were folded in different directions to make a triangle.

Align the centers of the two strips of paper and fold them together. Starting with the triangle below, fold each corner inward in a clockwise direction, inserting the last corner under the first.

Drill a small hole in the center with an awl or nail and thread a toothpick through the small hole and the gyro is ready.

The gyro will spin as you turn it from the thicker end of the toothpick. If you find that the toothpick is loose after a few turns and the small hole gets bigger, you can put a piece of tape over the toothpick to secure it as shown in the picture.

Extended information:

The gyro is the earliest recreational tool in Chinese folklore. The first one is also known as the dora, which is called "dry music" in Minnan language, and "ice spindle (gá)" or "playing the old cow" in the north. In the north, it is called "ice spindle (gá)" or "playing the old cow", and in the north it is called "ice spindle (gá)".

Beijing is called "welded tip" because there is a metal weld on the tip, and because the people of Beijing want their children to understand from an early age that "traitors" are to be flogged by everyone.

The shape is rounded at the top and sharp at the bottom. Once upon a time they were made of wood, but in modern times they are mostly made of plastic or iron. It can be played by wrapping a string around it and jerking it hard to make it spin upright. Or use the elasticity of the clockwork to rotate. Traditional ancient gyro is roughly wooden or iron inverted conical, play with a whip to split. In modern times there are gyros that are fired from a launcher.

Of course, there are some "hand-twisting gyro" is very popular. The gyro is a very familiar toy to teenagers. It is popular all over the world. China is the old home of the gyro. From the Chinese Shanxi Xiaxian Neolithic site, the excavation of the stone gyro. Visible, gyro in China at least four or five thousand years of history.