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Santa's elf busy at work...
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Re: Santa\'s elf busy at work...
Nice job, Santa! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Nice job, Santa! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Re: Santa\'s elf busy at work...
These are the toys children should be playing with. They allow them to use their imagination, something that's being lost in today's cookie cutter clutter world.
About fifteen years ago I stopped by a cabinet shop and loaded up a pickup with scrap pieces. I got walnut, mahogany, oak, ash, and poplar pieces too small or flawed for their use.
A bunch of those pieces were cut and polished similar to yours. We then put them in an old potato bin in the kitchen. All the gramdkids loved that box of blocks. Our newest grandchild, year and a half old, learned right after walking where it was and what jewels were hidden inside.
The other day I had the idea of making blocks that were beams with doweled ends. And the beams would have holes to match the doweled ends. But the twist would be the holes would be at all angles and locations in the beam.
This would enable a child to make anything anyway they wanted. Think of it as virtual mazing with tangible results.
Wood like stone and steel has grain. Grain is not only pleasing to the eye. It makes you wonder.
And that is probably what children need more than anything besides love.
These are the toys children should be playing with. They allow them to use their imagination, something that's being lost in today's cookie cutter clutter world.
About fifteen years ago I stopped by a cabinet shop and loaded up a pickup with scrap pieces. I got walnut, mahogany, oak, ash, and poplar pieces too small or flawed for their use.
A bunch of those pieces were cut and polished similar to yours. We then put them in an old potato bin in the kitchen. All the gramdkids loved that box of blocks. Our newest grandchild, year and a half old, learned right after walking where it was and what jewels were hidden inside.
The other day I had the idea of making blocks that were beams with doweled ends. And the beams would have holes to match the doweled ends. But the twist would be the holes would be at all angles and locations in the beam.
This would enable a child to make anything anyway they wanted. Think of it as virtual mazing with tangible results.
Wood like stone and steel has grain. Grain is not only pleasing to the eye. It makes you wonder.
And that is probably what children need more than anything besides love.
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Re: Santa\'s elf busy at work...
<font color="blue"> They allow them to use their imagination, something that's being lost in today's cookie cutter clutter world. </font>
I thought the same thing when I saw those blocks. I have worked for a toy company for 14 years, and I have seen things evolve from plastic blocks and playhouses to today's electronic items. This is industry-wide... The children no longer are required to think, because their toys do it for them. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Sometimes I wonder how the next generation will turn out because of this.
Kudos to hazmat... not only does the child benefit from the blocks, but apparently so has the father! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
<font color="blue"> They allow them to use their imagination, something that's being lost in today's cookie cutter clutter world. </font>
I thought the same thing when I saw those blocks. I have worked for a toy company for 14 years, and I have seen things evolve from plastic blocks and playhouses to today's electronic items. This is industry-wide... The children no longer are required to think, because their toys do it for them. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Sometimes I wonder how the next generation will turn out because of this.
Kudos to hazmat... not only does the child benefit from the blocks, but apparently so has the father! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
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Re: Santa\'s elf busy at work...
Thanks guys - the blocks are for my nephews - I hope they enjoy them.
It took a bit longer than expected to make them - proving the old engineering adage - part count drives cost (cost here being time)...
I made a few wooden pens last night for the bigger kids & adults, but haven't snapped a pic yet.
Thanks guys - the blocks are for my nephews - I hope they enjoy them.
It took a bit longer than expected to make them - proving the old engineering adage - part count drives cost (cost here being time)...
I made a few wooden pens last night for the bigger kids & adults, but haven't snapped a pic yet.