I WANNA PLAY! As a kid, the swing set in our backyard was my favorite toy. I spent hours and hours of playtime swinging and playing hot lava monster with my sister.

I WANNA PLAY!

My favorite toy as a kid was Electronic Detective…

I WANNA PLAY! This would be great for my 4 year old. He loves going to daddy’s (a cabinetmaker and furniture maker) shop and using the tools. I loved dress up clothes and our Big Wheel when I was growing up…

I WANNA PLAY!!! When I was younger I liked playing Tinker Toys with my brothers & Skip-It or Ribbon Dancer with my friends!

I WANNA PLAY! I was a huge polly pocket fan, and loved my Skip-It just like Marissa. It’s funny, I was kind of a girly-girl growing up, and now I ask for power tools for Christmas. My, how things have changed!

I WANNA PLAY! I loved playing outside in my playhouse when I was a kid. My best friend was our Doberman pinscher, Sherri, and she LOVED having tea parties and trying on dresses just as much as I did. :-)

I WANNA PLAY! I played with she-ra too! I also liked teenage mutant ninja turtles.

I WANNA PLAY! I was totally into Strawberry Shortcake dolls (and why was there only 1 boy [Huckleberry Finn] to like 50 girls??) and My Little Ponies. I was also googoo for the Sit n’ Spin. Those were the days. :)

P.S. “Almost” $4.00?? Try, almost $5.00 here in SoCal! Oof.

I WANNA PLAY! I remembering loving to play Ker-PLUNK at my grandparents house, and having a very impressive “trike” with a bench on the back for passengers, real or stuffed. ;)

I WANNA PLAY! I loved playing outside in my (imaginary) playhouse with my (one) my little pony with cherries!

I WANNA PLAY!

and my 3 and a half year old son sure would love to as well. :)

I WANNA PLAY!!

When I was little, I was all about Barbies!

I WANNA PLAY! I had a stuffed dog I loved. He went everywhere with me until his fluff came unstuffed!

I WANNA PLAY!

Having my little 3 year old niece playing/projecting along her crazy DIY auntie (moi) around would be so much fun!!

I WANNA PLAY!

I was all about Barbie and my baby blue banana seat bike…it had a white plastic basket and metallic streamers from the handles. = )

I wanna play!

Weeble Wobbles…serious fun! I had the tree house that had the outside wind up swing/elevator. I think the trunk might have held an elevator as well but I am not good at remembering that far back (think 30+ years)!! Thanks for the give away!!

I WANNA PLAY!

Thank you for sharing your half nekid HH with us!!! woohoo!! haha. My favorite toys were anything horse related. DS would go nuts for one of these. Thanks so much!

Um, I’m pretty sure – I WANNA PLAY!! That would just make my day to win!

As a I liked to play barbies from sun-up to sun-down, but I think my favorite part was decorating barbies house and making her furniture! Something never change!

I wanna play! I used to loove legos… still do, actually :)

I WANNA PLAY!

Seriously, Dana! Love the blog. I was going to tell you that tonight before i saw the contest. I always wanted to be Jem and sing with the Holograms.

I WANNA PLAY!

Oh, and Strawberry Shortcake all the way…and while I never wanted the She-Ra doll, I did want her sword, or He-man’s. What can I say, my brothers were mean (not all the time – but I thought a sword would have helped) :)

I WANNA PLAY!!

I was an outdoors-y, bike riding kid – always trying to keep up with all the neighborhood boys, even though my sister and I weren’t as daring when it came to jumps and tricks. We also spent lots of time building “tree houses”, which were pretty much just random wood slats nailed to two tree branches so we could climb and sit. Also, lots of secret hide-and-seek in the neighbor’s yards!

Also, who didn’t love their Skip-It??

I wanna play too! My favorite toy by far was strawberry shortcake. I still remember how she smelled!

Hours of entertainment! What a great set. Remote control cars were my fav as a kid. If only I had today’s options.

I wanna play!! My 3 year-old would love this!

I wanna play! I have a little boy and he would LOVE this. I was more of a baby-dolls-and-barbies kinda girl myself :)

I WANNA PLAY! Okay, so my kid is only 6 months old, but he and his cousin would looooove this when they get older! And so would their construction-loving grandpop. . .

I WANNA PLAY! I would love to have this for my daughter. My favorite toy? I loved Holly Hobbie and books.

I WANNA PLAY!

Actually, I’d really love to have the books and can definitely think of a kid or two (maybe even a big kid or two) that would love the tool bench.

We have lovely landscaping (so long as lovely means “looks like every commercially done retail outlet in town”) that was severely damaged in the April storms, so I have good motivation now to rip it out and personalize it… I just don’t know where to start.

I was always a coloring kid. And I wasn’t allowed to have a skip-it… They said I was too clumsy and would hurt myself… now I know that parents do know best, and they were probably right.

I wanna play!!! We have been in our new home for a year now and we are constantly working to make it our own with a 17 month old underfoot. He loves “helping” daddy and I think he’d love his own little workbench!

