あやとり

noun

cat's cradle

A traditional children's game played with a loop of string, making various shapes by passing it between fingers.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、よくあやとりをして遊あそんだ。

  When I was a child, I often played cat's cradle.

• あやとりの糸いとでほうきの形かたちを作つくってみせてくれた。

  She showed me how to make a broom shape with the cat's cradle string.