Traditional toys

right|thumb|Various kites being flown

A doll () is a model typically of a human or humanoid character, often used as a toy for children. Dolls have also been used in traditional religious rituals throughout the world. Traditional dolls made of materials such as clay and wood are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. The earliest documented dolls go back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. They have been made as crude, rudimentary playthings as well as elaborate art. Modern doll manufacturing has its roots in Germany, from the 15th century. With industrialization and new materials such as porcelain an

toy designed to spin rapidly on the ground, the motion of which causes it to remain precisely balanced on its tip because of its rotational inertia

small, hard spherical toy

thumb|A toy kaleidoscope

type of tiling puzzle

thumb|A plastic yo-yo A yo-yo (also spelled yoyo) is a toy consisting of an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped around the axle, similar to a spool. It is an ancient toy documented since 440 BC. It was also called a bandalore in the 18th century.

coin-container shaped like a pig

The ocarina (otherwise known as a potato flute) is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from clay or ceramic, but other materials are also used, such as plastic, wood, glass, metal, or bone. The Italian Ocarina was invented in 1853 by 17-year-old Giuseppe Donati, who also gave it the name ocarina. Donati handmade each ocarina from clay, with anything from 7 to 10 finger-holes and a spout for a mouthpiece.

toy aircraft made of folded paper

game in which one or more participants jump over a swung rope

A tricycle, sometimes abbreviated to trike, is a human-powered (or gasoline or electric motor-powered or assisted, or gravity-powered) three-wheeled vehicle.

thumb|Children of the Banna people in Ethiopia on stilts thumb|upright|Plasterer's (drywall) stilts thumb|upright|A French postman on stilts, early 20th century thumb|upright|Stilts from China in late Qing dynasty Stilts are poles, posts or pillars that allow a person or structure to stand at a height above the ground.

stylized, floating duck-shaped toy

thumb|A replica of a Victorian zoetrope

small balloon used as a children's toy

thumb|right|300px|Large and miniature Western rubber diabolos. Wooden sticks are shown in the background

transparent sphere enclosing a miniaturized scene, filled with water with unattached objects resembling snowflakes

thumb|Pieter Bruegel the Elder – ''Children's Games (detail) – Knucklebones Knucklebones, also known as scatter jacks, snobs, astragaloi (singular'': astragalus), tali, dibs, fivestones, jacks, jackstones, or jinks, among many other names, is a game of dexterity played with a number of small objects that are thrown up, caught, and manipulated in various manners. It is ancient in origin and is found in various cultures worldwide.

traditional carved, painted wooden horse statuette

thumb|upright=1.35|Dreidels for sale at Mahane Yehuda Market in [[Jerusalem, Israel, with Israel specific lettering on blue dreidels (נ ג ה פ) and diaspora lettering on orange dreidels (נ ג ה ש)]] thumb|upright=1.35|A variety of dreidels

toy that rights itself when tipped over

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child's toy

rattle for very young children

thumb|Early 20th century Dutch jack-in-the-box A jack-in-the-box is a children's toy that outwardly consists of a music box with a crank. When the crank is turned, a music box mechanism in the toy plays a melody. After the crank has been turned a sufficient number of times (such as at the end of the melody), the lid pops open and a figure, usually a clown or jester, pops out of the box. Some jacks-in-the-box open at random times when cranked, making the startle even more effective. Many of those that use "Pop Goes the Weasel" open at the point in the melody when the word "pop" would be sung.

toy windmill

sport and a child's game

training bicycle for children

children's horse toy

figure cut out of paper or thin card, with separate clothes, also made of paper, that are usually held onto the doll by paper folding tabs

miniature figurine that represents a soldier

thumb|Trammel of Archimedes animated model

Cup-and-ball (or ball in a cup) or ring and pin is a traditional children's toy. It is generally a wooden handle to which a small ball is attached by a string and that has one or two cups, or a spike, upon which the player tries to catch the ball. It is popular in Spanish-speaking countries, where it is called by a wide number of names (including boliche in Spain, Capirucho in El Salvador and balero in most of Hispanic America), and was historically popular in France as the bilboquet. A similar toy with three cups and a spike called kendama is very popular in Japan and has spread globally in p

part of a construction set

thumb|The top on the left is spun between the fingers - the larger (Trompo) is launched by winding with a string and throwing to the ground. A trompo is a wooden spinning top typically comes in various types of shape vary depending on culture but commonly in a half sphere appearance look on top with a conical look on the bottom portion while a metal tip is attached on the bottom. While various ones operates differently than the others, all is required a long string need to be wrap around the body. As you see in the side by side compression to the original top on the left that is spun between t

Traditional Japanese hand ball

thumb|250px|Modern Japanese taketombo bamboo-copters; wooden type with winding thread (left); plastic type (right) thumb|250px|A decorated Japanese taketombo propeller The bamboo-copter, also known as the bamboo dragonfly or Chinese top (Chinese zhuqingting (竹蜻蜓), Japanese taketonbo ), is a toy helicopter rotor that flies upward when its shaft is rapidly spun. This helicopter-like top originated in Jin dynasty China around 320 AD, and was the object of early experiments by English engineer George Cayley, the inventor of modern aeronautics.

puppet-like toy

thumb|An Akabeko toy

thumb|A rattleback in action A rattleback is a semi-ellipsoidal top which will rotate on its axis in a preferred direction. If spun in the opposite direction, it becomes unstable, "rattles" to a stop and reverses its spin to the preferred direction.

speech-transmitting device

channapatna made toys

Molded painted clay figures of people and animals

musical instrument

toy made out of tin

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Ceramic Russian folk art toys

toys made of wood in Kondapalli

traditional Russian wooden carved toy

toy

traditional Indian wooden toys

The beigoma (Japanese: ベーゴマ) is a traditional Japanese top that is approximately 3 cm in diameter and often decorated with kanji. When spun correctly, the beigoma makes a humming sound.

class of musical instruments

traditional Vietnamese toy

small 4 wheeled cart for play

The denden-daiko or is a Japanese children's toy drum or tambourine attached to a long handle. It has two small bells attached with strings, which strike the drumhead when the handle is shaken. "Denden" is an onomatopoeia for the sound it makes, which gives the toy its name. They were popular during the 17th century.

small playhouse for children

toy depicting a monkey