Oh, come on, parents!!! Be creative.
Sticks aren't made in China. Merry Christmas, Bobby!
"Wow, Mom and Dad... That's a BIG one!"
Posted on 08/15/2007 7:53:38 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
Even the joys of my childhood fifty years ago, Lionel electric trains, are now produced in China - it hurts....
Oh, come on, parents!!! Be creative.
Sticks aren't made in China. Merry Christmas, Bobby!
"Wow, Mom and Dad... That's a BIG one!"
No jack-in-the-box?
My favorite thing to do, when little, was to get into Grandma’s junk drawer next to the sink with the big water pump, and try to organize it for her. (While Grandpa worked on the black walnuts in the kitchen.)
I still treasure those memories.
Thanks for the urls
I used to make a wicked flying machine out of 5 Popsicle sticks. No magnets and no lead paint. But that was a different world.
When I want to find out about something J and J made I came across this site. Has a lot of info.
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/rs/profile.cfm?id=246
One year, I got into the cabinet under the sink looking for my Xmas present, finding what I thought Santa had left — pots and pans.
I played with them all day.
Brown paper sack with a note from Mom telling me how much she loved me x 4 kids. Not worth much on ebay, but pry that memory from my cold, dead hands.
These are all made supposedly in the USA, but some do have global plants for other items.
From:
http://travel.discovery.com/Ratzenberger-America_Goods_Goods.shtml
Goods A-Z3M (Scotch Tape)
Airstream
All American Hot Dog Carts
All-Clad Metalcrafters Inc.
Allen-Edmonds
Alliance Rubber Company
American Champion Aircraft
American IronHorse Motorcycle Company
American Paper Optics
American Printing House for the Blind Inc.
American Whistle Corporation
Anheuser-Busch Inc.
Annin & Co. Flags
A.R.T. Research Enterprises
Astro-Physics, Inc.
Astroland Amusement Park
Automatic Dishwasher
Bach Stradivarius Trumpets
Ball Corporation
Banana Split
Barre Granite
Becker Surfboard Co.
The Belden Brick Company
Benjamin Moore & Co.
Betts Springs
Binney & Smith Inc. (Silly Putty)
Bodine Corporation
Boudin Bakery
Brooks Brothers
Burroughs Adding Machine
Burt’s Bees
California Zephyr Train
Campbell’s Soup
Cannondale Bikes
Cape Cod Chips
Carousel Magic
Caterpillar
Celestial Seasonings
Charles Machine Works
ChemArt Company
Chris-Craft
Coca-Cola
Columbus Washboard Company
Commscope Cable Co.
Corvette
Craftsman Tools
Crane & Co.
Crayola
The Creegan Company Animatronics
CUTCO
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Dairy Queen
Deering Banjos
Delta Faucets
Delta Scientific Co.
Derecktor Ferryboats
Diamond Match Company
Dr Pepper
Duncan Parking Meters
Duraflame
Eli Bridge Company
Emeco, The Aluminum Chair Company
E-ONE Firetrucks
Ettore Products
Everlast
Fender Musical Instruments
Firefly Hot Air Balloons
Fisher Space Pen Co.
Fleer Trading Cards
Fleetwood RVs
Ford Gumball Co.
Ford (Model T)
Franklin Art Glass
French Luggage
Frito-Lay
The Frye Company
Fuller Brush Company
G&T Conveyor
Garrett Metal Detectors
Gatorade
GE Transportation
General Mills (Wheaties)
Gibson Bagpipes Inc.
Gibson Guitars
Globe Firefighter Suits
Goodyear Tires
Hall Manufacturing
Hallmark Cards
Harley Davidson Motorcycles
Hartmann Luggage
Hawaiian Tropic
HC Duke & Son Inc.
Head-Penn
Herman Miller Inc.
Highlights Magazines
Holiday Tree & Trim Company
Homer Laughlin China Company
Honeywell Life Safety
Howard Johnson
In-Sink-Erator
Ivory Soap
Jack Daniel’s
Jacuzzi
Jaws of Life
Jell-O
John Deere Combines
Johnson Woolen Mills
Jostens Inc.
Kellogg’s
KitchenAid Mixers
Knotts Berry Farm
Kohler
Lockheed Constellation Planes
Longaberger Baskets
Louisville Slugger
Lowell Boats
Lyon & Healy Harps Inc.
Mack Trucks Inc.
Maker’s Mark Distillery Inc.
Maple Landmark Woodcraft
Marble King
Martin Guitars
Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider
Marx Toys
Medtronic
Merillat
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Milgard Windows
ML Leddy’s Boot & Saddlery
Monopoly
Morton Salt
Mosser Glass Co.
