Do Kids Still...

xoxoxoBruce · 03-22-2015, 05:01 AM

Do kids still do stuff like this or has it gone the way of the Dodo and chemistry sets?

Griff · 03-22-2015, 06:49 AM

Balsa flyers still exist. The real creative balsa constructions seem less popular now that childhood is less self-directed. OM tries to help with mixed results.

glatt · 03-22-2015, 07:11 AM

Seems like that would be the kind of thing my boy would like, but he's not into it at all. May just be this area though. Too much restricted airspace around here.

glatt · 03-22-2015, 07:13 AM

Actually, I was thinking these were the rocket engine things. The little balsa gliders are still a thing, but a lot of stores just sell the foam ones.

Clodfobble · 03-22-2015, 08:14 AM

Yeah, the foam ones are so ubiquitous, I think all but the younger kids would look at a wood one and consider it just another disposable party favor, despite the greater complexity of the design.

monster · 03-22-2015, 09:29 AM

Mine do, but they are weird.

Aliantha · 03-22-2015, 05:46 PM

My older boys built a few of these types of things. They never really got into it though. I think Max might be more inclined. He seems to be into the whole creating things head space.

busterb · 03-22-2015, 05:53 PM

Oh NO it just might hit someone in the eye. Then the lawyers!

03-22-2015, 05:01 AM	#1
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03-22-2015, 06:49 AM	#2
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03-22-2015, 09:29 AM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Mine do, but they are weird. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-22-2015, 05:46 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	My older boys built a few of these types of things. They never really got into it though. I think Max might be more inclined. He seems to be into the whole creating things head space. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-22-2015, 07:11 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Seems like that would be the kind of thing my boy would like, but he's not into it at all. May just be this area though. Too much restricted airspace around here.

03-22-2015, 07:13 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Actually, I was thinking these were the rocket engine things. The little balsa gliders are still a thing, but a lot of stores just sell the foam ones.

03-22-2015, 05:53 PM	#8
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