Some favourite toys you had as a child

[Treacle]

How things have changed with technology. Some things can still be bought - Yo Yos and french knitting 'dolls', my grandfather banged four nails into a cotton reel - not a safety issue then !!!!!!!

 

[Pinky]

Etch-a-sketch and Spirograph were fun, and I was very good with a yo-yo (if I do say so, myself )
We also had home-made french knitting spools which worked extremely well.

 

[Barbiegirl]

Omgoodness SPIROGRAPHS! Haven't thought of that in ages and ages. Thanks for the fun memory!

My favorite toys were an Easybake Oven (powered by the heat of a lone lightbulb LOL ) and anything Barbie.

 

[JaniceM]

For me it was books, books, and more books!!!!
I also liked Colorforms- similar to paper dolls, only vinyl material.

 

[Pecos]

I have been cleaning out old photos and came across several of me dragging a brown Teddy Bear around. I don't have any memory of it at all, but I do remember the Springer Spaniel that was always present.

My younger brothers were into all things related to Davy Crockett.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Legos, Lincoln Logs, Mechanix, yoyo's, hula-hoops, tetherball, Lawn-Darts, Spiro graph, Shrinky-Dinks, Silly Putty, and I remember baby brother having a smoke-gun. Also had a dartboard in our house.

 

[Pepper]

When my son was very little @Pecos, I wanted to give him the Camp Experience, so I invented 'Camp Davy Crockett.' Every morning, we would sing the theme song. I had planned activities every day, and sometimes we would have 'guest' campers (friends) over, who would participate. At the end of the day, we would sing the theme song again. Loved Fess Parker as D.C. One of my very best shows to watch as a kid.

 

[JaniceM]

Legos, Lincoln Logs, Mechanix, yoyo's, hula-hoops, tetherball, Lawn-Darts, Spiro graph, Shrinky-Dinks, Silly Putty, and I remember baby brother having a smoke-gun. Also had a dartboard in our house.

Oh I forgot yoyos.. liked them, too!!

 

[Pecos]

Oh I forgot yoyos.. liked them, too!!

I was a little older before I mastered the yoyo, and I still have one. The last time I used it was about a year ago, so I still have some little boy in me yet.

 

[Gaer]

Barbies wern't invented yet, so i played with paper dolls. But my parents couldn't afford to buy them so my Mother drew them and i would color them. She was an artist so they were beautiful! And i had a Terri Lee doll.

 

[Lewkat]

Books for when I was stuck indoors. On those days my one cousin and I would build a reading fort in the living room which annoyed my mother as we had a room in which to read. My bike and my skates were my principal toys since I loved to explore all over the place. Always carried marbles and trading cards with me for a game. I was such a tomboy.

 

[peramangkelder]

Remember Spinning Tops? Some would even 'hum' a tune

 

[MickaC]

Had 1 Barbie, 1 Ken, clothes for them, which were sewn and knitted by my Aunt.
Chatty Cathy Doll.
Red plastic building blocks, no lego, not sure if there was any then, if so, they would have been too expensive.
Some games, which we played with family......croquet was one of them.

 

[MickaC]

Also had our bikes......never had a new one.....remember Dad getting them and parts from the garbage dump, and making usable bikes.
French knitting spools as well........spent hours at that.......something usually got made out of the long cords.

 

[Aunt Marg]

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Remember Spinning Tops? Some would even 'hum' a tune

I forgot about the old spinning tin tops, and I remember the one I had just like yesterday. As much as thread topics like this warm my heart, there's a side to them that makes me sad. I just can't get over where all the years have gone... how short life is... and how fast time goes by.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I also remember the Slinky, Lite-Bright (resembled a small television where you plugged in coloured pegs into a perforated board that was backlit), Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Dinky Cars, Erector Set, Dart Guns, View-Master (remember that one)... plastic guns that fired little disks, Electra-shot Shooting Gallery, and HO Train Sets along with Slot-car Racing Sets were king!

 

[Lewkat]

Barbies wern't invented yet, so i played with paper dolls. But my parents couldn't afford to buy them so my Mother drew them and i would color them. She was an artist so they were beautiful! And i had a Terri Lee doll.

Wow, forgot those paper dolls. We'd play for hours with them. Some were bought and some, my mom made.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Also Tinkertoy and a few Fisher Price things.

I've probably forgotten more than I remember.

 

[Aunt Marg]

And we can't leave out pedal cars.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Who else had a red wagon?

 

[LindaB]

I would rather read more than anything. But I had a Betsy Wetsy Doll!

 

[Aunt Marg]

I would rather read more than anything. But I had a Betsy Wetsy Doll!

I bypassed the doll stage account having baby siblings, but baby sisters had a Baby Alive Doll.

 

[jujube]

Dolls, dollhouse, Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs, paper dolls, Spirograph, jigsaw puzzles, oh where do I stop?

Most of all? Big cardboard boxes.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Dolls, dollhouse, Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs, paper dolls, Spirograph, jigsaw puzzles, oh where do I stop?

Most of all? Big cardboard boxes.

Our favourite, too!

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

When I was very young I loved playing with my doll house and other dolls and I loved my Howdy Doody marionette. I never really learned how to work the strings but I would tuck the top piece in the side of the piano bench which was the perfect height for him to stand up,at that point I could move the different strings without getting them all tangled up.
In my early teens I got a microscope that was advertised on the Mr. Wizard show. I spent hours looking at bug parts.
Then came the paint by number kits and my Jon Nagy learn to draw kit.