With a dogwood limb or an empty sewing thread spool and a jackknife you can create your own spinning top in less than a day. Rob a nail for the spindle from the barn or outhouse and seat it with a melted fishing lead to keep it from coming out, when it hits the floor.
HOME MADE TOPS
Thread Spool Tractor
Neat little toys! Rub the spool end near the pencil with soap or a led pencil. Wind the rubber band up and let her go. If you put it in the book bin of your metal desk at school it could get you in trouble. It did me … when the rat a tat clanking interrupted the whole 2nd and 3rd grade class.
SOAP TRACTOR
Whirligig
Put your thumbs in each end of the loop, sling around to wind the string a little then start see-sawing in and out and listen to the whir. Don’t put yours’ in the girl’s hair sitting in front of you at school. It will take longer to get the thing out than it did for you to build it and that’s a considerable long time.
