A Popular Toy You Had

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

I finally found a picture of one but can't get it to post. It was called the Hoot-Nanny Magic Designer and was invented in the 1930's, then was sold to another toy maker and was popular in the 1950's, when I had one. You can look it up under that name. I thought it was sold under the name Spirograph, but I guess I was mistaken. It probably "inspired" the Spirograph.

When I ran out of the paper circles that came with it, my mom wouldn't send off for any others, so I had to cut the circles and notch them in the right places. That got old REAL quick.

I looked it up. Thanks for sharing. I had to edit the images to get them to show. I have to occasionally do this when sharing here. They kept saving as .webpgs and I changed to .jpegs. No, I don't recall this. I was born in '57. I agree, Spirograph probably evolved from it.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

I was practically mesmerized by this! I churned out drawing after drawing.

I'm sure you played with yours longer than I did.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

My fav space to land on was the ice cream float! And part of the fun too was the long, snaking, colorful path. They probably still sell a version today. Decades ago, I looked and found a very cheap, reduced version. Ugly!

 

[JustDave]

and it's close cousin.. Lincoln Logs

 

[RadishRose]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Jazzy1]