Vintage Toys and the fun we had!

I have another feature with all the wonderful vintage toys that brought joy into our lives. It's not too late to get your stories in as well, just email me! (lillyshay@hotmail.com)

Jacks was before my time, it was a game that my parents and grand parents enjoyed (I believe) But I've heard lots of stories about them!
My mom had a couple of Wrinkels the Dog puppet toys. I never realized what these were until I read the story below. One of them wasn't a puppet though. They were very cute :)
I never owned the 'pretty pretty princess' game, but my neighbor did. I loved collecting the jewlery to wear! ...I was also disappointed when I didn't win the 'pretties'. :(

Do you remember any of these toys?

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Kymsart777 says:
We used to play jacks for hours! The boys played too! WE would play on the front porch and have competitions and our hands would be raw on the side or have splinters from the wooden porch! I was pretty good. BLOG

NiftyVintage says:

Wrinkles the dog was given to me by Santa around my 5th birthday. He was sitting on top of a brand new desk that Santa also thoughtfully left for me. Wrinkles lived with me until my college days and amongst these dazed and confused days was lost in the college shuffle. :( However, this past Christmas Santa found a New in the Box 1981 Wrinkles dog for my 4 year old who was delighted to meet her mom's childhood pup.

moonstr says:
i had a run yourself ragged board game that i played soo much. basically you take metal ball and run it threw the course and your timed. my cousin got one for xmas.and my parents seeing how much i loved it got me one too.also had a holly hobby doll i defaced with some paint and pens. BLOG

laceybabydoll says:
I used to love to play this board game that my dad got my sister and I one year as a Christmas gift. It was called Pretty Pretty Princess! You got to move your pieces around the board to land on spaces so you could wear the different pieces of jewelry. Whoever got to put on all their jewelry and the crown first won! I would always end up fighting with my sister over the crown though. It was plastic and a gray color and you decorated it with those cool puffy stickers that looked like stick on earrings! We ended up breaking it in half one time when fighting over it. We would also make my dad play it and make him wear the crown just to laugh at him! We still have it somewhere in the attic.

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kjbeads says:

Not a big doll lover but I had tons and tons of Barbie clothes for all of the ones I had (even fuzzy haired Ken). My great grandmother sewed and crotcheted outfits by the dozen. They would have sent today's Blythe collectors into a tailspin. I had cases full.My sister, 8 years my junior gave Barbie a bath and washed ALL her clothes. We discovered this months after the fact while searching for the God Awful stench. Finally opened a case from the closet. Suffice it to say, more than Ken's hair was fuzzy then.all lost. forever. I still don't like my sister very much. BLOG

Vintage Toys and the fun we had!

I've been collecting stories about (now) vintage toys and the memories they had brought to people as children...
I was going to make one very large post featuring all of these stories, but decided it would be easier for you and me if I just do more shorter posts.
These are just a few of the personal stories that were shared with me, Thanks all of you!

Maybe I'll list a toy that you used to love as well...

I'm so thrilled! My Mother-in-law has informed me that she has a small collection of dolls that are over 100 years old! I can't wait to see them, I'll take photos so that I can show them off!

Feel free to contact me at lillyshay@hotmail.com if you have a story that you'd like to share as well!

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Cabin says: I had an awesome toy called Fashion Plates.It came with these plastic plates with different tops, bottoms, model's heads, and shoes.The images on the plates were raised, so you could take an imprint/rubbing with them with paper and a crayon.You would mix and match them to create an outfit. BLOG

myhools says:
Oooh, here's a pic of me actually playing with one of my toys as a child...look at how cool I am in that jacket. hahaha I always felt like such a 'big girl' playing with those mini video game toys!

ellenray says:
I saw a metal doll house at a friend's house the other day, and it reminded me of the terrific doll house I played with for hours as a girl. It had a battery operated ceiling light in the living room, real stairs, and a swimming pool in which I would put a few guppies from our aquarium. They would eventually jump out to meet their demise on the table.The sad part of that house, though, is that I never had dolls the correct size to use- especially articulated ones that would sit in the chairs!

rougepicotenoir says:
I looooved my Mandy doll. We got her on a road trip and my mom made unique clothes for her.I looooved her! BTW I am somewhat traumatized that my childhood toys are now VINTAGE! Yikes! BLOG

Kymsart777 says:
I remember my aunts friend gave me a house for my barbies. Not a Barbie dream house...this was before those! It was huge...and made of cardboard, thick cardboard and completely furnished. I took old photos and pics from magazines and decorated the house to my own taste! Barbie spent days waiting for GI Joe to come home from Vietnam! Finally he came home and there was Barbie in her nice new home. BLOG

These are the "Fairy Tail Friends". I used to have one of these, I don't remember which one. I never really knew anything about these. Were they a TV show or just a toy? But I thought it was cute, nonetheless. I feel a little guilty, I had forgotten all about them. I just happened to see a photo while doing my 'vintage research'. I'm glad to have remembered these little sweeties! Did you have one of these as well?