First you buy them those annoying electronic noise-making toys when they're a baby.
First you buy them those annoying electronic noisemaking toys when they’re a baby-yeah, that was a mistake-so you take the batteries out. But it’s too late. You’ve already started down a dark road.
From now on, the toys you buy for them will become inexorably more and more annoying and expensive as time goes on. Then you wake up one day and realize your kid plays video games and talks on their cell phone all day long. And what’s the solution? More technology. Now you’ve got to buy them a Wii fit just so they can actually exercise, cause you can’t exercise without a video game going. What, your three year old wants an iPhone this year? That is ridiculous. No toddler needs an iPhone. So you’ll just go get them an iPod touch.
You see, this whole problem could’ve been avoided early on with just a few low-tech, anti-couch-potato toys. One of my favorites are those little twirly things. They have a lot of names like prop-ups and twirlies and hand-copters. It’s a little stick with a propeller and you move your hands and it goes up-yeah, hold on a second.
We couldn’t find any at the local toy store so we just made our own. I got a propeller from a model airplane and screwed this dowel into it. And believe me, this baby is indestructable. I spent all afternoon playing with one of these when I was younger. Like three years ago. But they’re good for kids too. And when you spin them, not only do they go up, but they can go at. Hey, when you get caught without a clothespin gun, you have to improvise. And toys that fly are cool for all ages. I was testing this one outside and a crowd of fourty year old guys was next door yelling “DO IT AGAIN, DO IT AGAIN!” I was like a rockstar.
We’ll put a link to some cheap plastic ones down below, you can get ‘em for about a buck a piece. Or you could make your own. It’s the ultimate stocking stuffer. Just slip it right in there, next to the iPod touch.
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Prop- up, hand helicopter, whirly, twirly things – cheap!
$1 each and they glow
Here’s another
And another
Not quite, but cool anyway
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11 Comments
legoclone
is that propler made of metal? If it is it may not be child friendlysteph {207}
I use to love those things when I was a kid!!who said
Another cool toy. Can I get a battery powered one that has lights and screetches as it flys?Meandering {207}
Oops, I forgot, I'm out all next week so MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!Meandering {207}
I LOVED those twirlie-copter thingies. I did spend a good amount of time whizzing this things around the house ...socalcutie82 [22]
Between the clothespin guns, exploding stars and now the whirly-copter you have given me all the ideas I needed for ...Nospinplease
Ya that sucker looks like it can really fly! I played with one of those once, kept me at it ...marc
Do it again!Curtis [22]
Nice ideas for homemade toys (and weapons). As the cool uncle, I always preferred to buy the loudest, most ...pkw
Not christmas-but for our oldest's first birthday, we gave him a roll of toilet paper, and stuck him in one ...WEGGLES
You should've launched your in the video. With a propeller like that, it looks like it could really fly :)