Skyhook Toy

The small, internally produced item we sell comes from Dick Schnacke’s 1973 book “American Folk Toys: How to Make Them. It is perhaps the simplest take on a category of puzzle typically termed “balance folk toys”. Balance folk toys are traditional toys whose action depend primarily on gravity, center of mass, counterweights, and equilibrium. They are often deceptively simple: a wooden figure or object appears to balance precariously on a tiny point yet remains surprisingly stable. Some typical examples include the balancing eagle, tightrope walker, balancing acrobat, rocking horse/rider, and the double-acrobat balance toy.