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Back in the dawn of my youth, one of the highlights of the summer would be the yearly arrival of a new Childcraft book in the mail. At some point my parents were suckered into buying a subscription to these books and it was always kind of cool when it showed up once a year. These are the ones we had.  Most of the time it would be an awesome book like this.  But sometimes the book would eat poo poo, like the Childcraft Guide for Parents.  Maybe it would be funny to see what kind of Childcraft books you guys could come up with.  
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Sep 1, 2019 18:04
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So are there crafts in there or not?
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Sep 1, 2019 20:45
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Sep 1, 2019 20:50
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I have a ton of books like this! My favorite is one from the 50s called "What Can I Do Now, Mother?" and it's basically how to get your kids to construct things out of paraffin wax and tin cans while you, ostensibly Mother, do chores in a house with no electricity. Apparently the electrical grid was not as solid as it is these days or people didn't have electricity or something because most of the crafts are introduced as ones you can do during a power outage. Also, these types of books always assume everyone just has cigar boxes and, like, jute rope just lying around the house.
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Sep 1, 2019 22:29
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I was always so bummed when I got my hands on old DIY stuff for "kids". Yes of course my father has sheet metal and spare motor parts lying around. After I assemble those, I'll just walk on down to the haberdasher for some of the felt scraps I'll need in step 2.
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Sep 1, 2019 22:35
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I.C. posted:I have a ton of books like this! My favorite is one from the 50s called "What Can I Do Now, Mother?" and it's basically how to get your kids to construct things out of paraffin wax and tin cans while you, ostensibly Mother, do chores in a house with no electricity. Apparently the electrical grid was not as solid as it is these days or people didn't have electricity or something because most of the crafts are introduced as ones you can do during a power outage. It's kind of funny to see how some stuff written in those books has been proven wrong since then.
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Sep 1, 2019 23:33
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World of Childcraft?
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Sep 2, 2019 10:29
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