List of skill toys
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.
Examples
Common examples of skill toys include:- Alaska yo-yo
- Astrojax
- Balance boards
- Ball-in-a-maze puzzle and its variants:
- * Labyrinth
- * Perplexus
- * Rubik's 360
- Balls, when used e.g. for juggling or in rhythmic gymnastics
- Baton
- Begleri
- 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
- Monkey Knuckles
- Paddleballs
- 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
- Aerial hoop
- Aerial silk
- Chair acrobatics
- Cigar box
- Contact juggling
- Cyr wheel
- Dapo Star
- Flair bartending
- *Teh tarik
- Juggling club
- *Indian club
- * Clubs
- Juggling ring
- Bouncing ball
- Knife juggling
- Logrolling
- Risley
- Rolling globe
- Torch
- Sign Twirling
- ball juggling
- Plate spinning
- Stilt walking
- Wheel gymnastics
- Staff/Staves
- Poi
- Rope Dart
- Sword Spinning
- Kendama
- Yo-yo
- Diablo
- Fire Fans
- Shaker cups