You throw them away because they are usually broken...Now toys look great, but what do you do with them when the newness wears off?
You throw them away because they are usually broken...Now toys look great, but what do you do with them when the newness wears off?
Oh yeah, forgot all about the bouncy ball. Played a lot of dodgeball, kickball, and four-square with those!We jumped rope a lot as well. We also had hoola hoops that kept us busy.
Bouncy ball. I remember being in 5th and 6th grade. We had a game we played at recess with a bouncy ball and a wall. For one, we bounced the ball off the wall and caught it, once. Two, we bounced it off the wall and the ground and caught it, twice. I do not remember all the parts, but we were into it. A bouncy ball got a lot of use.
Anybody else go out after rain storms and try to make dams to stop running water in the farmyard? Or, try to dig trenches to drain the big mud puddles that would form? That was good entertainment, and not bad for learning a few basic engineering principles...
I had dolls and some accessories, but I also liked playing with the toys that were for boys. We spent hours playing cards, putting jigsaw puzzles together and playing board games. We used to take the old newspaper and construct things with them and cardboard boxes.
We had cats and a few dogs over the years, but farm people used to keep all animals outside, year round. Grandfather bought us a Pinto pony, a small horse. It was not a nice pony, so maybe had been mistreated in the past. I tried to ride it once or twice and gave it up. He also had a horse that was more like a Palomino. I could never get it to do what I wanted it to do, and I never really had good help in knowing how to ride.I had 2 brothers old enough to play with us big kids and 3 cousins ,all hated dolls,so they tarred and feathered the only doll I had, tar bucker left over from flat roof job. Feathers supplied by my pet duck 'Jor'[ thy didn't hurt him just took a few feathers].
Who had animals for play ? I had lots of dogs and cats ,a duck and a donkey that was fun to ride till she took me between two trees t,she knew which trees would peel me off her . But when she drug me upside down on wrapped around her neck, made my back look like ground beef mama gave the donk's away.
I'd walk up to her and say " I'm gonna get me a ride" Her ears laid on her neck and we went at it.
I could ride anything after her.
Including the electric bulls at clubs 25 years later,only one to make it to 9 in one of those bars.
I also had fish pets in our lake. I'd swim under water,anchor my fingers into the mud and fish would lick my face and bounce off mt nose and eyes.
We had cats and a few dogs over the years, but farm people used to keep all animals outside, year round. Grandfather bought us a Pinto pony, a small horse. It was not a nice pony, so maybe had been mistreated in the past. I tried to ride it once or twice and gave it up. He also had a horse that was more like a Palomino. I could never get it to do what I wanted it to do, and I never really had good help in knowing how to ride.
Farm animals are not always that friendly. I grew up with mean brothers who spent their days trying to hurt me, so I grew up a bit afraid of the world as a child. I have learned that that is not always true as an adult and with space from my still mean spirited brothers. I can actually tell you all the ways I was scared of farm animals. Sheep will head butt you and if you are small, knock you down. Roosters will chase you and spur you! They kept me out of the yard frequently. Cows are a little more docile, but bulls can chase you as well. I stayed away from animals as a child. We did go gather eggs, but if there is a hen sitting on a nest, it will peck you when you try to reach under it to see if there are any eggs. So farm animals as something to play with? Not for me as a child.Which farm animal did you like the best? I played with ours all the time including my got 'Nita',she was a trip!
Weedy maybe equine was not your thing.
Farm animals are not always that friendly. I grew up with mean brothers who spent their days trying to hurt me, so I grew up a bit afraid of the world as a child. I have learned that that is not always true as an adult and with space from my still mean spirited brothers. I can actually tell you all the ways I was scared of farm animals. Sheep will head butt you and if you are small, knock you down. Roosters will chase you and spur you! They kept me out of the yard frequently. Cows are a little more docile, but bulls can chase you as well. I stayed away from animals as a child. We did go gather eggs, but if there is a hen sitting on a nest, it will peck you when you try to reach under it to see if there are any eggs. So farm animals as something to play with? Not for me as a child.
Sick and dysfunctional family. They are still unkind and mean spirited. Sister is manipulative and a lying story teller, trying to discredit anyone and everyone. I just stay away from all of my siblings. Who needs that? Not me!This is true too. Sorry you had mean brothers Weedy. Thats not a fair fight.
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