As A Child

And while you're at it, remember to put on your 'shopping list' the following inexpensive or free toys that please nearly all children everywhere!

• Capes made from towels
• Squeeze bottles for tub toys
• Arm sling made from dish towel
• Pretend grocery store that's stocked with clean empty boxes, cans, etc., and register receipts
• Binoculars made from two towel cardboard rolls taped together - put pieces of celophane from large windowed envelopes for realistic effect!
• Puppets made from stray socks that are piling up in the laundry room
• Sewing cards made from washed meat trays and old shoelaces
• Pretend post office stocked with junk mail
• Bottles of bubbles - refill with 1/3 dish soap 2/3 water solution as needed
• And, above all else - a free library card of his/her very own!!