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DS106 Daily Create-Child’s Play

Today’s Daily Create encouraged others to share stories or pictures of their favorite toys/playthings when they were small children.  As a kid in the 80’s, we had really lame Legos.  There were few, if any, Lego figures included with the sets.   In 1986, I received the most amazing Lego castle, (called Knight’s Castle) with a drawbridge that opened and closed, a prison cell, and towers.  I had a few knights and soldiers included.  I spent so many hours playing with it.  Since there weren’t a lot of Lego figures I would use other small figurines to add to the stories I would imagine.  The next year my sister received the above Lego set:  6066 Camouflaged Outpost.  We were in awe of this set that featured Robin Hood and his Merry Men-there was a boulder that hid a secret entrance…can you say more?  The lookout tree and treasure chests were amazing to us.  The sad thing is, I don’t know where it went.   This set was so beloved and somehow got lost in the shuffle…wish I could find it again.  Ok, so it is on Bricklink for $56+.  Maybe I’ll get it for my sister’s birthday…but in reality,  it’s just the memories that have the value.

I was searching for a video on YouTube for this set and I wasn’t disappointed.  I decided to make a small GIF to give my audience a great view of the set.  I added the title, Deluxe Lego Set from the 80’s so perhaps people would understand that at the time, this set was awesome.  I suppose it is hard to compare to my daughter’s 2017 Lego Millennium Falcon though…

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For this Daily Create, it did not take me long to figure out what aspect of my childhood I wanted to “create” or display. However, I did run into a few obstacles along the way… I had no clue how I was going to represent this. I do not have any pictures of this playroom and if I were to make the drive (1.5 hours) it would not show the “childhood” experience. It has now been since changed into more formal guest quarters. So… what was I going to do. I was not satisfied with trashing this idea of mine because it does bring back so many happy memories. I would love to go back and record how many hours (countless, I would confidently say) were spent playing. I was luckily enough to grow up when there was not an easy access to iPads or screens. So imaginative play was what consumed all of my time and energy. So let me give you a little tour. You enter the playroom on the third floor. The best part was it was so far away, you could use an outside voice and mom and dad wouldn’t come running!! As you enter the room, to the right their is a desk. It was used by my parents at some point and time, however the little teacher in me had always been drawn to a desk and paper, pens, etc. So I spent a lot of time playing there! Pretending to grade papers (as if that is ANY fun now…) There was a carpet which was a Lego mine… Your feet better watch out. Ouch! And lastly….. my most favorite place. The “store” and kitchen. This was the best part of my childhood. I would play in my kitchen and “store” all day long. Talking to fake people, and finding them fake groceries, or making them fake food. Gosh! Am I so glad this was my experience and NOT some stupid iPad game shinning in my face. (See Tweet for Website used for Daily Create)