I really enjoyed this surprising and clever post by Jonathan Liu on the GeekDad blog. When I saw the headline I immediately started thinking of all the plastic toys in my house, and then saw #1: a stick.
This versatile toy is a real classic — chances are your great-great-grandparents played with one, and your kids have probably discovered it for themselves as well. It’s a required ingredient for Stickball, of course, but it’s so much more. Stick works really well as a poker, digger and reach-extender. It can also be combined with many other toys (both from this list and otherwise) to perform even more functions.
It’s really quite refreshing to think about the simple, non-commercial toys that are all around us, and Jonathan’s writeup is funny and engaging. Check it out!
Photo by Flickr user chefranden, Community Commons
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whats brown and sticky……….
a stick!
Goes with 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
on TED
i’m returning the xbox and just getting my kids sticks
what rolls down stairs alone or in pairs?….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP0kWqJJZa4
Seven games you can play with a brick:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/7-games-you-can-play-with-brick.html
I remember a post somewhere about some African children that made a toy car on a long stick that they pushed around. I remember thinking I really wanted one. Sad irony is I am living in a first world country and I am envious of a toy made out of discarded junk by African children.
what has 360,000 views and a millions sold? Google Kid’s favorite plant
There’s nothing like a good stick…