Stick figure facts for kids

A stick figure

A stick figure is a simple drawing of a person made out of lines and circles. These are often the first way that children begin to draw people. Stick figures have also become popular to make simple, and often violent, animations.

Images for kids

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  Animation of a stick figure

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  A stick figure at the prehistoric Leo Petroglyph in the United States.

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  One of Otl Aicher's stick figure signs at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Aicher's ubiquitous pictograms form the template for many subsequent designs.