{{Short description|none}} {{Unreferenced|date=May 2026}} [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1985-101-36A, Berlin, Jo Jo-Spiel.jpg|thumb|The yo-yo is an example of a skill toy]]

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== [[File:Malabarista de Rua.jpg|thumb|A performer using devil sticks]]

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 * 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 redirects directly here.--> '''''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

== References == {{reflist}}

{{Juggling}} {{Toys}}

Category:Physical activity and dexterity toys