Mrs. Grossman’s Paper Company)
National Cash Register Co.
New England Confectionary Company
New Era Baseball Caps
Nocona Sporting Goods
Oscar Meyer Weiner
Pan American Clipper
Panavision
Panoz Convertibles
Pelican Products Inc.
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Pepsi-Cola
Phoenix Decorating Company
Powell Skateboards
Purity Dairies
Pyrex
QubicaAMF
Raytheon Microwave Ovens
Red Wing Shoes
Remo Drums
RGM Watch Company
Robinson Helicopter
Rodgers Instruments
Round House
R.S. Owens Company
Rubbermaid
Sage Fly Fishing Rod
The Samuel Adams Brewery
Sand Trix
Sargent and Greenleaf
Sawbones
Sebastiani Winery
Segway
Serta
Shawnee Mills
Shelton’s Better Packages
Sikorsky
Silvercrest Western Home Corporation
Skee-Ball, Inc.
Slinky Toys
Smiths Medical Inc.
Spam
Starbucks
Starrett (Precision Calipers)
Steelcase
Steinway
Stetson
Stern Pinball
Steuben Crystal
Stickley Furniture
Stormy Kromer Caps
Sturm, Ruger Firearms
Sub-Zero
Sunkist / Limoneira
Swanson TV Dinners
Tabasco
Tillamook Cheese
Titleist
Tom’s of Maine Inc
Tootsie Roll
Toro Company
Trek Bicycle Corporation
Tums and Co.
Twinkie
Tyco Safety Products/Ansul
Tylenol
United States Playing Card Company
U.S. Mint
US Pole
U.S. Steel
USA Today
Vermont Teddy Bear Co.
V.H. Blackinton & Co. Inc.
Vitalie
Walt Disney Pictures
WD-40
Weber Grills
Welch’s Grape Juice
WET Design
Weyerhaeuser Company
Whitman’s Chocolates
Wiffle Ball
Wigwam Mills
Wilson Football Factory
WL Gore & Associates
Wolf Coach Emergency Vehicles
Wonder Bread
Yankee Candle Factory
Zamboni
Zildjian (Cymbals)
Zippo
Yep, I remember playing....”Simon Says”......
LOL! My grandma’s sink had a fabric skirt around it, held up by elastic. Just a pipe underneath that skirt, which led to the well. My siblings and cousins used to hide under there, and pretend we were Native American Indians, in a TeePee. LOL.
YEP.....too much stuff....I once took about 3 boxes of stuffed animals out of my daughter-in-law’s kids room (3 step-grandkids)......they never EVEN MISSED THEM! Course they had 3 sets of grandparents....my son is her 3rd husband. Sigh. We have, through the years given them what they probably think is “weird” stuff....but, they probably won’t forget them!
I smell a rat(conspiracy). The anti-China made consortium couldn’t get our big box stores to stop purchasing from China so they turn to the next weapon. Find fault with everything made in China. Lead in bibs? Who will prove otherwise? This just ices my theory.
My 6 year old loves playing with Lincoln Logs. I’d say the amount of toys you had were just right for a kid. I probably had just as many toys.
My own kids seem to have much more including videogames, sports equipment, computers, and literally thousands of Lego pieces.
My grandmother played with a sock in the 1920’s. Her mother would not buy her a doll. But she learned how to make dolls out of her old socks, and eventually she became an excellent seamstress.
Well, I remembered making knitting on old thread wooden spools that had 4 nails in them.
So I had a couple of them, had hubby put some nails in them and my grandkids, ages 9 and 10 sit for hours making clothes for their dolls and their dog.
We used to make circle rugs. Anyone else remember.
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_needlework_knitting/article/0,1789,HGTV_3263_1397466,00.html
Type spool knitting into google and up comes a lot of ideas.
This is for girls, but after raising three boys, enjoyed it with them.
This week we are making popuuri bags for their rooms.
A lot of things to do instead of tv, computers, cheap toys from China.
I always try to spend quality time with them.
Always have my kite in the trunk of my car,got to be ready.
buy a saw, some nails and bits of lumber...make your own damn toys like I did!
My kids accumulated tons of stuffed animals, too, but they played with them all. I’ve been cleaning house this summer, and I had to talk them out of each stuffed animal one by one. LOL.
“My grandmother played with a sock in the 1920’s.’
LOL or *sniff*? I don’t know whether to laff or cry at that.
Yes....my grandkids asked us once if our TV was broken! We said, NO....we just want to DO things with you!
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