Your Favourite Toy when you were a child

[redheadaussie]

My 21 year old daughter came for a visit last weekend. We spent pretty much all of that time sorting out her old soft toys, books, Barbies etc.
  Got me to thinking.....What was YOUR favourite toy as a child....do you still have it?
I personally loved the Slinky! Would play with it for hours! I wasn't a doll girl..give me the technical stuff, like a microscope, or a telescope, or a book on geology and I was a happy little pig in mud!
Let me know yours!

[wonko]

My parents got cable right after I, the youngest, moved out of the house.  They always said it was too much $, but I think they really just didn't want to encourage too much TV watching!  

I had some computer games and an original nintendo, and I did like those, especially during bad weather.  But I have more memories from other activities.

[gokuangel]

When I was a kid we didnt even have cable at our house!! only my grandparents houses did! We lived in such a small town when i was really young i would ride my bike all over the place!! The whole pc thing and cell phones thing for me i remember it hit after HS!! Hardly any1 knew had a pc in their home and cell phones were just unheard of!!

[Cherie762]

note none of our favorites were video games or pc games, the reason usa has so many obese kids and the genration of our children has a shorter life expectancy then we do...sad,,we used to play out doors till the street lights came on then it was time to head home, always hot tired and thirsty but we played hard and used our imaginations.

[wonko]

As already mentioned, spirograph, stuffed animals, and lite brite were favorites.  Also, I was a big fan of chalk, I would cover the whole driveway with hop scotch and silly drawings.  

[jeh57]

spelled it wrong....sorry:( it is etch a sketch  :)

[jeh57]

With out a doubt it was a etch-a-stetch and also my hula hoop....i would play for hours with them......back in those days,life was so simple:)