Cap Top Fun

I've recently noticed boys at school playing with a toy I hadn't seen before: a top made from a pen cap inserted in a bottle cap. The boys make a pointed tip on the pen cap using fire. They spin the top by flicking the pen cap between their thumb and middle finger. It looks easy but despite many tries I have yet to set one of these tops spinning.





There are a few boys who often play with tops like this. I enjoy watching them and seeing the fun they have with this simple toy. Yesterday I watched and filmed Garang (L) and Aluong (R).

One of the tricks they do with the top is making it spin on their own hand and then sliding it on to someone else's hand. At the end of the video below, Garang does this with me.