Timber Lake teen making, selling toys he says are making a comeback
Self-taught toy manufacturer Evan Schweitzer, 16, shows off just a few of the 100-or-so fidget spinner designs he has made and currently offers for sale. Fidget spinners - popular about 10 years ago, are making a comeback, he says, not just as toys but to help those with ADHD, anxiety, autism and more. Photo by Jon Flatland
Evan Schweitzer shows off a fidget spinner in the shape of a car that he designed and made on a 3D printer in his home. Schweitzer sells about 100 different fidget spinner designs. Photo by Jon Flatland
Some people doodle. Some people click their pens. Still others jiggle their leg.
They’re fidgeting - and a toy introduced nearly a decade ago that became the trend for controlling those tics - fidget spinners - are making a comeback, according to one local young entrepreneur.
Evan Schweitzer, 16, was only five or six years old when fidget spinners became a world-wide fad. He just learned about them …
