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How to Play Owl's Eyes String Game

String games are entertaining games that can be played using something as simple as a piece of string and your hands. They are often played by children and the object of these games is to create pictures and various objects by manipulating the string in your hands into different shapes. The Owl's Eyes is just one of the many different kinds of string games that you can learn to play.

Things You'll Need

String

Instructions

- 1
  Begin with the string in an index finger base. To achieve this, place a loop of string in your left hand and wrap it behind and around your thumb and pinky fingers. Repeat this with your right hand and then use the index finger on your left hand to pick up the string from your right palm and bring it back towards your left hand. Then, repeat this same maneuver with your other hand. That is the index finger base.
- 2
  Put your thumbs over the farthest thumb strings in the index finger base, then loop them over the nearest index finger strings and then under the far index strings. Then you will bring these strings towards you. Each thumb should now have two loops of string around them.
- 3
  Use your right thumb and index finger to pinch the lower loop of string around your left thumb, and take it off. Then repeat the same thing using your left thumb and index finger to remove the lower loop of string around your right thumb.
- 4
  Drop those two finger loops that you removed and then pull your hands apart and do a thumbs up.
- 5
  Use your index fingers to hook over the long string that runs through the middle and then bring it down into the loops.
- 6
  Face your palms away from your body.
- 7
  Pull your index fingers apart and straighten them to complete the Owl's Eyes.

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