Child's Play

                                                Somethingcharming    

 As an Antique dealer I have always been intrigued by old and well loved children's toy....Especially in this day and age when kids seem to want something to entertain them instead of using their imaginations to create their own magical world....A world filled with dolls.....or Books....

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And I think a child who never knows the joy of hugging a Teddy Bear is a child who is missing out on a special part of their childhood....

                                           Eclecticpelican

I remember my children crawling around on the floor pushing toys or making animals growl (I have heard that crawling stimulates the learning centers of the brain), their imaginations hard at work....

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                                            surlymermaid

A Tin Pail

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   A Sewing machine                 Camelotia

                                                        An adorable little boy doll

                                                                 BDVintage

                                            Steviestuff

And Last but not Least   The Clown.....and it is a beanbag!  double the fun..... I think if more children had clown beanbags to play with there would be a lot fewer adults afraid of clowns!

I hope you enjoyed our journey down memory lane and I also hope...you take the video games away and give the kids a real toy...one that will challenge their imagination....

VE

Latch Hook Rugs!

Remember latch hook rugs?  You know, with the Aunt Lydia's rug yarn in tiny bundles?  Or if you wanted to do your own, you bought the canvas and skeins of Aunt Lydia's and cut it all down to small pieces.  You can still buy them but there's a whole new area of latch hook rugs to do these days!

I found this booklet:

They suggest using fleece!  I made this rug from strips of cotton fabric:

I can't tell you how long ago I made this rug and it still holds up!  Shake it out occasionally and a few times, throw it in the washing machine, it's still going strong after all these years!

Another one using latch hook was this one:

Very strange, huh?  It's made with those loops used on looms for potholders.

You got to admit, it goes with any color! 

Here's a few more booklets you can find to make awesome latch hook rugs.

Inside:

If you have a lot of scrap fabrics, you can cut them down into 3/4" by 4" strips and buy canvas a few inches larger all around than you want the finished project  and simply latch hook the strips randomly in color onto the canvas.  You have a fabric rug!  No need to buy rug binding, either anymore, just fold about 3 or 4 rows up to the back and sides, then latch through those rows (double rows for a bit) and the sides and ends will stay put. 

Have fun!

RWS