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middie · 06-01-2008, 06:14 PM

Omg I forgot about my own house I made from a fridge box lol.
I remember I cried cause it rained and ruined my home !

JoAnn L. · 06-01-2008, 07:11 PM

My brothers bike (I didn't have one)
Bubble Pipe
Pick Up Sticks
Jump Rope
Jacks
My doll ( she had a little opening for her mouth and when my parents made me eat celery and I couldn't swallow it, I would put it in her mouth).

Paperdolls. I would sit for hours and cut them out. What a fun memory.

**Katie H** · 06-01-2008, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JoAnn L.

Paper Dolls. I would sit for hours and cut them out. What a fun memory.

Thanks for bringing up another cherished memory, JoAnn. I, too, loved paperdolls. I had suit boxes (Anyone remember those?) full of paperdolls. Even had a collection of the Dionne quintuplets paperdolls.

By the time I was about 10-years-old, I began to design my own. I went the whole 9 yards. Clothing, dishes, furniture, everything. I drew, colored, pasted, cut-out for hours and hours. Had a ball!!!!

The Z · 06-01-2008, 07:39 PM

Slot Cars
Lincoln Logs
BB Gun

I, too, was a fan of boxes... but we didn't get big boxes often enough to have them consistently available. We did, however, have a barn with hay and straw bales with which we made miles of tunnels and great forts. I don't know if hay/straw qualifies as a childhood "toy", but I know we sure had fun with it.

BajaGringo · 06-01-2008, 07:54 PM

My dad's office was around the corner from a warehouse for a large appliance store in Long Beach back then. He would have lunch at the corner diner and became good friends with many that worked there. I was very lucky and would get them (large boxes) quite often!

God, life was so simple back then!

**Katie H** · 06-01-2008, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BajaGringo

My dad's office was around the corner from a warehouse for a large appliance store in Long Beach back then. He would have lunch at the corner diner and became good friends with many that worked there. I was very lucky and would get them (large boxes) quite often!

God, life was so simple back then!

Oh, you were golden back then. What a treat!

We lived in a very small town (500 people) but were friends with the folks who owned a furniture/appliance store. Yep! We got freebie boxes often, too. My mother always rolled her eyes when she saw me or one of my 4 brothers or sisters dragging a box up the street. Still, the box was a cheap babysitter.

I'm now longing for those days.

BajaGringo · 06-01-2008, 08:19 PM

OK, that's it! I am going down to the local appliance store, bringing home a refrigerator box with a new set of magic markers in every color. Who's coming over to help???