Happy St. Patrick's Day! (Belated...)

I tried to post this last week and had trouble w/ my internet...

Right now I'm wishing I were with my friends at Fiddler's Hearth in South Bend, crammed wall to wall, listening to one of the best Irish bands I've heard, Millish!  And eating fish & chips from yesterday's SB Tribune, having a Woodchuck or Irish coffee... :)

But as a close second, I'm thankful to be home, listening to the rain and thunderstorm outside, one of my favorite things, and contemplating my next project for metalsmithing class, a wearable toy or toy-inspired adornment.

So far my favorites are a Lite-Brite ring (from one of my sister's favorite toys), a pick-up stix bracelet (kind of dangerous, but oh so useful in a dark alley), or the one I think I'm going to go with...you remember those little square plastic looms that you used stretchy cloth bands to make potholders with??  I think I want to do a smaller, curved version of that in silver, as a hinged  bracelet, that uses rubber bands, with the hook as the closure - that way you can actually play with it :)  I'll keep you posted, and hopefully soon, post photos of my first completed, original project, due Wednesday - yipes! :)

It's been fun to go back & remember some of my favorite toys in researching this project - Etch-A-Sketch, Operation, Mr. Potato Head (I'd LOVE to do this one, but I don't think I have enough time...), Tinker Toys, Scrabble, Hungry Hungry Hippo, Dominoes, Slinky, a ducky pull toy, Cranium, Sorry, Chutes & Ladders, Springbok puzzles, that bouncy ball thing we used for transportation, also my Big Wheel! :)

What was your favorite childhood toy?