I WANNA PLAY!
i used to love playing with tools as a kid! while other girls were playing with barbies, i would take a hammer and nails from my dad’s workbench and drive them into pieces of scrap wood. i never actually constructed anything but just loved using my hands. ha! this B&D set for kids is sweet! (and probably much safer than what i used to play with as a kid!) my little guy would love it! …as would his mom and dad! :)

i wanna play! my favorite toy as a kid was my dollhouse. i would decorate each room and make cardboard furniture!

I WANNA PLAY! My toddler would love this and keep loving it for many years, I think.

I WANNA PLAY!

I actually used to have a toy bench very similar to this one when I was a little girl… my mom took me to toys’r’us and let me pick whatever I wanted… that was what I picked out and Mom let me get it! I plan on doing the same thing with my son when he gets a bit older…but in the meantime I’d LOVE for him to have a workbench so he can “play” along with me and Daddy as we work around the house!! :)

I WANNA PLAY! Loved riding my bike all over town. Can’t believe my parents LET me ride it everywhere. Thanks for the giveaway :)

I WANNA PLAY!!!

I was the neighborhood Barbie hot spot, including a huge pink mansion my dad built and painted for me! All the girls loved coming over to play at my house!!

I wanna play! My favorite toy was my Rainbow Brite big wheel. I would play outside with the other kids until dark on it racing around on the sidewalks.

I WANNA PLAY!! My favorite toy was the play kitchen my dad built.

I wanna play! As a kid my favorites were barbie, strawberry shortcake dolls, Polly pocket, she-ra, and my baby-sitters club books and dolls!

I WANNA PLAY! PLEASE!

I WANNA PLAY!!!

oh this is so cool… i may be a girl but i would have LOVED one of these when i was little… i had a tiny “tom-boy” streak… but had forgotten about the pogo-ball! i had one, it was great, but i’m surprised i didn’t break my neck!!! but my fav thing as a kid… hmm… Cabbage Patch Kids (i had 2, plus a premi) & swimming (not together!). oh… the 80’s were great!

I WANNA PLAY! As a kid one of my favorites was Cabbage Patch dolls.

I WANNA PLAY!!! I have 2 boys that could have a lot of fun playing with this. Yes. I do have to admit, I was a Barbie girl growing up. Now it’s Nerf guns and power tools.

I WANNA PLAY! Our two boys would love this!

I WANNA PLAY! Or, should I say, my 2.5 year old really does! A friend of ours in another state has this tool bench and it is fantastic. I can see her ‘fixing’ everything in this old house of ours.
And my hubby and I are decidedly NOT handy, with big plans for our yard, so the books would be a lifesaver.
My fondest memories of actual toys are computer games- Oregon Trail anyone?

I WANNA PLAY!

Gavin would love this toy!! My favorite toy as a kid was our swing set my dad built for us. My dad is a lot like Handy Hubby…they are both very good with building projects. Our swing set was the best in the neighborhood and it made it even better knowing that dad built it for us kids :)

I WANNA PLAY! My toddler would love this :)

My favorite toy was the skip it!! I loved that thing!

I WANNA PLAY! Well, so does my son and daughter! My son kept saying “mommy who are those boys? Wow!” I loved cabbage patch dolls and barbies. My daughter right now not so much but maybe soon!

I WANNA PLAY! I have a few friends who would LOVE this and I’d like the books. ;)

I WANNA PLAY! too!!
This is great! Hope to win it for my little ones, and hubby who also loves tools :o)

bytheway.. I loved playing with one of those Kitchens – loved it! I WANNA PLAY!

I wanna play! And so does my lil 22 month old boy!

I WANNA PLAY! My favorite toy growing up was our swing set in our back yard.

I Wanna Play! Great idea to leave it at the new house. We’re building. That would work perfect for us too.

“I WANNA PLAY’!
I loved my barbies! I still have a tote full of them for my daughter to play with when she is older.
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I Wanna Play!
I loved puzzles…and still do.

I WANNA PLAY!!

And I went NOWHERE without a Cabbage Patch Kid by my side for longer than I should probably admit.

I WANNA PLAY!!! As a kid I couldn’t get enough of my Barbies. And now I’m trying to force my daughter into liking them!

I wanna play!! What a great playset. My boys would really enjoy something like this. I was more of a Cabbage Patch and Barbies girl myself but boys will be boys.

I Wanna Play! I loved me She-Ra doll. She could whip He-Man’s but any day!

“I WANNA PLAY!”

I LOVEd barbies as a child and had loads of them.

I WANNA PLAY! I vividly remember being obsessed with Tinker Toys. Loved those things!

I WANNA PLAY!!! My husband is in the process of building our house and my 4 year old twin boys would LOVE this set. Thanks!

I WANNA PLAY! I loved playing with chalk…drawing on the streets (lived on a dead end in the ‘burbs), hopscotch, 4 square, etc.

