"Fad" toys we had as children...
11-29-2009, 07:01 AM
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the more I read from you other ladies, the more I remember.....A friend made me a "don't know what you would call it" !!!!!!!!
it had a base like a skating board.....but homemade !!! A crate was nailed to the front (open part facing where you would stand) and handles nailed to the crate....I guess one might call it a scooter but it sure wasn't shiny and slick like the scooters today..but we did have fun on it and it got us where we wanted to go.
Other than toys, we always had the games that needed nothing but the kids
...like king of the mountain, Simon says...stick ball (well, maybe one needed a ball for this one and we could always find a stick laying around) and there were lots more games.
We survived without the electronics.......do you think the kids today could?
it had a base like a skating board.....but homemade !!! A crate was nailed to the front (open part facing where you would stand) and handles nailed to the crate....I guess one might call it a scooter but it sure wasn't shiny and slick like the scooters today..but we did have fun on it and it got us where we wanted to go.
Other than toys, we always had the games that needed nothing but the kids
...like king of the mountain, Simon says...stick ball (well, maybe one needed a ball for this one and we could always find a stick laying around) and there were lots more games.
We survived without the electronics.......do you think the kids today could?
11-29-2009, 07:06 AM
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pzazz...
aren't they great memories
baren*eh*ked_canadian..
thanks so much for starting this topic..I think that we all are enjoying the thoughts and memories of long ago......
longer for some of us than others...lololol
11-29-2009, 07:18 AM
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I make mud pies with my 2 year old grandson..much to my DD's dismay!
we search for worms, and bugs..he loves it..we go to the petting farm..about every 2 weeks..they have a butterfly farm. my girfriend raises monarchs..so we go over there too..he gets to set them free and they usually land on his hand..
we play games too.
i limit his TV to "sprout"..a few shows.
there is nothing like being in the garden with your grands!
we search for worms, and bugs..he loves it..we go to the petting farm..about every 2 weeks..they have a butterfly farm. my girfriend raises monarchs..so we go over there too..he gets to set them free and they usually land on his hand..
we play games too.
i limit his TV to "sprout"..a few shows.
there is nothing like being in the garden with your grands!
11-29-2009, 07:59 AM
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Let's see how much I can date myself by telling what I wanted for Christmas:
a Barbie doll (like someone else said, she came with the bathing suit and if you wanted more clothes, you made them yourself)
45 rpm records (my brother & I used to buy used ones from a tavern which had a big jukebox)
In high school, I REALLLLLLLLY wanted a transistor radio. They were about the size of your hand and used a 9v battery.
And most of all, I wanted more than 1 pair of shoes at a time and clothes that came from a store and looked like what the other girls wore :D :D :D
a Barbie doll (like someone else said, she came with the bathing suit and if you wanted more clothes, you made them yourself)
45 rpm records (my brother & I used to buy used ones from a tavern which had a big jukebox)
In high school, I REALLLLLLLLY wanted a transistor radio. They were about the size of your hand and used a 9v battery.
And most of all, I wanted more than 1 pair of shoes at a time and clothes that came from a store and looked like what the other girls wore :D :D :D
11-29-2009, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Let's see how much I can date myself by telling what I wanted for Christmas:
a Barbie doll (like someone else said, she came with the bathing suit and if you wanted more clothes, you made them yourself)
45 rpm records (my brother & I used to buy used ones from a tavern which had a big jukebox)
In high school, I REALLLLLLLLY wanted a transistor radio. They were about the size of your hand and used a 9v battery.
And most of all, I wanted more than 1 pair of shoes at a time and clothes that came from a store and looked like what the other girls wore :D :D :D
a Barbie doll (like someone else said, she came with the bathing suit and if you wanted more clothes, you made them yourself)
45 rpm records (my brother & I used to buy used ones from a tavern which had a big jukebox)
In high school, I REALLLLLLLLY wanted a transistor radio. They were about the size of your hand and used a 9v battery.
And most of all, I wanted more than 1 pair of shoes at a time and clothes that came from a store and looked like what the other girls wore :D :D :D
11-29-2009, 05:02 PM
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Another toy you strapped to your ankle with a short plastic rope and a plastic ball attached and you moved your leg and skipped over it.
Was it called Skip Ball?
Did anyone else have one of these?
Was it called Skip Ball?
Did anyone else have one of these?
11-29-2009, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jdavis
Another toy you strapped to your ankle with a short plastic rope and a plastic ball attached and you moved your leg and skipped over it.
Was it called Skip Ball?
Did anyone else have one of these?
Was it called Skip Ball?
Did anyone else have one of these?
Here is a link to a picture of one. It's about halfway down the page.
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index....e_told_were_da
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