My favourite old toys..

Do you remember your favourite toy from when you were little?

I find it hard to pin point THE one that I loved the most, but

I do remember several of my favourite ones.

Here is my selection.

Old Fisher Price musical TV

that plays 'London Bridge is Falling Down'.

I still have this and have passed it onto my kids.

Another Fisher Price classic, which I also managed to keep

over the years - though in Sweden at my dad's place..

 

When my sister, who is 5 years older than I, finally grew

tired of her beautiful 'Lundby' dolls house I was in heaven.

Unfortunately we no longer have the house, as I apparently

gave it a 'make over' that couldn't be reversed...

I used to love my collection of 'trolls' - the pink haired one

was my favourite and I had it in a number of different sizes,

including one that could sit on my pen..

I LOVED my Barbie (& Cindy) dolls, and could apparently play with

them for hours at end, my mother says. I remember the thrill of getting

new clothes and accessories for them, and I used to create whole

houses and lives for my dolls... Pretend play joy!

This may be a 'Swedish thing' - but all girls collected 'book marks'

('bokmärken' in Swedish) and used to swap them or stick

them into books or fold them into 'fortune tellers'.

The vintage ones with glitter details were the most

beautiful ones in my opinion, and I am proud to say

that I still have my entire collection.

Lego was another of my favourite toys, and I would

build elaborate houses and villages - an interest

I have passed onto my son Oscar who is extremely

skilled at Lego and mastered 7-12 Y.O. kits at the age of 5!

I am so proud of him!

After persistent begging I finally got a dual-screen

Donkey Kong game for Christmas - despite

my mother's firm stance against all electronic games..

..many important calls were received on my

Fisher & Price telephone!!

My Mon Chi Chi was very loved!

 
Another Fisher Price fave of mine

(I am starting to feel like a broken record here..)

I remember the Christmas I got this wind-up 

clock that plays lovely music.

Today it adorns my kids' room

(up high so that it doesn't get demolished)..

Drawing, colouring in and making elaborate pieces

of art was definitely one of my absolute favourite

things to do. Despite growing up in a big & formal

house, my loving parents dedicated the walls of 

the stairs leading up to the bedrooms on 

the top floor to my artwork. So lovely of them, and

something I learned to appreciate very early on in life.

I was a doting mother of my favourite doll 'Anna' - 

a black doll with curly hair and big brown eyes.

I would push her around in my little doll's pram,

and my grand mother made the most beautiful

blankets for me to wrap Anna in..

Please tell me about your favourite toys.

I'd love to hear!!

xCharlotta


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