National Yo-yo Day
Every year on June 6th, we celebrate the fun holiday, National Yo-Yo Day. The day honors the popular stringed toy that generations have loved. The Sleeper, Walk the Dog, Shooting the Moon, Around the World, or Hop the Fence are all good days to take out your yo's and try your hand at The Sleeper, Walk the Dog, Shooting the Moon, Around the World, or Hop the Fence.
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The yo-yo is an object made up of an axle connected to two disks and a length of string looped around the axle. It is played by holding the free end of the string, allowing gravity or the power of a throw to spin the yo-yo and unwind the string, then allowing the yo-yo to spin the string and unwind the string, then allowing the yo-yo to wind itself back to its original form. "yo-yoing" is the product of "yo-yoing."
The yo-yo is thought to have been invented in ancient Greece. A child playing with a yo-yo is depicted in a Greek vase painting dating from 500 BC.
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The yo-yo came to the United States as a young boy by the name of Pedro Flores. When he immigrated from the Philippines as a young boy, he remembered playing with a toy called a bandalore. Flores was inspired by the toy, and he named it the Flores Yo-yo. The Yo-yo Manufacturing Company operated in Santa Barbara, California, from 1928 to 1932. Donald F. Duncan later sold his businesses to Flores.
When Donald F. Duncan, Sr. made the yo-yo popular in America in the early 1900s, he made the Duncan Yo-Yo popular in America. In 1932, He first registered the word "Yo-Yo" in 1932.
- The Duncan Yo-Yo was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1999, Rochester, New York, by the Duncan Yo-Yo
- In Chico, California, the National Yo-Yo Museum is located
- The term yo-yoing is also used to describe a person who is balancing between two difficult decisions
- Collectors often spend hundreds of dollars on rare, vintage, and retro yo-yos
How to celebrate national yo-yo day on national yo-yo day
Using as many yo-yoing techniques as possible, you will be able to put your yo-yoing skills to the test. Do you know how to do the pinwheel or walk the dog? Other ways to commemorate the day include:: Here are some other ways to commemorate the day.
- Picking up a new yo-yo is a new experience
- Learning a new yo-yo trick
- Starting a yo-yo collection or upgrading to one you already have is a good idea
- Images from your yo-yo collection are posted on your website
- Teach someone how to do a difficult yo-yo trick such as the Double or Nothing
- Host is a yo-yo tournament
Using #NationalYoYoDay, we'll be posting on social media to show us your best yo tricks using #NationalYoYoDay.
The national yo-yo day's history has influenced the national yo-yo day
National Yo-Yo Day, founded in 1990 in Arcade, NY by Daniel Volk, on June 6th, the date of Donald F. Duncan's birth in 1892. Volk began working for Duncan Toy Company as a skilled yo-yo protester from 1976-1978, touring the western part of the United States. Volk had the opportunity to share some of his yo-yoing wisdom to two talented comedians as a result. The Smothers Brothers later produced The Yo-Yo Man Instructional Video. Mr. Volk appears right along with the comedians in the film, as well as the comedians. The Hummingbird Toy Company produced the first of many Smothers Brothers brand yo-yos on National Yo-Yo Day.
