Sunday, September 30, 2012

LDTTWC, day 6: They don't make'em like they used to...



Yay, I'm so excited for this day of the Time Warp Challenge that Lindsey created, cause we get to look back on happy childhood memories & the simple joy of playing silly games that kept us entertained for hours. Imagine not having tv, computers, video games or even a bicycle growing up? Well, such was the life of my family of 7 girls growing up in Brasil during the 80's & 90's. If we weren't outside climbing trees, at the beach, or playing soccer, we were indoors playing a variety of indoor games such as; Lego, scrabble, snakes & ladders, pictionary & other board games. But I had to narrow it down & ended up picking 2 favorites to design for you today; Pickup Sticks & Jacks. Can you imagine getting kids nowadays to play pickup sticks, they would look at you like you were crazy, lol!

For the pickup sticks I used various colors as my base in white, blue, green & yellow, any colors would do. I then used acrylic paints in the same colors for my two accent nails. 




For Jacks I used Elf Innocent as my base & then used acrylic paints for the Jacks & ball.




8 comments:

  1. Awesome! You are so creative! I use to play both of these games as a kid, I loved them so much! They sure don't make games like this anymore.

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    1. Thank you. I was trying to narrow it down to one, but I kept envisioning both of these designs, I couldn't choose so had to give in.

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  2. I like both of your manicures, very creative. I play with my 6 year old daughter pick up sticks and we enjoy it very much!

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    1. Oh cool, I'm glad you can share that with her. When I have kids I totally intend to be "that" mom that plays board games & old puzzle games all the time with them. I think it gives kids more character to not rely on the toob for all their entertainment.

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  3. I love your pickup sticks nails!!!! They are so cute, and well done!!! :)

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    1. Thank you & if I had to chose just one of the two I woulda chosen that as well cause I really played a lot of it as a kid.

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  4. What a cool idea - this turned out great!!

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    1. Thanks...it was a ton of fun, I'm glad they came out well.

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