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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Brite Idea!!

For Christmas, Gracie got her first Lite Brite. How many remember those?!? I totally remember the "classic" version, a flat board, black construction paper (usually left my hands with black all over them), colored pegs, and one single Christmas light bulb illuminating my masterpiece. It fell over a lot, the pieces got lost (the dog enjoyed them, I am sure), and it was sometimes hard to see the depth of my creation. Now, I am not knocking this groudbreaking toy by any means. I LOVED my Lite Brite! Truly, ask my mom. (Mom, tell them.) But I am amazed at how far toys have come in 20 some years. Now, it is a cube, much steadier, the paper is still black, but doesn't come off on your hands. It has a centrally located light, illumens all 4 sides at once, and it shines so brightly, you can actually tell the peg popped paper is a car! As for the pegs themselves, nothing new under the sun there. Same pegs, different dog. Sorry Chewy! But as for the enjoyment of my kiddo, priceless!! Please enjoy Gracie's first ever published Lite Brite materpiece! (If you can't tell, its a butterfly.) Love to all, happy creating!


3 comments:

Begin to Breathe said...

YES!! I had a light brite too...with pieces everywhere!!

Love her butterfly.

xoxo
jess

Our Three Peas said...

I loved my light brite!!! Paris has one now also and she loves it! I agress it is made so much better than when we were kiddos! Love the butterfly! Please tell Gracie she is a true artist! Love ya!

PS Thanks for my note today! I needed that! :)

Luv,
Ash :)

Jen said...

Love the artwork! I had one when I was little, too and I had kind of forgotten about it...great idea for Hope in the future! :-) You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to next week!!! Love you to pieces!
Love,
Jen