Frustration, however, often leads to a stretched out, unusable toy. Fixing a twisted slinky doesn't need to be frustrating, though, because it is actually very easy to do. It just takes a few patient moments to untwist a slinky, which is better than having to explain to a crying child...
Place your thumb and forefinger around the unknotted end and untwist it until a yo-yo sized loop forms. 3 Slide the yo-yo into this loop in the string. Put your fingers in the loop to keep it open wide. The yo-yo will rest half on either side of the string, with the string on...