I WANNA PLAY! My Little Ponies were my favorite! Especially the one where the tail would “grow” and then you’d crank the head back and forth to shrink the tail.

I WANNA PLAY! I loved Cabbage Patch Kids! (and my 2.5-year old son will love this :))

I wanna play! Hmmm….I loved so many toys when little. At the moment though I’m remembering the “get in shape girl” series/equipment that we used to dance with.

I WANNA PLAY!
We had a great tree house… every kid should have one :)

I wanna play!! My kids would love this!

“I WANNA PLAY!” I was just at Ikea this weekend, and they have a little work bench. I wanted to get it, but couldn’t justify the cost… hopefully I’ll get this one instead! :)

I wanna Play!!!

I loved Light Bright when I was a kid!

I WANNA PLAY. We are in a constant state of renovation. My kids would LOVE this. My favorite toy as a kid was my bike, with my cabbage patch kid in the handlebar basket of course!

I WANNA PLAY! My favorite toys as a kid were my Barbies and swing set. My sister and I would take these wood boxes my mom had and jack all the clean wash clothes to make a Barbie apartment complex, and I used to spend hours in my back yard playing circus performer on my swing set!

I WANNA PLAY!

I was the girl who played with Lego sets. And I still have them! I married a man who ALSO loved Lego blocks and brought his with him when we moved in together. Now we have four gigantic plastic totes full of blocks. Fortunately, we have a daughter who loves them too, and as soon as she’s big enough, all those blocks are hers!

I WANNA PLAY!!! For me it was all about my play kitchen that my mom DIY’d out of old cardboard boxes, contact paper, and a few pieces of wood.

I WANNA PLAY!!! Wonder Woman Underoos. Nuf said.

I WANNA PLAY!!
My daughters would simply LUV this! I was a total tomboy when I was little…no Barbies or makeup for me! I honestly think my favorite “toys” were trees! I LIVED up in them! My favorite hade a bucket rigged up on a rope for me to haul my stuff up there! Too fun!

I WANNA PLAY!

We are putting our basement back together after flooding, and my 4 year old son wants to help so bad it’s almost killing him! This would be perfect for him.

I WANNA PLAY!!!! I would love to give this gift to my nephews… They would go crazy over it! I was pretty simple when I was young… My favorite thing was playing with rocks and other things I could find outside and swimming! =)

I WANNA PLAY!! My Barbies were my world! I would carry them everywhere I went, and even put them in my bicycle basket every afternoon so they could get out of the house…

I WANNA PLAY! This would be great summer fun for my son….and husband! :)

I WANNA PLAY! My favorites as a kid were Barbies and the old school Fisher Price house and farm (back when the people were still “choking hazards”).

I WANNA PLAY! Oh my goodness, my nephew would just adore this set. When I was little I was all about the Skip-It!

I WANNA PLAY!!! My little boys would love this play set! I’m not sure what my favorite toy was, but I definitely loved playing in my treehouse. So cool.

I WANNA PLAY!

I loved the Lite Brite! It was my inner artist at work early! ;) I’m hoping my baby boy will enjoy it too but I know he’d love a work bench and tools just like his Dad’s!

I WANNA PLAY! I loved my Cabbage Patch Kids doll!

I wanna play! Not sure about toys, but LOTS of books….I read my way through my childhood…

I WANNA PLAY! My 2-year old would LOVE this! Me, I was a Barbie girl and jealous of my friend with the Dream House.

I wanna play! Barbies were probably my toy of choice way back when. That and My Little Ponies!

I WANNA PLAY!!! I was in love with the massive barbie/doll house my dad made me. I’m a girly as they come but I have 3 boys :) a black and decker is just what we need around here!

I WANNA PLAY! Gosh I guess my dolls mostly cabbage patch of course where my fav! But my brother had micro machines I always wanted to play with they were just so dang cute!

I WANNA PLAY!
My dad built me a little tool bench when I was little in his shop and I loved playing along side him. My son would love this! Thanks for the opportunity!

I wanna play! I used to have a Barbie with little roller skates that literally threw sparks because of a flint jammed inside. We never managed to light anything on fire, but man did we ever try.

I WANNA PLAY! I loved my cabbage patch doll and loved playing make believe games like “house” or “school” or “doctor” lol.

I wanna play! I loved doing crafts as a kid, and especially loved building and decorating my own dollhouse. :)

I WANNA PLAY! We are knee deep in our complete home renovation and are actually living in the house while we do it. The other day our 3.5 yr old son gave the electrician a very stern lecture about not touching the wires (I guess he does listen!). My little guy would go nuts over the Tool Workshop!

When I was little I spent hours grooming Cotton Candy, my My Little Pony. Also, smelling our Strawberry Shortcake dolls.

I WANNA PLAY!!

I dreamed of having a stick horse – my mom refused, so I DIYed one with a broom stick, a plastic butter tub and some duct tape.

