What are your favourite traditional toys?

[knotjustjigs]

Hi all,

Just wondered what your favourite traditional toys were/are and would you buy them for your children?

I have lots to add to my site already but i'm waiting until after the Spring Fair to see if i can find any unusual ones.

I will start the list off with

cup and ball
whip and top
diablo
dominoes


thanks

Toniann x

[hector]

Spining top

[smirnoff]

Hunni you know my passion for "proper" wooden trad toys.. i love
proper chunky jigsaws,
spinning tops
cant remember what its called .. i think its called "pick up sticks" game...
jacks

[bonjovibabe]

hoopla

[whirl]

I used to have a jacobs ladder that I took everywhere when I was a child. It was a really chunky one.

[Chutney]

An abacus!
Which is mad as I am rubbish at maths!
X

[Easties]

hula hoop :clapping:

i also love wooden traditional toys :happy72:

[knotjustjigs]

Wow I am on the right track then !
I already have spinning tops,jacobs ladders (these are one of my favourites!) and chunky jigsaws
But had forgotton about hoopla! and i used to sell abacus' but want to wait until i see a really good quality one.

Anymore? keep them coming need a list to take with me Tuesday...

Toniann x

[knotjustjigs]

Hahaha Jazz did this remind you about your love for the jacobs ladder?!!

Thanks for your order, lol

Toniannx

[duck_egg]

my girls love skipping ropes and hula hoops, dominoes are excellent too!!

[sadierhianne]

We have a wooden hoopla from letterbox, my kids love it -

[sadierhianne]

i need cheaper than letterbox.

[Tess]

jack in the box. hula hoop

[knotjustjigs]

Anne i " do" cheaper than letter box! let me know what you need....lol

Letterbox has a great variety but slightly expensive (imho)

I posted this Q on another forum and someone signed off with this

"An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys" pmsl!!

Toniann x

[hector]

wooden noah's ark

[Ruthierhyme]

Abacus for sure !! Same as Lucy though don't mix well with numbers :D
Novelty wooden pens.. not a toy as such but I love them :clapping: elc did some really cute Christmassy ones !!

[JessW]

I really love all the wooden kitchen/home stuff that's about - pity Amy is growing out of that sort of thing! Also the wooden dolls house she had for Christmas is beautiful - a million times nicer than Little People/Happy Land or anythign else plastic.

[trogette]

not wooden but I love those humming tops where you push the thing down on top and it stands on a foot.

[Tanya]

not wooden but I love those humming tops where you push the thing down on top and it stands on a foot.

ooooh I had one when I was a kid and loved it

like this??

http://www.ssb7.net/users/23838/e5513-lrg.jpg

[trogette]

yep! ELC have some really nice ones atm.

[Tanya]

I like these, I could watch it for hours :cheesy:

http://www.ssb7.net/users/23838/g0195-rdm.gif

[knotjustjigs]

You guys are wonderful! i have a big list. I wasnt just wanting wooden thingS so might have a look for Humming tops!
TJ i love the pecking bird too, lol i can get those and novelty pencils/pens so i might add those to my range ..yahoo off i go again!

[Chell]

i need cheaper than letterbox.

I spent nearly £50 on a wooden kitchen from Letterbox for DD, the same one was at the Spring Fair today.

[knotjustjigs]

Oh dont it make you spit!

I am having a lovely new range of kitchen things in but havent got images yet.There are wooden microwave, kettle, pan,egg's and milk cartons! really nice stuff, due in about march.

How was the Spring Fair? i am really excited, but then i always am about going! Did you get any new suppliers? freebies?

Toniann x

[Siouxsie]

I loved (and still have) a Simon
Also Sketch-graph

[knotjustjigs]

Whats a simon?

loved sketc-a-graph, is it the same as the etch-a-sketch? or am i thinking od spiragraph?

Toniann x

[Siouxsie]

Am i showing my age?

A Simon is an electronic game, that plays a tune and light sequence, which you have to remember and copy

The sketch-a-graph is a gadget that enables you to copy a drawing either larger or smaller, from the 1970s

[knotjustjigs]

PMSL ! I remember it!

And i AM old enough to have had a sketch-a-graph, what a blast from the past...

can you remember the stylaphone, i thought i was the dog's wotsits with mine lol!

Toniann x

[Siouxsie]

Yes I remember them, but never owned one. It was Rolf Harris in the advert if i remember rightly
x

[knotjustjigs]

haha yes it was!
Do you know they're a collectors item now!

Toniann x

[incywincy]

Whats a simon?

loved sketc-a-graph, is it the same as the etch-a-sketch? or am i thinking od spiragraph?

Toniann x

I used to love spiragraph, great fun!

At primary school age, I always loved to play Jacks (i think that's what its called? the crosses and the bouncy ball?)
Also remember playing french skipping all the time. But we made them our selves from a long piece of elastic.

[trogette]

my sis had a stylophone, I wans't allowed near it.

[feistygal]

Toniann - the only stall at the Spring Fair you will need is Tobar! They are the company that supplies and owns Hawkins Bazaar! Soooo many traditional wooden and non-wooden toys! Plus nearly everyone on forums seems to buy all their stocking fillers and little presents from them so you'll be ££££ in! :happy72:

Their trade prices are fab too.

Claire

[knotjustjigs]

Thanks Claire,
Spooky TJ mentioned these to me!
I have their catalogue from last year and your right they do do a big range at decent trade prices but we have a BIG Hawkins Bazaar in Notts (didnt know they are owned by Tobar though!durr) so i am a bit iffy about selling their things as previously i have sold 90 % face to face at craft stalls/markets etc in and around the East Mids. But i suppose now i am hoping to sell more though my website, i ought to re-look at them.

Thanks again

Toniann x