My mum has a fabulous games cupboard, where she keeps a lot of the toys and games we had when my sisters and I were little. Rowan is gradually discovering some of the 1970s and 80s gems to be found in there on his Fridays at Nanou’s.
When I went to pick up Rowan a couple of weeks ago, they had out some of the playing cards I remember from my childhood. I’d forgotten how many of these had a book-related theme to them.
So, a bit of a tangential ‘When We Were Little’ post from me this week, here are some photos of a few cards from each of these gorgeous card sets.
Noddy Snap cards
Babar Happy Families (love how these connect to make a frieze scene)
Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five Adventures game
Little Grey Rabbit Counter game (see my previous post on Little Grey Rabbit)
Racey Helps Woodland Happy Families
The feeling you get when you revisit toys and games of your childhood is very special, and very hard to describe, but I’m really glad that these card games have been preserved for Rowan to love too.
NO WAY! They are AWESOME! Your post made me think about my favourite games as a child too, but these cards top most of them!
You have inspired me to go hunting….
Thanks…. again!
Kirsti
Oh Wow! What fab collection! How lucky you are to have a Mum who saved them for you. And those Noddy cards, awww so sweet!!
How lovely to have all of these! You reminded me that I have the very same set of Happy Families packed away. I must dig my cards out.
I love these cards! I am very glad they are still around for Rowan’s generation and have been posted for the whole world to see.