Green Options » cardboard box http://greenoptions.com/tag/cardboard-box Posts tagged 'cardboard box' Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en National Toy Hall of Fame Inducts The Stick: Is There a Better Toy? http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/10/national-toy-hall-of-fame-inducts-the-stick-is-there-a-better-toy/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/10/national-toy-hall-of-fame-inducts-the-stick-is-there-a-better-toy/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:55:43 +0000 Jamie Ervin http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/10/national-toy-hall-of-fame-inducts-the-stick-is-there-a-better-toy/

The stick has been added to the National Toy Hall of Fame. It joins the 2005 inductee, cardboard box as free “toys” that incite a child’s imagination.

“It’s very open-ended, all-natural, the perfect price - there aren’t any rules or instructions for its use,” said Christopher Bensch, the museum’s curator of collections. “It can be a Wild West horse, a medieval knight’s sword, a boat on a stream or a slingshot with a rubber band. … No snowman is complete without a couple of stick arms, and every campfire needs a stick for toasting marshmallows.”

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