Growing up, I became disturbingly good at the toy/game “Skipit.” Namely because I was an only child, and it was one of the few toys advertised on TV that seemed cool but didn’t require another child or a group of kids to play. While about 99.9% of the time I’m happy I grew up without siblings, I always felt like a total weirdo when it came to games. Mostly because I didn’t play them that often, so whenever people busted out a board game, I had to be taught how to play, like I’d been tucked away in a basement for years. I’ll never forget playing hours and hours of tic-tac-toe at summer camp because it was one of the first “two players required” games that I really got the hang of and was able to rack up a high score. So when I saw these fun little tic-tac-toe stamps from Yellow Owl Workshop, I immediately flashed back to summers in West Virginia and how proud I felt (admittedly, it seems like a silly thing to be proud of now) about being able to beat all the girls on my bunk row at the game. Christine designed these fun new stamps so you can play the game in stamp form, but you can also create all sorts of beautiful patterns with these basic shapes and do everything from decorate cards and gift wrap to make your own stamped fabric for tea towels. Each kit comes with a set of three stamps and a red ink pad packed inside a muslin bag. You can pick up this kit (and many others) right here for $19.50. xo, grace
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I loved my Skipit too! I could go on that thing for forever!
hilary
yay! so glad someone else knew what that was. i would spend HOURS in our driveway trying to beat my own high score.
g
This is awesome!! Tic Tac Toe for the modern age.
How cute is this! Love Tic Tac Toe, I haven’t played it in ages, but I love this set. So nostalgic!
Can you hoola hoop too Grace? I’m still a master hoola hooper :)
aterese
totally. ;) i was so psyched to see that hula hooping was an option on the wii fit. totally my speed ;)
g
grace, i absolutely LOVE tic-tac-toe… it brings back such fond memories. plus, i love writing XOXO in everything that i do :) can’t wait to get this for the shop and share with everyone!xoxo grace
“Skipit, Skipit! The best part of it all, there’s a counter on the ball! Skipit!”
Grace — thank you for sharing your only-child-game memories. I always felt the same way!
Also, I *owned* a lot of games that were for multiple players, but then I would make up my own rules to play them by myself… that made for awkward moments when it came time to play with someone else. Heh.
Thanks again for sharing!
kelly
virtual high five for another crafty only child ;)
this picture sums up my “only child” playing life: http://twitpic.com/1ul6ze
grace
Before Skipit, there was Footsie (without the counter in the late 60s). The Lemon Twist had a lemon on the end (pretty random, now that I think about it), and there was also one with a red ball.
I begged my mom for the Lemon Twist and finally got it about the time it fell out of favor on the schoolyard. Good times!
Love this…my dad used to play tic-tac-toe with me all the time! As a fellow *only*, I used to rock a mean game of clock solitaire!
Thanks for sharing :)
SKIPIT!!!!
*sigh*
My parents wouldn’t buy me one. Oh how I wanted one. I saw them recently in the kids toy section, so they are still making them. Though the one I saw didn’t have a counter (What?!)
My only sibling is quite disabled, so I can sympathise on teh board game front. I LOVE board games though. As an adult it takes a bit of convincing to get other adults to play (Too cool or something) – I have a new secret weapon! http://www.isgift.com/public/top25/detail/index_html?content_id=75514
Apparently these are ‘adult’ enough to be cool. *shrugs* they are fun! but so is guess who!
erena
oh man, my heart goes out to you. i think i would have been an even more loner kid if i didn’t have skipit to force me to go outside. i would have happily stayed in my room all day reading and playing with dolls by myself if i wasn’t required to use the skipit outside ;)
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My sister was five years older but there was always so many kids in the neighborhood to play with that I got the hang of many games and cards too. I loved it when there was no one to play with and could do something on my own. Funny how it works.
That is the cutest stamp set ever!
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