December 13, 2012

Christmas Toys Remembered

Today I finished my Christmas shopping for my grandchildren, thank goodness. Memories of the toys I received when I was a child filled my mind.  See if you received any of these toys for Christmas.

My accordion was red and black.

I learned to add on this as I recall I didn't really like this toy.

I loved those little cookie cutter and would use
them when I was playing with my clay.
I am so happy that children still play Jacks, it was my favorite game.
Tom Thumb cash register was among my favorite toys.

Cootie what a fun game.

The metal clicker was a source of aggravation for my parents.
Often this toy went missing for days at a time.
Hours of fun, I would pry out the numbers
so I could complete the puzzle.

Paper dolls you needed a steady hand while
cutting so you wouldn't cut off the tabs.

Pop beads wore them to church for many years when I was young.
Jumping beans, they had weights in the bottoms of the beans.
The round red discs were plain on one side and had a number
of the other this is how I learned how to tell time.

What Christmas toys do you remember? 
Photos from the youtube video 

Christmas Memories Toys and Music from the 1950's and 60's.


7 comments:

  1. I always loved my paper dolls! I saw a Tom Thumb cash register at a thrift store this summer and it was so adorable but it was missing one piece so I left it. I hope you and your family have a Very Merry Christmas!

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  2. Many of these brought back memories.
    Thanks for that!
    :)
    C

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  3. We had cooties and those beads, my sister was always trying to eat them!

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  4. Great images Paulette. I always wanted an accordian - never got one though. I used to love cut out dolls too. I was a big doll fan in fact right up until I was about 13 I think! My daughter wasn't interested in dolls at all. Oh and Jacks, I never ever learned how to play them. xx

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  5. I loved those paper dress up dolls, I'd play with them for hours. I remember getting a post office set one year, I loved that present.

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  6. What a fun, nostalgic post! I loved all those toys, except I didn't have an accordian-I had a guitar with a crank on the side that played the music. And I *loved* the game Cootie. The cooties were lots cuter than the newer version. And the cash register! Loved those little value-less plastic dimes - just like the ones the U.S. Treasury creates now! :-)

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  7. My cousins had a Tom Thumb cash register and I loved it!
    I still have my Easy Bake oven in the orginal box.

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