If you decide to try this week’s project and your mother asks what you’re making, tell her, “It’s a yo-yo, Ma.” OK, we apologize, but the chance to make a pun like that one doesn’t come along every ...

I've always liked yo-yos. I don't mean the wooden ones that do "walk the dog" tricks. I didn't play with them as a kid, mostly because I never understood the dynamics of those toys. How do you make ...

Yo-yo champion Harrison Lee explains yo-yo tricks in 26 levels of difficulty. Starting with tricks using an unresponsive yo-yo, Harrison progresses until he's popping the yo-yo into the air, and ...

Saturday was the first time that Kathleen Hankinson, 12, a member of the high-tech generation, had ever played with a toy as low-tech as a yo-yo. It took only a few minutes, however, for Kathleen and ...