Thaumatroope

A thaumatrope is a small toy that was popular in the 19th century. The thaumatrope is a circle with two drawings on each side and it is controlled by a long piece of string and you twirl the piece of string using your fingers and it creates an image.

Advantages - simple, cheap and fun to make and use.
Disadvantages - needs a fair degree of artistic ability.

The creator of the thaumatrope is a man named John Aytron paris and the year the device was first used was 1824.

There are also advantages and disadvantages in this invention and they are its easy to make but there is a chance that you could get bored of it in a very short time and although it is very easy to make people could still have trouble with it and that's why there are lots and lots of videos and pictures showing you a step by step guide.