toy to scale up drawing

[3duracellbunnies]

When I was little I remember having a toy which you could use to copy any picture, and make it bigger or smaller. It was fairly simple, I seem to remember just some wood/plastic which had a pencil holder on one side and a tracing tool on the other. You traced with the tool on the original and it drew on the paper. Probably not the greatest reproduction but it was quite fun. I think that I dd might like one for Christmas. Any idea what they might be called and where I might find one?

I had one like that. But can't remember what it was called. I guess eBay would be the place to look but will try and remember its name.

I had one it was like a criss cross plastic thing that opened up i cant remember what it was called and doubt you could get it now with all the winnie the pooh projectors out there...

found it on amazon

It's a Pantograph and theres one here although that one is a bit grown up I think.

Ah that one looks better :)

Although the reviews are pretty poor tbh

yeah i seem to remember mines was rubbish too

canny beat an etch a sketch..thats what id go for

Wonder if we went on another thread and said "without googling, can you tell us what a pantograph does?" and see what we get....

Brilliant, thanks, the toys look c**p, will look into the more grown up ones, one dd is nearly 8 and the other one (who would probably use it more) is only 6 but already trying to decide whether she is more a Turner or Picasso begins to realise why parents encourage children to adopt a profession look out for her drawings of people with eyes on their feet and upside down boats in 20yrs! Will stop googling drawing thing to make pictures bigger!

I googled "make drawing bigger toy"

I had a sketch-a-graph when 30 years younger. Dad pulled it out the loft the other day and gave it to me, box and all. Thanked him and took home, tried it and it was still as crap as I remembered. It went in the bin.

Its always the really bad toys probably because they were never used and look like new that he's got in the loft to pass onto ds.