Originally Posted By LadyKluck I still color. LOVE to color. I have color books & crayons at work too. It helps pass the time when I get stressed or stuck on a long call. Also love Silly Putty & Pla-Doh. When I was really little we couldn't afford Pla-Doh so my mom would make it from scratch. It was the best, even though it smelled terrible!
Originally Posted By LadyKluck We used to do the fence prints too! LOL! I had forgotten about that. When we had family stuff at my grandma's house we used to slide down the staircase in pillowcases. She was the only one we knew with stairs so it was pretty cool!
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight OMG me too klucky.. When we went to Rochester NY to visit family , they all had stairways. My cousins and I would do the same thing on the pillows or in cardboard boxes.. omg that was so much fun. I too had forgotten about that. Thanks for that fun tidbit !
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight We would tear the front of the cardboard box to you could pull it like a slead and you leaned back on the intact piece of cardboar in back to brace your self. LOL
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins LS--This is an awesome thread! I used to turn my eyelids inside out...somehow I lost that ability over the years. Cracking my knuckles was a daily event. Now, if I hear a joint pop, it ain't on purpose. I used to squeeze glue in the center groove of my school ruler. It worked great as a mold for some really cool fingernails.
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl I used to squeeze white glue on the palm of my hand, let it dry, and peel it off like skin.
Originally Posted By Tandelothien We used to put half inflated balloons down our t-shirts and pretend we were Dolly Parton. We also did the can thing but we pretended they were tap shoes I used to get old containers and mix up a big batch of mud stew using leaves for herbs when I was at my Nanas, however if I was at my Grandmas I just used water and leaves for my "stew" because she would have had a fit over the mess, lol.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Remember playing in the sprinkler and laying down on the hot sidewalk...that felt SO good.
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl We played in the sprinkler then made our wet body prints on the hot sidewalk. Remember the smell of the wet sidewalk?
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins csgoofygirl--I remember that smell. And what is it about the smell of a library or classroom? My cafeteria smelled like oatmeal all day until right before lunch. Then it smelled like lasagna or chicken ala king. SaraT--I still do that one.
Originally Posted By Marlin Perkins Anyone else like to float popsicle sticks down the gutter after the neighbor's sprinklers got a little carried away?
Originally Posted By TheParsec Things You CANT get me to do anymore: Slip N Slides Climbing up the hallway walls like spiderman. Playing War with Ice-Plant. Playing King of the Mountain on someone's high Porch.
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl I still love the smell of a new box of crayons! Or a new doll, although my DD gave me a little doll for Christmas and they don't smell like they used to. One of my teachers had a big cabinet in the back of the room filled with that beige paper with the blue lines on it. Smelled so good!
Originally Posted By Tandelothien >>Things You CANT get me to do anymore: Slip N Slides>> Our backyard slopes down hill so we could get a good slide going on the old Slip N Slide, unfortunately we also have Bull Ants in our backyard so you had to be careful not to slide off the end and get bitten lol.
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl Slip N Slides were so much fun, but they really were just a broken arm waiting to happen.