I WANNA PLAY! When I was young ( right about the time the dinnosaurs went extict according to my kids) I loved Barbies & wanted grow up & own a camper van just like hers & travel every where in it. ( of course I thought I’d look like her too & money would not be a worry ever. – Dee

I WANNA PLAY!! As a kid I loved playing in a tree in our backyard. It was a fort, spaceship, pirate ship, castle, and a house – depending on what I was doing that day (no actual wood structure – just the tree). I loved climbing that tree!

I WANNA PLAY! My two young boys would love that! As a kid I loved Skip-It. I could play it for hours. I also had a huge collection of Barbies.

I WANNA PLAY! I liked my Jump-Jumper.

I WANNA PLAY!! This toy looks so fun and it’s a great way to keep kids busy during home projects. I was a Fashion Plates kind of girl. I’ve been on the hunt for them ever since.

I WANNA PLAY! My soon to be two year old would LOVE this. My favorite toys as a kid were “big bird people”…or their official name, fisher price “little people”. :)

I wanna play with my kids on this cool workbench

I WANNA PLAY! As a kid, I LOVED Barbies and Cabbage Patch Kids!

I wanna play!! My niece just turned one, and her dad works in construction – it would be a perfect gift for her!!

I WANNA PLAY! I loved playing outside with our leaves . . . we’d rake them into a house or fort plan, and then play for hours. Free toys!

I WANNA PLAY! My favorite toy as a kid was Barbie. Cliche for a girl, I know, but I would always act out my own (kid-friendly) soap operas. I liked to write out stories and then act them out with my dolls. I never had a ton of cool Barbie stuff but I think that forced me to be more creative!

I wanna play!! When I was a kid, I won a McDonald’s play set and thought it was so RAD! Thinking back, it wasn’t great from the “promoting-healthy-eating” perspective, but I would put on that little green&yellow headset again in a heartbeat! :)

I WANNA PLAY! I was such a girlie girl…loved Barbies and baby dolls.

I WANNA PLAY. For me, animals . . . whether stuffed or real.

I WANNA PLAY! Would be awesome to take that workshop to my grandson.

I WANNA PLAY! I had a on of toys, but books were always my favorite. I know, how boring :)

I wanna play!!!

i loved my playhouse as a kid and loved it when we could do sleep overs in it. now i can’t wait till my girls are old enough to sleep over in the play house!

I WANNA PLAY!!!! My two older boys would love this!! I for sure loved my barbies and kitchen!

I WANNA PLAY! I loved my Lego’s as a kid, and I was also a Pogo Bal girl!

I WANNA PLAY!

My favorite toy as a kid is easy….Barbie! At one point, I had almost 75 Barbie dolls. But I loved each and every one and was very sad to find out that my mom threw away all of them (rather than giving them to the Goodwill like I had asked).

Also, I loved She-Ra. I have it on DVD!

I wanna play! Lemon Meringue was my favorite (Strawberry Shortcake’s friend!) I wanted her blond curls so badly…

I WANNA PLAY!!!

It was all 80’s rocker barbie for me. What with the shiny, tiny clothes and the hot pink shoes…

I WANNA PLAY!! I could not get enough of My Little Ponies..I still can’t…I just have real ones now!

I WANNA PLAY!
I remember playing Nintendo (original!) with my brother for hours and hours! We played Contra until we finally beat the game, with the special code for extra lives of course.

I WANNA PLAY! I was such a tomboy as a kid that I loved to anything outdoors!

I WANNA PLAY!!! My little girls would love to play with this as well as my two nephews, I am a preschool teacher and there is one in my classroom, the kids play with it daily. My favorite toy as a kid, my little sister, such a life like doll she made…hehe I also remember popples and my little pony fondly. As well as the games Hungry Gungry Hippo and Operation, which I bought for our kids as well.

I WANNA PLAY!

I was totally a Barbie Dream House girl!

I WANNA PLAY!
I loved reading as a kid. My favorite actual toy was a “Wish upon a Star” doll. It had a magic wand that you held to the middle of her chest and asked a question. Her crown would light up yes, no, or maybe. I was so happy when my mom bought me one.

I WANNA PLAY and my kids would LOVE this goy. And hubby! My favorite toys were star wars. I was a tom boy for sure. Thanks!

I WANNA PLAY! My absolute favorite toy as a kid were my hot wheels…loved them!!

I WANNA PLAY!! Loved my cabbage patch and big wheel when I was a kid – but I know my 5 year old boy would love that workbench now!

I WANNA PLAY! I had two brothers, so we did lots and lots of playing with LEGOS!

I WANNA PLAY – I loved My LIttle Pony, Barbies, the Barbie head, Light bright – and now my kids have all of them!

I WANNA PLAY! I was an outdoorsy kid who loved my swingset, turtle shaped sandbox, sprinkler, and Big Wheel.

As an aside – my learning-to-be-handy hubby bought the B& D cordless electric lawn mower a few months ago and absolutely loves it. We feel good about the lower environmental impact and as a bonus it’s quiet as a mouse and super efficient. I’m not in any way affiliated with Black & Decker – just really impressed with our new mower!

