2nd December 2019

Older readers of this blog will remember Fisher Price toys, and may even have owned the classic A Frame House, a 1974 design that allowed the house to open up and the Little People (and Animals) to go in and out.

Two illustrators from Alameda, Jo Anne Yada and Michael Fleming, were inspired to create a gingerbread house in the same design. Here it is:

It looks great, and even has Little People made out of fondant icing!

The original house looked like in this advert:

If you are a fan of classic toys and design (for me it's especially Galt Toys) you should check out this book from Phaidon:

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Advent Calendar 2024

1st December 2024

Happy Advent! It's not often the 1st December is also the 1st Sunday in Advent, so we get to open our advent calendar AND light the first candle on the Advent Ring. Alt-text for the young people: a picture of an old-looking man (who frighteningly is only 31) about to set fire to a complicated construction of flammable tinsel and coat hangers. Welcome to year X of our Advent Calendar (it's probably 22 or so) and as usual we will be sharing the best of Christmas preparations and traditions as they come to us. Place your bets now on how long it will be until Adam is more than 24 hours late posting on the blog. Since we have a Blue Peter picture today, here in detail (from the "Blue Peter Make Cook And Look Book" 1978) is how to make your own Advent Ring, and for the girls, some Tinsel Birds.

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