Reminiscing With Toys

I was in T’s room the other day, putting his clothes away, and I noticed that his toy drawer was open. After realising that the wife had probably had her own play session and forgotten to shut the draw, I looked inside.

Soft toys, hard toys, toys that play music, toys that react to movement. Bath toys, pram toys, garden toys. We’ve got quite a few already.

My favourite toys, however, aren’t the fancy toys that can tell you your blood type by the way you call its name; it’s the toys that I used to play with as a child. Not the actual toys – they’re probably in my mums loft, still covered in spit and god-knows what – but the toys that have never stopped being good.

Here are a few of my favourites…

The Fisher-Price Phone: Not exactly the same as the one I had but it’s still there in spirit.

The Tomy Egg Family: Remember these?

Stickle Bricks: Technically not Stickle Bricks, and these are apparently S’s set, but they’ll definitely be in T’s collection when he’s old enough.

Play-Doh: It still smells the same. It still feels the same. It’ll probably still get stuck in the carpet if you dropped and walked on it. I. Love. Play-Doh.

LEGO / DUPLO: Apart from my collection, T will have so much LEGO it’ll be coming out his ears and likely under my feet to cause LEGO related injuries.

These toys were so simple, some not even needing a battery. So where did these toys go? I can’t wait to introduce T to some of these toys, I really hope he enjoys playing with them as much as I did.

What were your favourite toys as a child? What are your favourite toys now?

K