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    purpleshoes reminds everyone to take typing breaks and stretch, ow: This isn't a good example because it involves an expensive toy, but: when I was a kid, I begged and begged for an American Girl Doll, which, if you're... more »
    whynotshesaid: I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who thought Play-Doh was yummy! more »
    ladeedah: Second to a pony, my greatest holiday wish when I was little was a tin mug. I went through a very intense Laura Ingalls Wilder phase for a while and w... more »
    Fatwetdog: What the hell do they put in Plah-Doh that makes it smell like something you *have* to put in your mouth? Seriously, I'm like 30 and whenever I open a... more »
    Sunshineyness: Speaking of accidental toys... wasn't Silly Putty originally an attempt at creating an artificial rubber by the military in WW2? more »
    jtate: When I was a little one, my greatest dream was to own some sort of a vaguely ethnic Barbie with included collector's stand, but my parents refused to ... more »
    lesetoiles: Even simpler-- My favorite memories of childhood are of hours and hours spent just playing "pretend", spending time with my neighborhood friends runni... more »
    Sassy Pants: My favorite toy was a cardboard box, and I don't mean when I was two or three, but when I was 8 or 9. I would break it up and "sled" down hills in my ... more »
    literatebrit: I agree on the "the best toys are the simplest" thing. I always had simple toys(other than barbies), mainly because I could use them to assist in my B... more »
    deuteragonist: One Christmas my little sister asked for (and received) balloons and plastic grapes. Fake plastic grapes. They remained a family favorite for a while,... more »
    pond-side-over: Lego. Not any of this movie-tie in Star Wars vehicle set type bullshit. Good ol standard sets of different coloured bricks, with a few wheel sets and ... more »
    cand86: This post reminds me of that commercial that is stuck in my head. Pushin' hoops with sticks, that's what granny did before PS3. more »
    quietlygoingmad: Fashion Plates, Slinkies, Sit n Spin, Play-Doh, Spirograph, Lite-Brite, Snoopy Sno-Cone, Pick-Up Sticks, Legos, Easy Bake Oven....that's what (this) l... more »
    Lilah: The hose. Am I right, ladies? Man, I was sad each fall when it got too cold to use the hose in my sandbox. A castle just isn't the same without a moat... more »
    PrettyPrettyPrincess: I asked my niece and nephew for their Christmas wishlist a few weeks back, and they of course told me the usual...video games for their Nintendo DSs, ... more »
  • #childsplay

    Eff Technology: The Best Toys Are The Simplest

    As Nancy Gibbs writes for Time, the worst toys are "overdesigned, overengineered, the product of so much imagination on the part of the toymaker that they require none from the child." That's why Play-Doh is one of my childhood faves. More »
  • #simplepleasures

    What's Your "Necessary Luxury?"