When I was a youngster, at times my maternal grandfather and I used to make some things in his carpentry shop. Still have one or two of the creations though: tow truck and rattlesnake.
When I was little my dad would give me a bock of wood, a hammer and a bunch of nails. I’d sit on the basement floor and be just as happy as if I had good sense.
On my ’’plike’’ farm I used different size rocks to be cows, horses, goats, chickens, & etc. I also made whirllie gigs (like lawn darts) out of corn cobs with chicken feathers stuck in the end. Never knew that we were poor back then as we had as much as any one else.<><me
My Mom sometimes talks about when she was small living in Arkansas….when it rained, her and her sister would build a playhouse out of the gumbo (clay). They would have chairs and stoves and beds, little plates and bowls, pots and pans. Then when the sun came out all would be baked hard and they would have a wonderful “house” to play with until the next rain!
When I was a kid I got a banana split from the (not good humor) ice cream truck. It came in a little blue boat-shaped plastic dish. So I took that, my father’s shirt boxes and some of the hard cardboard pants hanger and made piers that I could sail my little blue boat around on our deep green rug. Had a blast, and I was so proud of my creation!
Give kids a large cardboard box and watch the number of creative ways they can use it to play. Great prop to stimulate their imagination and inventiveness.
Hopefully, Earl had a friend with more imagination. When my mom was a kid in The Depression, she said her mother could fold a newspaper and cut out the most elaborate paper dolls that stretched out all connected. Grandma also could take a towel and fold it up in such way to look like she had twin baby dolls in a blanket. People had to use their imaginations back then.
.“. . .would see a big blocky wood thingy exactly one way: something to whack each other over the head with.”.Unbreakable toys are useful for breaking other toys.
One of the many, many things I love about Earl is how he avoids the temptation to present himself as better than he was..(The older I get, the better I was.)
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
When I was a youngster, at times my maternal grandfather and I used to make some things in his carpentry shop. Still have one or two of the creations though: tow truck and rattlesnake.
thesource almost 9 years ago
Grandpa wants Nelson to be a chip off the old block.
Dani Rice almost 9 years ago
When I was little my dad would give me a bock of wood, a hammer and a bunch of nails. I’d sit on the basement floor and be just as happy as if I had good sense.
KEA almost 9 years ago
What’s brown and sticky?
a stick
t jacobs almost 9 years ago
we were very poor and they cut the pockets out of my pants so i would have something to play with.
awdunn2484 almost 9 years ago
On my ’’plike’’ farm I used different size rocks to be cows, horses, goats, chickens, & etc. I also made whirllie gigs (like lawn darts) out of corn cobs with chicken feathers stuck in the end. Never knew that we were poor back then as we had as much as any one else.<><me
crabbear almost 9 years ago
t jacobs—-I LOVED THAT!!!! ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Linguist almost 9 years ago
Not much imagination, Ear ?I guess, that’s why you grew up to be a blockhead.
Laynegg almost 9 years ago
My Mom sometimes talks about when she was small living in Arkansas….when it rained, her and her sister would build a playhouse out of the gumbo (clay). They would have chairs and stoves and beds, little plates and bowls, pots and pans. Then when the sun came out all would be baked hard and they would have a wonderful “house” to play with until the next rain!
tahoeh2o almost 9 years ago
Think Pinewood Derby…
dogday Premium Member almost 9 years ago
When I was a kid I got a banana split from the (not good humor) ice cream truck. It came in a little blue boat-shaped plastic dish. So I took that, my father’s shirt boxes and some of the hard cardboard pants hanger and made piers that I could sail my little blue boat around on our deep green rug. Had a blast, and I was so proud of my creation!
logonhurst_eagle almost 9 years ago
It’s a Congrave Cube.
Number Three almost 9 years ago
You and me both, Earl.
xxx
abbybookcase almost 9 years ago
he left out the part about having to walk to school -uphill both ways
Linguist almost 9 years ago
Give kids a large cardboard box and watch the number of creative ways they can use it to play. Great prop to stimulate their imagination and inventiveness.
LuvThemPluggers almost 9 years ago
Hopefully, Earl had a friend with more imagination. When my mom was a kid in The Depression, she said her mother could fold a newspaper and cut out the most elaborate paper dolls that stretched out all connected. Grandma also could take a towel and fold it up in such way to look like she had twin baby dolls in a blanket. People had to use their imaginations back then.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 9 years ago
.“. . .would see a big blocky wood thingy exactly one way: something to whack each other over the head with.”.Unbreakable toys are useful for breaking other toys.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 9 years ago
One of the many, many things I love about Earl is how he avoids the temptation to present himself as better than he was..(The older I get, the better I was.)
komickat almost 9 years ago
and you don’t still XD