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How to Play With Clackers

Clackers, or Klackers as they were sometimes called, were toys that were one of the first big fads of the 1970s. The toy consisted of two hard balls made of acrylic, plastic or wood, a string and a ring. The goal was to clack the balls together above and below your hand without missing a beat or hurting yourself. Annoying and apparently dangerous, problems would sometimes result when the balls on a clacker would explode, which helped lead to the downfall of their popularity.

Things You'll Need

Clackers

Instructions

- 1
  Hold the clacker in your hand. You should have the center of the clacker, and your hand should be parallel to the floor. The balls of the claker will hang down, pressed together by gravity.
- 2
  Flick your wrist up. The clacker balls will move with the force and begin to come apart as they drift up.
- 3
  Flick your wrist down. This will cause additional force to shove the clacker balls up against gravity and clack together above your wrist. The impact will also cause the balls to begin to separate, starting back on a downward spiral.
- 4
  Flick your wrist back up again. This will send the clacker balls going downward again, clacking together below your hand. Continue doing this, making the balls clack together as many times as you can without missing a beat.

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