The first Yo-Yo project I ever saw....

Margaret, the first yo-yo project that I remember seeing was in the late 1950s. Yo-yos were strung on strong string to form the body, legs, arms of a doll. The head was made from a pre-formed plastic clown or doll face that you could buy at the dime store. Little round bells were used at the ends of the arms and legs to hold that last yo-yo in place. They were cute as can be. I was in my early teens and made one myself. It wasn't until later, in the 1980s, that I saw the yo-yos used as bedspreads or toppers.
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