Get out the funny papers, crack open the egg, it's time for...
SILLY PUTTY!!!
I don't think there's a kid in the world that had silly putty that didn't love pressing it down on the funny papers and stretching it out. I think if I had some now I would carry it in my purse and try to silly putty everything in sight. Did you have silly putty? Remember how much fun you had with it?
I wonder why it is that as we grow older we lose the fun gene, at least fun in the way that children have it, with innocence and joy, at least we did. It makes me sad that kids seem most interested in computer games and cable t.v. I know there are kids out there who do play with fun things because my grandson does and that makes me so happy. I have a joy plan in motion and I intend to find it. Why these days you could go to a dollar store and cart home a load of these kinds of things. Bubbles and crayons and silly putty and more. I think I'm going to have to make a trip to the dollar store...
If you had silly putty as a kid I'd love to hear some of your memories of playing with it. Leave them after this post if you did. I want to know about others out there -- and I know there are lots of you -- who loved it then and would be delighted with it now. I'm looking to stir up the joy pot for other people. You wanna jump in the pot with me?
Oh I have a Silly Putty memory - I was playing with it as a kid at my grandmother's house - fell asleep on the bed and it was in my warm hand - got all globbed up in my hair - oh boy what a mess! Had to be cut out!!! Learned a lesson about always putting that particular toy away!! But I still love the stuff - second ONLY to Play Dough - but that is because I adore the smell of Play Dough!!!
ReplyDeleteGee Willow, sadly I think you are not the only one who suffered from this tragic hair loss with Silly Putty, but yet, it is beloved just the same, and it's so funny that you should mention Playdoh because it's going to be my next entry. I've got it all ready I just haven't uploaded it yet and I LOVE the smell too, and there's just nothing like taking it out of the can and that perfect little shape, ahhhh, Playdoh makes life worth living...
ReplyDeleteMaitri, who is discovering her inner kid again... :)