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How to Crochet a Stripe Cushion View this idea. How to Make Otter Biscuits View this idea. How to Paint an Owl with Acrylics View this idea. Kids' Workshops Book now. Kids' Ideas Find your next project. School Projects Book now. Rated 3 out of 5 by Rosie34 from This is an ok spirograph My 5 year old son had trouble holding the frame still and doing the spirograph at the same time. You need quite a light touch with the pen in order to get the stencil moving.
Not quite what we had in mind. However, he did create some nice patterns and pictures when he had the hang of it. Date published: I was not disappointed. Intend to use it as stress busting tool as I already do with colouring books Date published: Rated 5 out of 5 by Tootstimes2 from Better than the original Spirograph. I happened to see this in store and bought it on a whim because I had a spirograph as a child and loved it. It has not disappointed and the improvements make it easier to use and create beautiful patterns.
Good instructions. Delighted to find it came with paper and pens. Delighted too, to find it will work with any pen unlike original Spirograph. Rated 5 out of 5 by Joopster from 7 year old loved it This was a present for a 7 year old girl who is into arts and crafts. She loved it and played with it the moment she opened it and was occupied with it for ages Date published: Rated 5 out of 5 by LoulouE4 from Flashback to my youth Picked this bargain up last week for a birthday gift.
I have many memories of spending hours playing with this and hope that the recipient does too! Rated 5 out of 5 by Arimax from Spirograph I bought this Spirograph for my grandson who loves to draw, I had one when I was little and I loved it hopefully he will love it as well Date published: Rated 4 out of 5 by yane91 from Easier than the original Brought this for 6 year old granddaughter.
Had a go myself and found it easier than the original one, once i got the hang of it. In-Store Workshops. Online Workshops. Denys Fisher's creation was loved by adults and children. Newspapers and magazines recommended it as an marvellous toy for older children. Older children meant children over the age of seven.
Spirograph won the Educational Toy of the Year three years running from to and became Toy of the Year in Was Spirograph for boys or girls? Claire Rayner, writing in the Daily Mail in , thought Spirograph's mathematical and engineering background meant it was for older children and their fathers. One of the first children to get their hands on a Spirograph was a four year old Carol Vorderman.
The former Countdown presenter said it was her favourite toy. It became the number one selling toy in the US for Christmas in It beat another British company, Lesney, whose Matchbox cars were previously America's top selling toy. Now I know why Lesney made so many American cars.
Spirograph's geometric and swirling patterns chimed well with the Op Art and geometric designs that were popular in the 60s. They also fitted in fantastically with the psychedelic patterns of the later swinging 60s. Spirograph was so successful that it started to influence the world of fashion. Op Art and geometric prints were already popular, but Spirograph patterns appeared on evening dresses in black and white printed crepe by John Cavanagh in Denys Fisher sold his company in to General Mills, an American food corporation.
General Mills also owned the UK toy maker, Palitoy. The company continued as 'Denys Fisher Limited' in the 70s and Denys Fisher himself stayed on as a consultant. Spirotot was the first spin-off of Spirograph by Denys Fisher. It was a simpler drawing toy for children aged three to seven. The story was that Bob Fieldhouse, who worked for Denys Fisher, took home a gadget he found in his office drawer. His son Martin, aged 4, played with it and found he could draw patterns with it.
Fieldhouse then took the gadget back to work and he and Fisher turned it into Spirotot. Denys Fisher may have designed the device and forgot about it. Spirograph is one of the most long-lived classic children's toys. Denys Fisher and successive companies developed the product.
These are some of the main variations to look out for:. Super Spirograph was a deluxe version with extra cogs and shapes. Denys Fisher introduced Super Spirograph in According to the box it 'Does everything Spirograph does - and a whole lot more! I loved Spirograph in the s, I had the standard box in The Super Spirograph kept me busy for hours. The original Spirograph had a range of small cogs, two toothed rings and two racks.
It was supplied with four coloured pens in black, red, blue and green. The original pens were supplied by Tallon. They were similar to the Bic Crystal pens. You could buy special Spirograph paper for drawing on. To use Spirograph place a plain sheet of A4 paper onto a thick corrugated cardboard base. Then pin one of the large wheels or racks to the paper using four drawing pins. Then line up one of the smaller geared cogs against the ring or rack and put a coloured pen into one of the cog's holes.
You can use the inside or outside of the ring. Then turn the smaller cog, using the pen. This will draw a pattern if you keep a steady hand. With just one cog and one ring and the pen in position 1, the patterns varied between just two points in an elipse to points. The instructions gave you some examples, but many more combinations could be produced with experimentation and imagination. The best place to buy old versions of Spirograph is eBay.
There is a lively trade in Spirograph sets from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Vintage Spirograph sets. See also Spirograph spares. Yes, you can get a modern version of Spirograph made by Flair Leisure Products. It looks to have a fewer cogs then the original, but the concept looks the same - see the Original Spirograph.
There is a Wikipedia article see - Spirograph on Wikipedia. There is a Facebook group about Spirograph. See also Spirograph on eBay. Denys Fisher developed a building toy called Stickle Bricks in before the take over by General Mills.
Denys Fisher Limited continued to make creative toys. The company marketed Etch-a-Sketch in and also produced another drawing toy called Roter Riter as well as Potter's Wheel. The company also made Sketch-a-Tune, a musical toy, around The prisoners put the toys and games into brightly coloured sleeves ready to be sent to mail order firms.
In Denys Fisher himself developed another drawing toy called Cyclex. Cyclex was based on advanced trigonometry. On the box Fisher explained that he used a computer called Triggy to help him design the toy. His plastic templates were original and he probably did invent the name Spirograph.
It was made by a company called Wilfar based at that time at Wilfar Buildings, Liverpool 1. The original box it was in had on it a British Provisional Patent Number of Hi Michael, The Wilfar Mystic Designer certainly looks to do much the same thing as Spirograph, although you do do not need the device with the handle.
I would like to get hold of then again is it possible to purchase them again. Love it!!! Best Regards Andy. Hi Andy, You can get new versions of Spirograph. They are different from the original. If you are looking for an original Spirograph, eBay is probably the best bet. My shaky memory says the name was 'hootenanny' sp.? I used colored pencils to great effect. This is so great for the one who can not draw and it makes you feel like you can draw.
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