This week Marsha, the host of WQWWC has given us the topic; Toys/ play.

I love this quote. Grandparents are like putty in the hands of their grandkids. They are usually at the age where they have more free time to play with their grandchildren and to spoil them. They would also spend hours playing with their toys with them or reading to them.
“I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included”
Bernard Manning
Kids are fascinated by things that are not toys. I love this quote because it is often the case. Small kids would play with the packaging instead of the toys or demand the batteries to put in their mouth instead of the actual toy. My granddaughter loves to play with her feeding bowl, cup and spoons, etc instead of the expensive toys her parents and grandparents get for her.
“If we were poor, we didn’t know it ’cause I guess you don’t miss what you never had. So, you know, we made do with whatever. We used to make our own toys, and we used to play with spinning tops and marbles. A pocket full of marbles, and you were rich – you didn’t worry about no money”
Aaron Neville
This reminds me of the time we, I and my siblings were kids. We didn’t have a lot of money to spend on toys and would play with marbles or makeshift toys. Often converting everyday objects into spaceships or planes, and having the time of our lives. Playing outside with a bat and a ball or hockey sticks was our afternoon routine. No fancy gadgets or electronic toys were available in our childhood. The best I could dream about was the “walkie-talkie” doll that someone bragged about having. It remained a dream till I grew out of it. But I think we still had more fun than the kids with more expensive toys and gadgets because we used our imagination too.
Written in response to WQWWC #51: Toys/Play, hosted by Marsha
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Great quotes! I agree that the simplest things can make the best toys as a kid. We aren’t too different than cats, who love a good box to play in lol.
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Thanks Maranda. You’re right that the simple things make playing with them more gun.
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Fun*
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lol, i was scratching my head about that one for a minute there.
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My phone it should be gun. Perhaps it’s paying attention to the news.
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I love these quotes! Aaron Neville’s quote brings back great memories of playing marbles. Wonderful sharing Sadje
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Yes, it reminded me of the time I used to play with marbles too. It’s always a pleasure my friend
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Thank you😊
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You’re welcome
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This is so true. My son’s first Christmas he played with the bows and boxes instead of all the huge presents we bought him. When I was a child, I loved to play with my mom’s lids to pots and a wooden spoon.
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Yes, kids are fascinated by things we keep them away from.
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I remember a big ol’ wagon hoop I had. It’s not a toy, but rolling it along the road and running after it made it into a toy. Fun times.:-)
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That must be jolly fun. Thanks
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I appreciate that quote😄
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Thanks Cheryl! The first one?
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Yes
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I love it too. 🥰
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When I was a kid we wandered the neighborhood more than played with toys. Sadly, not something kids do today. It isn’t safe to wander these days.
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Unfortunately, that’s too true. Things have changed for the worse in that aspect.
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As a kid, give me a big cardboard box and I was in a world of play dreams.
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Yes, our imagination would provide the rest.
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This is so true, Sadje. I think in these cases creativity also blossoms as we learn to make do with what we have around us. I remember doing this a lot as a child.
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Yes, at least I didn’t have any electronic toys or even battery operated. But we never were bored.
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Exactly so. I feel the same way. Creating like that leaves no room for boredom.
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Nopes! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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I agree with you. We enjoyed by making our toys. We had more fun than children of ours ☺️
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Yes, this new generation knows only electronic gadgets, video games and ebooks. No playing outside for them.
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Yeah, they don’t listen.
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Beautiful quotes! My brothers and I didn’t have much toys as well but we had a great childhood. Often, we’d be outside playing hide and seek, play tag or climb trees.
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Thanks Maria. I think the more kids have, the easier it is for them to get bored of their toys.
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That’s true
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Very true Sadje. My kids often enjoyed the boxes more than the toys that came out of them 😁
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It’s a universal phenomenon
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Wonderful! A classic example of “money can’t buy happiness.”
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Thanks! Yes, that’s the truth of life.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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The simpler things were more fun, IMO. I used to make dollhouses out of boxes.
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Yes, they were because we used our imagination too. Thanks Eugi
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I absolutely love this. Your quotes were spot on. I know when I became a grandparent the only thing the kids wanted from me was my time. As they get older it has morphed into a listening ear. Your personal examples were a great add on. I enjoyed this and can relate. Donna
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Many thanks Donna for visiting and commenting. It’s a wonderful experience, to be a grandparent.
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Indeed.
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Its wonderful to be able to use your imagination, we didn’t need expensive gadgets or toys, we had our imaginations, nowadays kids lack that. xx
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You’re absolutely right Carol.
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I love your quote and comment about grandparents. When I was young and had no children, young kids particularly thought I was a toy and climbed all over me. I’m sure it would be no different now except that now all my friends have older adult children! They’re done with crawling and climbing. 🙂 When I was about 9 or 10 my grandmother told me I couldn’t sit on my grandpa’s lap anymore because I was too big. I remember I was soooo offended at the time. I was like the puppy who grew up and could no longer squeeze under the couch. Thanks for the lovely post.
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Thank you so much Marsha. Yes, children often want to retain the privileges of being young while they want to be grown up. It was a lovely topic.
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I’m glad you liked it, Sadje. For some reason I didn’t get your link at all. I just knew you would have something and found it on your blog no problem. But isn’t that weird because you definitely had a link in there?
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I always link up, but WP doesn’t works well every time. In future, I’ll double check. Thanks
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No worries. I wondered how I often miss links that Cee finds on our PPAC. Yours I knew should be there and wasn’t.
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Thanks 🙏🏼
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I remember making towns out of boxes for the matchbox cars I had. We created furniture for our Barbies out of scraps of anything and back then Legos were just blocks where you used your imagination to build things. I really enjoyed this post Sadje, took me way back. 😊
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Thanks Leigha! It’s wonderful to revisit memories of our younger days.
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You are most welcome.
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❤️
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