I wanna play! As a kid, I was really in to collecting stickers…I had a sticker belt, books, etc…it was sooo beautiful!

I WANNA PLAY!!! What a cute giveaway, thank you for the opportunity!

I WANNA PLAY!
My boy is a little young for this but I know he’ll love it later if we win!! My husband would go gaga over it too!

As a child, I adored play food and as an adult one of my favorite things to do is to try new restaurants. Go figure!

I WANNA PLAY!

I was just remembering my old metal Erector Set. I was such a tomboy!

I WANNA PLAY! I have two sisters, and we had so many Barbies. We loved to decorate homes for them (shoe box with wash cloth bedspread, etc.). We would beg to go to craft stores and come up with items we could repurpose for the Barbie family…and of course, once it was set up, no one could touch it.

I wanna play!! This would be great for my little nephew!

“I WANNA PLAY!”

I WANNA PLAY!!!
I was really into stickers and smurfs. Cabbage Patch kids were really big at our house too!

I wanna play!! My favorite toys were my barbie dolls….and my brother’s Hot Wheels!

I WANNA PLAY!! For me, it was barbies and rainbow brite : )

I WANNA PLAY! Barbies, Care Bears, and I actually loved designing houses with my brothers Legos!

I wanna play! As a kid I loved to play with my Barbie and the Rockers and my sisters and I played school all the time. But my favorite game was hungry hungry hippos!!

I WANNA PLAY! No seriously, maybe if I win this I can play with it until I conquer my fear of power tools. Oh and then I will let my daughter use it.

I WANNA PLAY!!!

As a child my favorite toys were Barbie Dolls!!

I WANNA PLAY!!
I used to LOVE playing with my cabbage patch dolls!

“I WANNA PLAY!”

My favorite toy was a snoopy stuffed animal. Call me crazy (the hubby enjoys teasing me about it) but it’s still under our bed just in case the husband is gone or something ;-)

I Wanna Play! A microscope, riding our bkies to the pool every day and Nancy Drew books were my favorites.

I WANNA PLAY!!!
When I was a kid it was all about my bike!

I WANNA PLAY!

We rode our bikes all over town growing up. I think my pink banana seat was my favorite toy. It had the handle bar streamers and those balls that you put on the spokes to make noise when you rode. Fun times!

I WANNA PLAY!
Growing up in the 80s, I loved playing with legos, barbies, and just romping about outside with my friends and siblings. One of these good friends from my youth has twin 3-year old boys, and another on the way; this would be my gift to her!

I WANNA PLAY!

So would my two boys who are 8 and 3. My 8-year old would like to use the real deal! But, I am sure he will be happy with this one.
Thanks!

I wanna play!! thanks for the chance!! My nephews will love it if I win!!

I have twin boys and they would definitely say “I WANNA PLAY” if they saw this. When I was little I loved Carebears!

I WANNA PLAY! What a great give away!

I WANNA PLAY!!!

As a kid I totally wanted to be She-Ra too! Or Rainbow Brite!

I WANNA PLAY! My (future) grandkids would love this! I always played “house” when I was growing up. Mostly cooked, cleaned, and took care of my babies, but would have played with this if I knew about tools back then.

I WANNA PLAY! I loved my doll house and horses. I work at a preschool so I still get to play with a lot of toys! I saved most of mine and am waiting for a girl to share them with.

I WANNA PLAY! What a fun toy!

I WANNA PLAY!

I loved my dolls, barbie swimming pool, nite brite, and also playing in my dad’s old army tent with my siblings!!!

I WANNA PLAY!

Books – I was a book worm. Babysitters Club was my favorite

I WANNA PLAY! My son always says he wants to be a builder when he grows up…he’d be in heaven!

I WANNA PLAY!
I, too was a SERIOUS swinger- I loved the playground and always raced to get a swing :) I still swing- :)

I wanna Play!!!

I WANNA PLAY!!!

I had too many toys I loved, but I probably played with my barbies every day. I cut their hair, made my own clothes for them with my tiny kid sewing machine, etc. Does anyone play with them anymore? I hope to win this. Our son LOVES playing with tools like his daddy does.

I WANNA PLAY! My little ponies were my favorites as a kid :)

I WANNA PLAY!!!! My son would LOVE this!!

I WANNA PLAY!

My favorite toys were the pots and pans in the cupboard. Isn’t it always the “non-toys” that kids want the most?

“I WANNA PLAY!”

I LOVED She-Ra too! I had the mask, sword, shield, and cuffs and lived in those things! I used to eat dinner with the mask on! Glad to see another She-Ra fan!

I WANNA PLAY! I was a big fan of my brother’s toys: erector set, this remote controlled helicopter thing, 6-million-dollar-man action figure (doll)….Super fun giveaway – my kids would love to “tool” around with one!

I WANNA PLAY!

I don’t remember my favorite toy. I’m too old.

