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[Cakers3]

@VanSleepy   Some ideas:

[shoptilyadropagain]

I should probably remember this but I don't.  I also did the pot holders and also made chains out of gum wrappers (but don't remember how it was done).

[ECBG]

@Cakers3 

I remember the form and making pot holders but I don’t know where the pieces came from, I was so young.

I do remember buying my 45 records at Woolworth. 

[Cakers3]

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@Oznell wrote:

@Cakers3,  we had a candy store near school too.  Love that nostalgic candy--  little round "dots" on paper, licorice "pipes" (?),  jujubes, taffy, et al.

@VanSleepy,  I think you could do things with the rope, like wind it around, over and over, and sew together to make hats, or place mats and other things.  All I can remember is making the 'rope' longer and longer, without any clear 'end game' in mind, ha.

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@Oznell   The dots on the paper.  LOL  I think we ingested some paper with each dot, too.

Mary Janes, Bonomo Turkish Taffy, Fireballs, cinnamon hots, I'm sure we could list so many retro candies!!!

[Cakers3]

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@shoptilyadropagain wrote:

I should probably remember this but I don't.  I also did the pot holders and also made chains out of gum wrappers (but don't remember how it was done).

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@shoptilyadropagain   Yes!  Another flashback. I remember how to fold the wrapper and how to insert them to make the chain.  How much gum we had to chew back then.  Arggh!

It's a wonder we still have teeth.  LOL

[Cakers3]

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@ECBG wrote:

@Cakers3 

I remember the form and making pot holders but I don’t know where the pieces came from, I was so young.

I do remember buying my 45 records at Woolworth. 

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@ECBG   There were record stores back then with listening booths to see if you wanted to purchase a particular record.

Woolworths was always a first stop when we went "downtown".  Records, Cover Girl, Bonnie Bell, Maybeline-all the essentials for young teens. 

Remember these for the 45's?

[Elodie2]

I made my share of potholders back in the day.  I also remember making flowers out of tissue paper with pipe cleaners as stems.  They were actually very pretty.

[Cakers3]

@Elodie2 

We also made flowers by dipping in resin(?).  There were different brands at the time.  We shaped the flower with wire then dipped it.

[VanSleepy]

@Cakers3  that shows how uncreative I must be. I never would have thought that rope could be turned into those cute things 😊 

[Still Raining]

Had a disconnect from reality when I was going to have the grands hammer their own nails and make one.

Rest in peace wood spools 🥲