翻花绳（英语：Cat's cradle, Jack in the Pulpit, or Catch Cradle），汉族民间流传的儿童游戏。在中国不同的地域，有不同的称法，如翻线戏、线翻花、翻花鼓、挑绷绷、解股等等。这是一种利用绳子玩的玩意，只需灵巧的手指，就可翻转出许多的花样。在马来西亚，翻绳用的绳子一般是橡胶圈（橡皮筋，河南东南部就把该游戏称为”开胶“），国外的材料则有毛线、麻线、呢绒绳或棉纱绳等。 用一根绳子结成绳套，一人以手指编成一种花样，另一人用手指接过来，翻成另一种花样，相互交替编翻，直到一方不能再编翻下去为止。这个游戏最大的乐趣在于翻出新花样，展现自己的聪明才智。

A string figure is a design formed by manipulating string on, around, and using one's fingers or sometimes between the fingers of multiple people. String figures may also involve the use of the mouth, wrist, and feet. They may consist of singular images or be created and altered as a game, known as a string game, or as part of a story involving various figures made in sequence (string story). String figures have also been used for divination, such as to predict the sex of an unborn child.