Tag: childhood

Craft Scan Friday: Glitter Snoopy Plaques

Do you remember when those melty-plastic-chip things were popular?  Hey, they were “America’s Hottest Money-Makers.”

As published in the February, 1971 issue of The Workbasket.

I Scream, You Scream For Hoot Hoot Ice Cream

Naturally, the Hoot Hoot I Scream sold ice cream. According to Future Studio, the Hoot Hoot was a real recycling project:

The head rotated; the eyes, made from Buick headlamps, blinked; the sign: Hoot hoot, I scream, used elements of a theater marquee. For over 50 years, Tillie Hattrup ran this L.A.-area refreshment spot designed and built by her husband, Roy in 1926-27. It was demolished in 1979.

More info on the building, with additional digital recreation images, can be found here.

I found this photo via Old Chum when I found these other classic roadside attraction food stand photos. Old Chum (aka Walter Manning of the Old Faithful Shop) says they are from California Crazy: Roadside Vervancular Architecture, compiled by Jim Heimann and Rip Georges; more pics here at his other blog.

Charmkins!

FYI, there’s just a few hours left on this Charmkins lot we’ve listed on eBay.

For posterity, and future identification, here’s what’s all included:

The 1980’s sensation, Hasbro’s Charmkins – the “scented jewelry playmates”.

This lot includes the plastic Charmkins Jewelry Carrying Case and the following charms / dolls and accessory items:

Dragonweed Mail Order Charmkin
Brown-Eyed Susan (the first one) & her Ribbon Choker
Flower Godmother ChrysantheMum
Blossom Petal Pusher
Half-An-Inchworm (no ID tag, but wears the pink keychain from Petal Pusher)
Sweet Bea and Honey Bee Train
Petal Pink Puppy & Ring Morning Glory & her Bowtie Barrette
Lily Belle
2 Lady Slippers
My Pixie Pony (who looks too much like Hasbro’s My Little Pony to be accidental)

plus a pink picnic table (likely from the Whippoorwill Flower Mill playset) and a pink chord/necklace