I do remember doing this as a child. I used an ordinary HB pencil, whatever coins were to hand and a piece of white paper or tracing paper. It could be done with a wax crayon of any colour; a piece of charcoal or coloured chalk. I'm not sure if I actually used the triangular wax crayon that I have a vague memory of, used perhaps at school on a trip to a church for brass rubbings.
It was a simple exercise, pointless maybe, but one that passed a bit of time in quiet pleasure, perhaps whilst mother was preparing tea or on a Sunday afternoon in my bedroom. There were no other distractions or self-play computer games, the saying 'I'm bored' never uttered. There was always something to do.
Pressing flowers or leaves
Skipping
French skipping
Marbles
Hopscotch
Cats Cradle
Roller skating
Throwing a ball up the wall - one potato, two potato, three potato, four etc.
Reading comics
Reading books
Colouring
Drawing
Painting
Making things
Collecting insects in a jar
Studying butterflies
Playing make-believe
Playing 'Please mister crocodile'
Playing Hide and Seek
Playing Tig - akky one, two, three.
Kite flying
Cricket/French Cricket
Rounders
Jackstones
Listening to the radio
Going to the library
Going Ice Skating
Going to the pictures
The list could continue and I am sure you could add to it in the comments below. Perhaps if you have young children, grandchildren or young nieces, nephews, great-nieces/nephews you could make a point of showing them some of these activities in order for them not to be lost forever. Happy Memory Making.
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