Childhood Crazes

[sherrardk]

After trying to tackle this

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=w02txl&;s=8#.U3o_gcu9KSM

I wondered what childhood crazes others could remember.

[Eve]

Friendship bracelets were a big thing, the ones you made yourself out of lots of threads.

[tonyav]

Conkers and marbles.

[maggiebee]

My daughter and her friends played "elastics". Dozens of elastic bands joined together then used something like a skipping rope but you hooked your leg over the "rope" which got higher and higher.

[Georgiesmum]

Playing jacks
collecting beads, everyone brought a tin of the to primary school to swop!
winky dolls. Anyone remember those?
Playing pick-a-sticks
playing five stones.
For my sons, they collected erasers,
smurf figures, matchbox cars., football players cards.

[pixie373]

Skipping ropes
cat's cradle
those where you say rhymes/songs while clapping each others hands (if you know what i mean)
jacks

[sandyRoe]

Hula hoops

[Georgiesmum]

Oh hoola hoop was another craze, as was rubik cubes. and playing cats cradle. We made our own entertainment in those days.

[tonyav]

You big girls blouse ;-) ^^^^^^^^

[Mamyalynne]

Cats Cradle
Two Balls
Hula Hooping
'Elastics'
Double Dutch Skipping

[tonyav]

Not you Georgiesmum.

[Mamyalynne]

Anyone wasted hours on the interactive Google Doodle today?

[Georgiesmum]

LOL. Thats ok Tony x

[pixie373]

Oh yes- rubiks cube, snake cube

[sherrardk]

I've still got an original Rubik's cube that I got as a teenager.

[silliemillie]

Cats cradle
Jacks
Bead swapping

[pixie373]

^^Thought that said bed-swapping!
scented erasers we collected and swapped.

[silliemillie]

I remember digging out the headlights from my brothers cars as they were made from real sparkly diamond type beads which I swapped with my friends.

[silliemillie]

Pixie - LOL! not in those days!

[tonyav]

LOL, I bet your brothers loved you, silliemillie.

[tonyav]

^^Thought that said bed-swapping!


Liked that game when I became a teenager, pixie.