It seems to me we played this game almost every day..any day we were stuck at home in the rain..or even at school with any random piece of string or wool...I think it was called cats cradle..
...and there was hardly a playtime at school when we didn't play either skipping ropes..or this which we called Chinese ropes.. we'd knot dozens of coloured rubber bands together to make this stretch enough to be able to jump it as it got higher and higher..
Well, it either smells better or I've conquered my loathing for the smell. When I was younger, the smell of Play-Doh made me so nauseous, my younger sisters couldn't have any in the house, a fact they often remind me of. Apparently, the lack of Play-Doh ruined their childhood.....LOL.
I so badly wanted an Erector Set and a Chemistry Set. I was repeatedly told that those were for boys. I got Tinker Toys and a nurse's kit. Is it too late to sue my parents because I didn't become an engineer or a famous scientist? Of course, I didn't become a builder or a medical professional, either…...
@Mary Robi , apparently Hasbro haven't changed the smell at all , so you may have come to like it in your older age lol... Have a look here... https://mashable.com/2018/05/19/hasbro-play-doh-smell-trademark/?europe=true
We didn't have store bought balls and bats. The boys made a ball by using tobacco twine rolled around something like a hickory nut. Then I think they put adhesive tape around it. I can't remember what we used for a bat. They may have made one from a tree limb or we may have used any kind of stick we could find. Country folks are very creative.