A skill toy is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation performance. A skill toy can be any static or inanimate object with which a person dances, manipulates, spins, tosses, or simply plays. Most skill toys are played alone, although some can be played with multiple people (such as footbag, juggling, and jump rope).

Examples

Common examples of skill toys include:

Alaska yo-yo Astrojax Balance boards Ball-in-a-maze puzzle and its variants: Labyrinth (marble game) Perplexus Rubik's 360 Balls, when used e.g. for juggling or in rhythmic gymnastics Baton Begleri Beigoma Boomerang Butterfly knife Buugeng Cards, when used for cardistry or card throwing Cat's cradle Chatter ring Clackers Claw crane Coins, when used for coin manipulation Cup-and-ball and ring-and-pin Devil sticks Diabolo Dice, when used for dice stacking Fingerboard Hats, when used for hat manipulation Hocker, as in stool tricking or sporthocker Hoops, when used for hoop rolling or hula hoop Chinese jump rope Skip-It Footbag Hand sack Jokari and related games: Speed-ball Tetherball Totem tennis Knuckle roller Knucklebones Marble Milk caps (pogs) Monkey Knuckles Paddleballs (bolo bat) Pens, when used for pen spinning Pinball Pogo stick Lolo ball Poi Kendama Ring toss Rubik's cube Rubik's Magic Swing Wing Skateboard Slinky Tops and other spinners Yo-yos Zippo lighters, when used for manipulation

Juggling props

Juggling prop, most often a juggling ball or beanbag, may also refer to: Aerial hoop Aerial silk Chair acrobatics Cigar box Contact juggling Cyr wheel Dapo Star Flair bartending Teh tarik (Pulled Tea) Juggling club Indian club Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics) Juggling ring Bouncing ball Knife juggling Logrolling (sport) Risley (circus act) Rolling globe Torch Sign Twirling Ball juggling Plate spinning Stilt walking Wheel gymnastics Staff/Staves (contact, thrown or spun) Poi (2 or 3, contact, thrown or spun) Rope Dart Sword Spinning (contact or traditional) Kendama (increasingly associated with juggling culture) Yo-yo Diabolo (Chinese Yo-yo) Fire Fans Shaker cups

See also

List of toys Children's toys and games Outline of games List of children's games Paper-and-pencil game Street game

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