Crafts from the past ...... what popular things did you make growing up ?

[Camper6]

A craft I learned in Girl Scouts was knitting on an empty thread spool. Anyone ever do it?


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That's really neat. My sisters did that.

 

[Camper6]

Guys made pea shooters out of clothespins and toy tanks from thread spools.

During wartime our teacher made us go out and pick up all the beans from our pea shooters telling us it was a crime to waste food.

 

[Senex]

I did whittling as a teenager. Made more money selling slingshots than the neighborhood kids ever made on their newspaper routes. I'm still deadly with a slingshot, but now I use a Wrist Rocket.

 

[CindyLouWho]

Yes, Aunt Bea.....Boondoggle!...Oh wow, I used to love making things with boondoggle and all the different colors to pick from....great memory. Thanks for the pic you posted too!