Playing with self made toys

When I was a child I did use my imagination to make some toys. I also used a broom stick for my horse and had hours of fun with it. My grandson has engineering in his future. He can take Legos and make all kinds of things he conjures up. He can also take tongue depressors, styrofoam cups, junk food containers, etc. and make all kinds of toys and things for us to marvel at.

hello dada, I am not sure if you were referring to "molding clay" use by kids to make/mold different shapes. It came in different colors too. I can imagine how curious Shubee is. How I wish to play with her one day/someday. hugs to you,maa and Shubee daughter, jaiho®

Hi Professor, hope you and your family are fine...My son likes to use the colorful clays to make his toys. He makes burger, potato chips using those clays. Although i had bought many types of toys, but seems like he prefer to make his own toys to play. Sometimes, he ask me do some folding paper planes for him to color and play. Seems like, kids just loves to discover new toys for play, to makes their play time interesting...

Hello Papa! So true on how back in the older days no one had electronic toys. My daughter and I use to make dolls with lots of yarn and used a great deal of recycling ideas from old clothing and buttons. We use to have fun creating all types of different dolls. I taught her how to sew and she use to make dresses with old clothing also for her dolls. Today the kids are more apt to playing video games and not being creative with recyclable items. This is sort of sad because sometimes some are just not broadening their creativity.

Greetings Professor. Long time no-see! Hope you & yours are well. I'm not familiar with your festivals over there, but I wish you a merry one! I'm very much in favour of making one's own toys & being responsible for one's own entertainment. You have done well to encourage your granddaughter in this wonderful art of self-sufficiency & self-empowerment. I have done this all my life - mostly because there used to be no other option & then it became a habit. I will eventually make them good enough to sell to others... maybe next year! I've been an electronic technician for the past fourteen plus years, but my training was in design engineering... I love to create! I'm presently compiling an exhaustive list of everything I can do so that once I see a demand for something, I will quickly adapt existing models & churn them out real fast. I can make anything from scratch too, but developing it takes a very long time, so is unwise & unfair to others. Blessings!

it is so nice you enjoy making toys out of something. i usually dont do that anymore. i used to do it when i was 7 years old. have a lucky day yourself.

my daughter made a bouncy ball out of elastic bands recently.

I think it's great to get back to basics w/kids. They miss out on so much nowadays w/tv, games etc. When my grandson is here we do alot of basic things, one just playing outside. He loved it & expects us to do these things.

oh thats like Play-do! My daughter who is six loves playing such as well. I once brought her play-do and she can makes shapes out of it..from ice cream to animals..play-do comes with a maker of shapes.. but i actually od not know where it is now. lol. We once saw on tv about using cornstarch and food color as play-do and we did it, it is safe and non toxic. She use it like a clay, making faces out of it and also making animals as well. My daughter has a knack of making things out of nothing. Like just last night, i brought them this crayon holder, its like a purse which is square in shape which they can put crayons in it and it comes with a foam inside to hold its shape. She used the foam /sponge inside and made "spongebob" out of it. She took colors and painted it yellow and and it looked like spongebob! lol. i do not have its picture as well since i was busy last night with chores.. Children are by nature creative, its just on how we mold them.

Not all toys are really worth buying. Most of it nowadays are very costly, not practical and some toys is not really designed for child's development. When i was growing up i don't have any bought toys, normally i would cut off cardboards to make nothing out of something, or use rubber bands and anything that could fit into my imagination. My parents does not have enough budget for those things but they allow us to be creative. Looking back i am glad our parents did that. :)