Remember These? Toys & Games We Grew Up With

Before smartphones, tablets, and video games took over, childhood looked a little different.

In this episode of LIFEcast: Living in Full Expression, Randy and Grace take another trip down memory lane and talk about the toys, games, board games, and outdoor fun they grew up with.

From Etch A Sketch and View-Master to Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, dolls, trains, pickup sticks, jacks, marbles, hopscotch, Monopoly, Scrabble, Sorry, Risk, card games, and more, this episode is packed with the kind of memories that can instantly take you back.

They also talk about something that has changed dramatically:

Kids used to spend a lot more time outside.

Randy and Grace remember playing games like hide-and-seek, Red Rover, Duck Duck Goose, kickball, and other neighborhood games that didn’t require a screen, a controller, or even much equipment at all.

Sometimes all you needed was:

• A piece of chalk

• A sidewalk

• A few friends

• And your imagination

The conversation also touches on the difference between then and now — and whether something important has been lost as more childhood entertainment has moved indoors and onto screens.

In this episode, Randy and Grace remember:

• Etch A Sketch

• View-Master

• Lincoln Logs

• Tinker Toys

• Erector Sets

• Electric trains

• Dolls

• Pickup sticks

• Jacks and marbles

• Hopscotch

• Candy Land

• Monopoly

• Scrabble

• Sorry

• Risk

• War and Go Fish

• Hide-and-seek

• Red Rover

• Duck Duck Goose

• Kickball

• Building forts

• And plenty more

Some of these toys and games are still around today.

Others may bring back memories you haven’t thought about in decades.

And that’s really what this episode is about:

Remembering what it felt like to be a kid.

So tell us in the comments:

What toy or game instantly takes YOU back to your childhood?

And what did Randy and Grace forget?