I WANNA PLAY! I must’ve been a Barbie gal, too – that’s what I most vividly remember playing with. Not the whole role-playing thing, but dressing her and Skipper up in a billion different outfits. We didn’t have a ton of toys – definitely not in the budget at that time – and I think my mom made a bunch of the Barbie clothes. Ahhh, memories. : )

I WANNA PLAY!!! And so does my two year old, he would love this! I was a huge fan of legos as a kid . .

I WANNA PLAY!

I was a barbie girl…growing up I wanted to be either a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader or Daisy Duke someday. yikes. Do I buy my daughter barbies? nope. she would rather play ith this tool bench! :)

I WANNA PLAY! I have a friend who has a 3 year old who would just love this! Favorite toy as a child was my Tonka jeep and Barbie Camper

I WANNA PLAY!!! Everett’s comment is so funny, I can see my little boy saying the same thing. I loved my Big Wheel, except since it was made of plastic the wheels would wear down from slamming on the brakes and skidding down the street.

I WANNA PLAY!!! As a kid I love playing with my Barbie’s. Oh to be a kid again. All that freedom and no stress. They don’t realize how good they have it when they are young. ;-)
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I WANNA PLAY! I loved to ‘play pretend’ outside in my fort in the woods behind my house. I really wish my kids had a safe place like that to play.

“I WANNA PLAY!”

The classic Barbies.

I WANNA PLAY!
My son would flip over a tool bench just like daddy’s.
My favorite toy was our neighborhood pool.

I WANNA PLAY! Actually, my three year old would LOVE this! Admittedly, he has most of the tools, but his very own tool bench would be amazing!

One of my favorite old school toys was the digital etch-a-sketch, I think it was called “The Animator.” Guess my career as a graphic designer had an early start :-)

I WANNA PLAY! We’re expecting a baby boy soon…this will be great for when he is a little older.

I wanna play! My favorite toy as a kid…. probably a book. lol! Oh wait, we had this way cool wooden block set.

I WANNA PLAY!

My son would just about explode, I think :)

I WANNA PLAY !!! My 3 yr old would certainly want to play too. We are currently rehabbing a place ourselves. We ended up taking it down to the studs and every time we are over doing another project Aubrey picks up one of Daddy’s tool and tries to “help”. Granted she can work the leaf blower like nobody’s business but I have to draw the line at saws and drills. She would LOVE (and I would feel so much better) having her own tools to play with. THANKS!!!

I WANNA PLAY! I wore the wheels right off my Cabbage Patch Kids big wheel. Seriously! My dad had to patch them up!

I WANNA PLAY!!

My favorite toy was a Rainbow Brite doll!

heck yeah I WANNA PLAY!! Fun stuff!!

I WANNA PLAY!
I loved My Little Ponies … except when my brothers pulled their heads off. (Luckily they popped right back on! :)

I WANNA PLAY!

Favorite toy….I was very much a barbie girl :)

I WANNA PLAY!
Fave toys growing up were The Little People… the farm, the parking garage, a house… I’d make whole villages. Love ’em. I wish I still had my old vintage stuff for my kids!

I WANNA PLAY!!! Love your blog!!
I always wanted a Sit N Spin…. never got one so my daughter, Mckinnley will be getting one for an upcoming birthday! If only my butt could fit on one now!

Cheers!

I WANNA PLAY! I think my older granddaughter really would enjoy this — she LOVES taking things apart and putting them back together already at age 3!

I WANNA PLAY!!!

I wanna play! Great giveaway!!

I WANNA PLAY!! My neighbor has 7 kids with another one on the way. I would love to give this to the boys. This “toy” would help them become Handy Hubbies one day. Thanks Black & Decker and Dana.

I WANNA PLAY! I was a G.I. Joe kid!

I WANNA PLAY! This would be a great addition to our home:) I loved shrinky-dinks! They amazed me

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My favorite toy was not really a toy, but a bike. Now as a family we bike everywhere. My husband even bikes to work!

I WANNA PLAY! I wanted to be Jem of Jem and the Holograms.

I WANNA PLAY! I had a pogo-ball too! Fun times growing up in the 80’s!

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I was also a kid of the 80s. So many great toys already listed here. I had a sweet-smelling Strawberry Shortcake doll; LOVED the pogoball as well – and had the blisters on the inside arch of my feet to prove it (turns out this activity shouldn’t be done barefoot!); My Little Ponies abound; Gem dolls!; Rainbow Brite…I am loving this trip down memory lane.
Thank you Dana!

I WANNA PLAY! I would have loved the tool set when I was little and would even like to play with my baby girl now. I can’t remember a favorite toy, but I do remember playing with my brothers GI Joes quite a bit.

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I used to play with my mom’s trolls from when she was a little girl. They had their own house and everything!

I WANNA PLAY! I have 2 boys as well– They would love this. My favorite toy: strawberry shortcake dolls.

I WANNA PLAY! I think we are the same age cause Shera and Pogo Balls were the bombs! Sprained my wrist on the pogo ball though!

