I can't figure out what this strange thing is. It resembles a set of dominoes with unfamiliar symbols on them. I'm sure someone out there will recognize it immediately. Thanks!
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posted by crazylegs
on Mar 31, 2013 -
9 answers
What games and toys for your kids do you as a parent enjoy playing with the most? I am not really looking for your kids' faves, but yours.
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posted by Chick Pea
on Mar 3, 2012 -
29 answers
Help me identify this toy and how it works. It's a wooden head on the end of a red dowel, about five inches long in total. Two shallow grooves are cut into the dowel, and there's a short loop of elastic with a bead on it looped through a hole in the dowel. There's also a loop of elastic about eight feet long (i.e. in circumference) with a slightly bigger wooden bead attached to it, although there's a slim possibility that this isn't related to the head part.
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posted by Dr. Send
on Jan 27, 2011 -
6 answers
What are some things that I can do to entertain visitors to my home after one of our first dates?
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posted by rwatson
on Feb 20, 2010 -
13 answers
A few years ago I came across some cool OpenGL 3D physics demo programs. Basically, they gave you a surface with various objects on it, and you could click and drag the objects around, and watch them bounce into other objects - knock down bowling pins, roll along the floor, all that stuff. I want to find them again, or possibly something much cooler or newer - any ideas?
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posted by Jimbob
on Dec 26, 2007 -
5 answers
What's on the kids birthday lists this year? Parents, please help me get up to date on popular new children's toys and games.
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posted by JDC8
on Sep 8, 2007 -
13 answers
For a museum interactive, I need to choose popular kids' items of today related to the following categories: Book, item related to school, doll or figure, indoor game, and outdoor game. Your suggestions?
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posted by Miko
on Jun 21, 2007 -
14 answers
What product or services (that haven't already been) should be modified for individuals with disabilities -- educational or augmentative toys, games?
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posted by pallen123
on Feb 4, 2007 -
11 answers
What's the chemistry of playdough?
The recipe for basic playdough is:
2 cups flour, 2 cups water, 1 cup salt, 2 tsp cream of tartar. This plus a little oil and food coloruing + low heat and stir until congealed.
What's the function of thee salt and the cream of tartar? The oil is obviously for lubrication the flour and water are what make the dough through the reaction of starch + heat.
posted by singingfish
on Dec 16, 2006 -
11 answers
Help me identify this truly awesome toy I had as a child, a kind of transparency projector with groovy slides.
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posted by rwhe
on Dec 31, 2005 -
13 answers
