Hit and run

Old spinning tops have gotten a lot of hits during the years of play and they usually look better for it.
The top is from a flea market and the old cardboard traffic sign we got from friends (thanks again J-P and Anne).

A childish thing to do

Cowboys and indians and little redhood, I love the graphics and just had to buy these even though there are no children in sight in Vårkulla. I'll put them in the "curiosity cabinet" in the kitchen.

My head is spinning

Old (metal) toys are lovely. Even if you don't play with them anymore, they remind you of a wonderful carefree time. I guess the kids of today will get sentimental when they'll see an iPhone 6 but for me, an old spinning top does the thing.

No need for gasoline

I love old metal toys. We already had a bus with a missing key. Luckily this key we got with the "new" car fits both to the bus and the car.

Monkey business

For some reason I always have had an antipathy to monkey toys. The real monkeys are cute enough but toys are not so sympahtetic. And then...we found this old (50 to 60 years old, told the seller) pen sharpener for 50 cents and we bought it. Even the russian dolls seem a bit wary but I guess they'll get use to the monkey as he is quite sharp!

Wood rules over plastic

I like old wooden toys, especially as Christmas decorations. The Bratz dolls, old playstations etc. wouldn't look so good, now would they? I guess that today's toys won't ever be part of my decoration schemes...

Let's go for a ride?

Must have been fun being a child in 1950´s. You got to go for a ride with these!