When I was a little girl, my parent’s didn’t have a lot of money. Although I do not recall truly being without, I do know that my imagination was able to grow and expand in ways it might not have, if my parents had given me everything I wanted.
I loved my Barbie dolls, and I actually had a few, but my parents could not afford the clothes and the Barbie houses, so early on I learned what to do in order to have beautifully clothed dolls. Just let my imagination run wild!
I moved my bed so it sat just under the window in my room. In those days we had heavy storm windows. So, I would open the regular window, sit in my jeans and a sweater and socks and rest my feet on the heater below and play Barbie. My sister, Melodie, and cousin Janet would join me and in that window sill, we were Mick and Bianca Jagger, or Paul and Linda McCartney, etc.
I would take old pieces of cloth and by cutting them up make my dolls the most glamorous outfits! A tissue could be the most beautiful wedding gown imaginable! Also, by not having the doll houses, and doll clothes, my imagination let me see into another world. Kleenex boxes became beds or sofas, and paper towel rolls could become table bases. It didn’t matter that I didn’t have the real thing, in my mind, I had it all.
Imagination!
and I had a lot of toys ! Everthing I wanted I got, so that I left my parents in peace ! Fortunately I never ran out of imagination !
My imagination ran wild in my world of books. Read frequently and the stories in my head were, and still are, better than any movie ever made from a book! We also played outside, made Christmas tree forts, explored the woods, etc. Great childhood.
I loved those days and we did learn just how to create whatever we needed for our Barbie Doll families. We had friends who had the Dream House, car and tons of clothes, but I know we played with ours much more than they did.
The shade was our stage curtain. I loved our old ugly Barbie who was evil. She was great for being mean, but the good ones always prevailed. LOL!
I loved keeping my feet toasty warm as we played. It is funny I was thinking about this just the other day too!
What a wonderful time we had and now we have all the memories. Love YOU, Mel
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I loved this!
I did the same thing when I was little and played with my barbie dolls. Their furniture was completely improvised from every day items 🙂 It was so much fun!