Such a lovely three day weekend; the rainy weather meant we felt no guilt at having a pyjama day and chilling at home. The younger children had such a fabulous time playing, amid several huge disagreements over a certain rag doll, belonging to neither of them but still proving to be the most coveted toy of the day.
Made by grandma for their older sibling, rag doll Rosie thankfully managed to stay intact during the very heated disagreements. (Has anyone seen a pattern for a similar doll - it might save some sibling arguments.) Sitting in my old pushchair this afternoon, she is probably as thankful as we are for a little promise of sun at last. The grass is certainly in need of cutting but I will be very sad to see the pretty little daisies lost. They remind me of happy school days chatting on the field and making daisy chains with friends.
On the grass this little group looked like a heart and so happily colourful next to the very green background.
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I must have had this little purple pushchair for around thirty seven years, it has certainly lasted longer than all the plastic pushchairs we have owned over time. Very, very scary to think my childhood toys would now be considered vintage! It is really lovely seeing my baby play with toys that not only her older brothers and sisters enjoyed but also my brothers and I used.
I wonder how many of her toys will still be here in almost forty years time?
Do you have a favourite childhood toy that is still played with & loved today?
Lovely - I adore rag dolls and have made a few in my time using the Raggedy Ann/Andy pattern - you can get a version here http://www.sewessential.co.uk/
ReplyDeleteI think yours looks similar - I made one which my mother wanted and all the grandchildren that visit her insist on undressing and re-dressing Clariss Foster as she in known. My old favourites were a pushalong brick truck and one of those wooden things with pegs that you hammer through xx
Sounds like she is meant to be in our family as she has our name! Thank you for the link x
DeleteIt's so true that the old toys are the best. Andrew has some of Tom's old toys, and some of my old toys are at my parents' house for him to play with there. Mainly lego and books that survived. I'm not sure how many of his will survive another generation?1
ReplyDeleteI don't have the toys I had when I was a kid. Such a shame. The rag doll is so cute, no wonder there were fights for it. :)
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Daniel had toy cars which were passed down to him from my brother. They're in the loft now to pass down another generation. I don't think any of my childhood toys survived, such a shame.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful photos!!!
ReplyDeleteI still have all my old Ladybird books and lego, and a whole host of bits and bobs in my parents' loft. :-)
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Lovely ragdoll, I had a treasured one when I was youg. I believe she is still atmy Mum and Dads, I must check.
ReplyDeleteLego and Meccano are the things that seem to be left from my childhood. Ohh and a lovley Fisher Price plastic record player, my girls love that. Mich x
Fisher Price Record Player .......I always wanted one of those!
DeleteI made each of my kids Raggedy Anne's and now my granddaughters get them made from me too. There are patterns by Simplicity and Butterick and McCalls for them that come out from time to time. I found you through Sew Many Ways blog and it was fun to visit!
ReplyDeletewill have a hunt for those patterns, thank you very much x
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