Who doesn't remember B'Loonies? (See above.) You squeeze out a ball of plastic, stick it on the end of the straw, and blow through the straw to create a bubble. The tricky part was pinching the bubble off the straw to seal it before the whole thing deflated. I remember the sticky fingers and the smell of plastic.
I also remember -- and do NOT show this part to anyone under 6 -- wanting to chew the B'Loonies. (In full disclosure, I did. But only once.) The plastic tasted so toxic that I realized the instructions on the back of the package must be for good reason: "Not a food item. Do not eat or place in mouth."
The following things remind me of spring. Each and every one of them was back-in-play once it was warm enough to wear ankle socks:
Flubber
(Notice a trend of silicone polymers? Is it any wonder we used to play in the white smoke fuming behind the truck of "The Mosquito Man" [who really should have been called "The DDT Man"]? And while we're wondering ... isn't it amazing that I was able to birth two children after playing with Flubber and running around in DDT smoke?)
(Notice a trend of silicone polymers? Is it any wonder we used to play in the white smoke fuming behind the truck of "The Mosquito Man" [who really should have been called "The DDT Man"]? And while we're wondering ... isn't it amazing that I was able to birth two children after playing with Flubber and running around in DDT smoke?)
Whee-Los
Chinese Jump Rope
Silly Putty
Slinky
Cat's Cradle
(I'm pretty good at it. So if you ever want to play ...)
Hula Hoops
Skip Rope
And, of course, the standard ... Red Rubber Ball
Besides birds, bees, flowers and the usual blah-blah, what reminds you of spring?
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