I WANNA PLAY! My two boys would love this! They like to be just like mommy and daddy and “build/fix” things with their tools. Thanks so much!

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My sister and I loved to play with Barbies! We would spend all day setting up this elaborate cruise ship or fancy ball, half the time we’d never actually get to playing.

It’s so fun to reminisce!

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When I was a kid, I was all about Jem and the Holograms. :)

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Barbies.. Swimming.. Bionic Woman!

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I loved the Cabbage Patch Kids & Popples… they were easy to take on “adventures” to the backyard..

I WANNA PLAY! I used to really like 4 square. Now I can’t even remember the basic rules

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A few of my toys that I loved the most were my American Girls “Samantha” doll, my hot pink SkipIt – we used to all bring ours to school and see what number we could reach during both morning and noon recess…we also played Chinese jump rope almost every day. If I close my eyes it almost feels like I’m 9 again, I remember it so vividly!

About the B&D tool bench – I saw one last week at a garage sale for $15. I almost bought it but it was missing a few pieces. My 2 year old son would LOVE it. He’s obsessed with “fixing” things!

Love your blog and can’t wait to see what you do with your new place! :)

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I would love to give this to my nephew!!!! His dad has a construction biz and what a perfect bday present!!!! Thank you for the opportunity!!!

I wanna play! My boy needs one of these! Working alongside mommy doing home projects!

I was super into pogs. Man did I love those things!

I WANNA PLAY! like all young girls I was obsessed with Barbie! I had to have Barbie everything!

Ooohh ooohhh pick me I WANNA PLAY!!! My two boys, Logan 6 & Brody 4 & im sure our little tomboy of a baby girl, Lily 1, would be so grateful for an awsome toy like this!

I WANNA PLAY (and win =)!!!!! My favorite toys as a kid were dolls. My kids love playing with their toy tools!!!

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I had a Pogo Bal and loved it, too, until my younger brother popped it. I was so upset. I was a big fan of our swing set, too. My son would love this so much!

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My favorite toy as a youngster?? Probably Barbies. They were never played with in the “traditional” way. They were always off with ninja turtles, fighting battles without breaking any nails.

I WANNA PLAY! What a great giveaway – thanks for the chance!
– Danielle
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I would say my favorite had to be barbies! My husband definitely loved GI Joes and still has a huge box of this old toys at his mom’s house!

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My sisters and I loved board games. When people would come to visit, they were often amazed at how many games we had!!

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I loved easy bake oven, a fisher price kitchen, and the red jeep hotwheels!

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What a great little treat for your boys. Glad they feel included. I was always obsessed with The Horse Collection. Trotting my little plastic horse over jumps and tucking it away in the small cardboard stable. Those were the days!

I WANNA PLAY! My dad is a mechanic/builds cars, so when I was little he built me a motorized toy car, painted it sparkly purple, attached me to the back of his racecar with some rope, and would pull me down the road. How’s THAT for dangerous??? Oh well, I made it through alive!

I WANNA PLAY!!!! I loved My Little Ponies and Popples :) Thanks for the fun giveaway!

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Oh, and I loved American Girl dolls almost as much as I loved helping my dad in his woodshop!

I WANNA PLAY! I loved playing dress up with my mom’s clothes and make-up.

I WANT TO PLAY!!!

I want to play!
-thanks.

I WANNA PLAY! Loved my two Popples growing up.

I WANNA PLAY! I liked the swing set and trampoline.

I WANNA PLAY!! my boys would love this!!

I WANNA PLAY! I love playing with using tools in the garage and making wooding toys when I was a child.

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My Little Ponies, or Rainbow Brite and her trusty horse Starlight were my top toys as a youngin!

I WANNA PLAY!! My favorite toy was my bike with a radio on it!

I WANNA PLAY! Ohhh I completely understand the “NO, don’t touch!” Our 18 month old is discovering how to squeeze herself into the smallest of spaces and open doors and cabinets despite the numerous baby proofing attempts. She has the cutest little play kitchen set she could care less about, she’d rather steal mommy or daddy’s hammer and have a whack at whatever is closest to her; oh how much fun this set would be! LOL

I WANNA PLAY. My favorite toy as a kid was a Robotech Transformer

I WANNA PLAY! My second favorite toy was He-Man.

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I remember fondly of playing with my Light Bright, Cabbage Patch dolls, and Etch-A-Sketch! Ahhh…memories :)

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My favorite toy was our 22 acres and of course, my Barbie Dream House :)

I WANNA PLAY! My favorite toy growing up was that play house kitchen set.

I wanna play! My little man would love this, he’s always wanting to help out.

I wanna play!! I also really want to get my hands on a Popple…where did those go?

I WANNA PLAY! One of my favorite games as a kid was a puzzle with mystical woodland creatures and I would time myself how long it would take me to finish each time.

