On Mother’s Day, I was looking through old digital photos and found a few pics we snapped at antique malls and the like. I no longer recall where this little kitschy duck was found, but I still had to share him.
Tag: birds
Duck Hunting
Consider it training, hunting for vegetarians (depending upon the donut recipe), or just a silly party game, this vintage shooting gallery game idea came from that vintage donut party book.
Retro Owl String Art
There may be some kind of math lessons to be found in string art, but we don’t give a hoot about that. We’ve just listed this fabulous vintage mother and baby owl string art piece at eBay; loads more owl string art works to be found there too, should you already have this one in orange.
Vintage Costumes: The Beautiful & The Racist
Vintage Halloween Costumes
Some old costumes at Exit 55 Antiques in Fergus Falls, MN. The black one has orange pom-pons and cardboard pieces (jack-o-lanterns and crows) stuck to it. The traditional dotted clown costume is and truly terrifying because clowns are scary.
Playing Chicken @ Halloween
Is that someone’s little brother or sister in a chicken costume?! Nope, that’s a real chicken posing with the kids in this vintage Halloween snapshot.
Eames People Play
Eames toys shown in Life magazine.
There’s also a video of the recently brought-to-life elephant toys designed in 1954 by Charles and Ray Eames. The Eameses designed the toy elephant in plywood, but they are now mass produced in colorful plastic by Vitra.
“Be Mine!” Early Twitter-Bird Valentine
Another one of these cards passed out by school children. (If you’re wondering why these vintage valentines have circled numbers written on them, go here.)
Arrr, Matey, It’s Another Vintage Valentine
A vintage Hallmark valentine with a boy pirate, complete with an eye patch and a parrot on his shoulder who wants to “capture you, Valentine!” (It’s up for auction now!)
Quack For The Camera
Silvana Pampanini was so beautiful, not even a kitschy duck could muck a photo up.
