Childhood toys..

It's my first proper day off and I will confess that I have not made it past the settee yet. I am allowing myself a day to do nothing, maybe have a tidy but essentially be boring! That is the reason that I am sitting watching Toy Story. I saw the final one when it was out (yes- I did shed a little tear) but I had forgot how much I loved the original. Whenever I watch the films, I always start thinking about my toys and how much I loved them!

One of my favourite toys when growing up had to be Barbies. I used to love Christmas when I would get some Barbie with a big pretty dress and the little daily dressed Barbies I would get throughout the year. 

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 What a collection!

Then of course you had Ken. Ken was Mr Reliable for Barbie. Me and Miss Twin would spend hours setting up Barbie houses and acting out little lives of them.

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See... looks good in any era!

I had little families, jobs and favourite outfits for them. As I grew a little older, I even gave them haircuts. Obviously they all looked much better after a hairdresser visit. 

Another toy which allowed me to be creative was Girls World. I would style, cut, restyle her hair as well as change her make up all the time. I have to admit that I kinda ruined her when I asked one of my big brothers to do her make up like the Ultimate Warrior (My favourite wrestler ever) and it stained her face forever with a red tinge. Oh I also learnt that the dolls make up was not made for kids.

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Yea... as you can imagine, Girls World looked pretty strange amazing painted like the above! 

I could keep going with toys, from the more late 90's to the obscure ones but the last one I am going to leave you with was a firm favourite with me and Miss Twin:

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The one and only Fisher Price kitchen!

Me and Miss Twin would wake up early on weekends and busy ourselves in the kitchen. We'd host parties, serve our family nutritious plastic meals and have lots of fun. We even utilised the sink to create marble effect pictures with water and paint. Yes...we were very cool! I would like to say this kitchen taught me valuable cooking skills but I am the worst cook ever (unless you want cupcakes and cakes).

An honorary mention goes to my older brothers Lego collection. Again, another toy which I loved as a kid. It's something which never falls out of favour...ever!

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 I loved the lego trees. Always made my homes look pretty!

Now I have kids coming into school raving about their favourite video games (one even speaks about Call of Duty and he's 7!) and nothing else.

What was your favourite childhood toy?