lost & found vintage toys

flashback friday favorite ~ cardboard playhouse

this is a flashback friday favorite post from 2013..

several people showed interest in the vintage giant play inside cardboard house that i posted up way back in summer, but it's almost impossible to find another one these days it seems. this new one from discovery kids is really cool & kids can color it themselves ~

of all the similar products out there, this one seems to give you the most for your $$ ~

it's not very difficult to assemble & collapses back down to put it away in its original box easily ~

more importantly, my kitties approve of it ~

it has a door & mailbox on either side, plus windows & a chimney ~

almost 5' tall, it has plenty of room for play ~

an adult can easily fit inside ~

the inside is left blank ~

eco-friendly/made from recycled materials, it gets my recommendation ~

i used this house in one of my art installations ~ patchwork playhouse

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flashback friday favorite ~ vintage giant playhouse

this flashback friday favorite post from 2012 features miss pickles, our sweet babycat who is in kitty heaven now ~

i bought this giant cardboard 'play-inside' dollhouse more than 30 years ago.. here's the mail-in offer & instructions ~

my kitties approve of it ~

it came with wildly off-scale furniture & dolls ~ lol!

cardboard kitchen with all the mod cons ~

also parts, lightbulbs & seeds for a 'real working greenhouse' ~

instructions & pieces ~

it's quirky, but we enjoy it ~

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vintage wooden putz toys

i love little vintage wooden toys like these ~

these little erzebirge village buildings are sometimes called putz toys ~

they've been made since the 1800s in east germany ~

i can't be sure how old these particular ones are, they were still being made in the 60s ~

mr dad's ancestors were from germany, coming here hundreds of years ago as my own did from great britain, on ships in colonial times ~

tiny beer wagon with keg :) ~

bren