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I spent many hours playing with the Barbie Dream House I shared with my four sisters. We never actually “played Barbies” much. By the time the house was decorated to our liking and our Barbie dolls dressed to the hilt, we lost interest and moved on to something else. I also loved making “houses” in our woods. The floor covering was always moss we gathered to cover our “floors”. If only material acquisition were that easy now! Ha!

I’m addicted to your web-site, Dana. Keep up the nice posts! Oh yeah, my twin two-year-old boys would love the tool bench…

I WANNA PLAY! That thing is tooooo cute!!

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I really do!! This looks like great fun! For my son, and hubby!!!

Anyone remember Popples??? They were my favorite. Next to pound puppies, only cuz I had a little carrier for them. BUT Popples carry themselves in their pouch. Fun and organization, you can’t beat it!

I WANNA PLAY! My favorite toy growing up was jumping rope

I WANNA PLAY! My nephews would totally love this, and I can already see them arguing over who gets to use which tool first! As for me, my favorite toy growing up was a Fisher Price tape recorder with attached mic. I pretended I had a talk radio show and I still have some of the tapes I made. Hilaaaarious to listen to now!

I WANNA PLAY!! My favorite toys as a kid were Barbies – played for hours with those silly dolls!

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I WANNA PLAY! My little guy would love this!

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We played pirates a lot as kids and made up characters for it.

I WANNA PLAY! :)

I wanna play! And that lovely picture of your handsome husband is a real plus!

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Love the blog and you have given me so many great ideas I can use in my own home!
My 2 year old son Jack would love the workbench/tool set so we can put it in the garage next to his dads. He is in the “helping” stage!

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As a kid, my favorite toy was my strawberry shortcake. I had the dolls, the sheets and even insisted on painting the walls “strawberry shortcake” pink.

I WANNA PLAY. And so does my two year old (if she can pry this mini workshop away from me!)

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I loved barbies.

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My favorite toy growing up was my play kitchen. I played restaurant all the time! Since I have two boys, maybe instead of the play kitchen, it will be a Black and Decker tool bench.

I WANNA PLAY! My almost 4-year-old would love this and his 7 year-old sis (who loves boy gear/toys) would love it. My husband and I just built a small deck/landing outside our main entrance into the house and they have had their fill of seeing tools and Mom/Dad working a lot lately. They would love to be a part of using some tools.

Oh yeah, and my favorite things to play with were stuffed animals, my record player, my bike, and kickball.

I WANNA PLAY! I used to play with marbles and my pet dog when I was young.

“I WANNA PLAY” my 3.5 year old would love that!!! So would my older two kids ;) I loved this 80’s style dollhouse/furniture called “Smaller Homes” that my parents bought me for my birthday one year. I wish I kept it for my daughter!

I WANNA PLAY! I LOVED the pogo ball as a kid. and the skip-it. And just plain sand and sticks. And Care Bears (my Cheer Bear became gray and fuzz-less) I loved Silly String until I was banned from using it after I sprayed it all over our ceiling (note: my parents’ living room ceiling may still have remnants of hot pink Silly String…)

I WANNA PLAY!!! (please)

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My favorite childhood toy was a Lite Bright.

I WANNA PLAY! My 5 and 2 1/2 year old boys would LOVE this!

PS. If you have a moving sale would you post it? I adore so many of your throw pillows and would love to give them a home here in WA state! :)

I Wanna Play! We just finished a workshop area for my own Handy Hubby and he’d love to teach his three girls how to use some tools. Thanks for a wonderful blog!

I WANNA PLAY! My son would love this little work bench! I loved to create songs, dances, plays when I was young. It’s fun to see my kids use their imaginations and create things that make then happy!

I WANNA PLAY! Both of my boys would love this. My favorite toy to play with was my barbies.

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I had a white teddy bear until I was 7, then it got lost and I had a funeral for it, that and we had this jungle gym thing that was from my grandparents house, it was pretty cool, we played FOREVER on it!

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I was always riding my horses as a kid, but my stepson would LOVE this! Too cute!

(And…by the way, tell he hubby whatever he’s doing to keep in shape, is working…;) WOW…wish he could give some tips to my man…who by the way, does not look as good as your hubby without a shirt…very sad)…:)

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my 6-year-old son would L♥Ve this!
when i was little, i loved strawberry shortcake ~ still have my apple dumplin doll & turtle ♥

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When I was a kid I loved playing “house.”

I WANNA PLAY! Speak and Spell or Cabbage Patch Dolls (thanks for the fun flashbacks!)

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I WANNA PLAY!! My 2-year-old would love this!

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My 3 year old would absolutely love this! He’s always wanting to “help” daddy with his tools! Thanks so much for the opportunity!

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My favorite toy as a kid were books, I devoured them!

I WANNA PLAY!!! As a kid I loved BARBIE…classic but I really loved them…my imagination could run wild ;o)

Dawn – I’m so proud of my Handy Hubby who makes great efforts to eat healthy and work out regularly! He maintains a gluten free diet which is NOT easy to do. He also eats lunch during work so he can use his lunch break to go to the gym. He’s a great example for me and our boys. Love him!