To see more on this rolling hoop and all our other toys and games, including discounts for educational programs and full-carton orders, follow this link to visit our HistoryLives retail outlet store, Cowings Mill.

FOR OUR MUSEUM STORE CLIENTS: Click here for the listing at our HistoryLives to-the-trade web store. There is also a link there to apply for a wholesale account if you don't already have one with us.

Children have been rolling hoops since the time of ancient Greeks through the hula hoop craze of the 1950's. Hoop rolling was a popular child's pastime in early America, and judging by advertisements and children's books, the game remaained enormously popular throughout the 19th century.

In the mid-1800s, the Vermont Novelty Works in nearby Springfield VT made thousands of wooden rolling hoops. We continue this tradition, bending hoops here at our southern Vermont shop in the old-fashioned way, steaming green lumber from local trees to form bent wood parts for our musical instruments as well as toys and games.

We craft our rolling hoops of solid native hardwoods, 28" in diameter by 1/4" thick. A dowel is included as a pushing stick; a hang tag provides history and instructions.

WARNING Not for children under 3. Recommended for adults and children aged 8 years and above.