Another Toy with an Interesting Name

The flipperdinger is a whole other toy but one with movement as well, although challenging. It is a hollow tube such as a reed (or maybe the dipper part of a dipper gourd!) with another, smaller, hollow reed attached to one end holding a small ball.  Over the ball is a metal ring which looks like a basketball hoop. When the main reed is blown into, the air rushes along the reed and forces its way up the smaller reed making the ball levitate. It is a game of air forces and producing enough air to make the ball go up through the wire ring and down again to its original resting place. This might be a little harder to master but what fun it must be trying!  Look at the youngster trying to make it work.