The blanket joins stick and cardboard box in Toy Hall of Fame

[Liberal_in_LA]

Toy Hall of Famers: Dollhouse, Hot Wheels, blanket

The blanket, an all-purpose plaything as well as a comfort for generations of thumb-suckers like Charlie Brown's best friend in the "Peanuts" comic strip, landed Thursday in the National Toy Hall of Fame along with Hot Wheels and the dollhouse.

The trio take their places at The Strong, a children's and cultural history museum in upstate New York, alongside 46 classics ranging from the bicycle, kite and teddy bear to Barbie, Jack-in-the-Box and Mr. Potato Head.

Curators said the blanket was a special addition in the spirit of two earlier inductees, the cardboard box and the stick. They praised its ability to serve either as recreational raw material or an accessory transformed in myriad ways by a child's daydreams.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/10/national/a082145S06.DTL#ixzz1dKeFa7Le

[Crazy Dave]

1. I was hoping they'd have a list of other things that made our imaginations run wild

Metal pot with spoon

Two cans with string

Popsicle sticks

[monmouth]

2. Metal cooking pot with clothespins. What great noise that was...LOL..n/t