Cigar box juggling

[1] Originally, performers would take actual boxes that cigars were stored in and nail them shut to create their juggling props.

Today, cigar boxes for juggling are typically purpose-built, hollow wooden or plastic blocks with suede or foam rubber padding attached to the sides.

Most cigar box tricks are achieved by bouncing up and down (normally from the knees, keeping one's arms in the same place relative to one's body).

In 1977 Kris Kremo set a Guinness World Record of releasing one box and catching it after a quadruple pirouette.

[6] They are sometimes padded on the ends and/or the sides with suede, foam rubber, or a felt-like material to provide extra friction on the catch.