My sisters and I did not get a lot of toys. Actually, that’s not really accurate. I think we probably had as many toys as any other kid of the ’60s and ’70s, but that’s many fewer than the kids of today. We often made our own. Some of my most cherished memories are of the dollhouses we made from plain boxes!
We took a box, perhaps 2 feet high, l foot wide and 6 inches deep (these measurements can vary according to whatever boxes you may have). We cut a piece of thick cardboard and glued it in for a second story “floor”. Then the fun began! Our mom brought home old wallpaper sample books and we cut those up to paper and carpet the rooms in our house. It was so much fun choosing the patterns. I wonder if stores still give away their old wallpaper books?
For pictures, we used the little round metal pop bottle lids (remember those?) and glued tiny pictures inside them. We then taped them on the walls.
For furniture, we used small boxes (jello box size). We covered these with construction paper and added various details to turn them into a piano, dish cupboard, fireplace, etc.
Then of course our Fisher Price Little People would live in the house.
Share a childhood memory … what toys did you play with?
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I love the Little Lady sitting in her communion cup chair. It is a testimony to you that you still have these fragile items you made in the 1960s and 1970s!
How fun!!!! I have fond memories of my barbie swimming in my mom’s biggest pot and driving around “town” in a shoe! LOL
Okay, I remember making furniture for my Barbie dolls with wooden building blocks. I made lamps a game piece from my Sorry game was the lamp base and a toothpaste cap was the lamp shade. I would make little houses with a shoebox and use wrapping paper for wallpaper. I also remember combing through the big Sears and JC Penney catalogs and dreaming about having different toys. Oh, I also remember trying to sew clothing for my Barbie dolls and dressing them up when the Miss America pageant came on.