The gift thing for the hundredth time

[Philb]

Just a little bit of my experience in regards to gifts for your girls child. (If she has one)

I had noticed on my trips to Russia that I had never seen "Crayola Crayons" there.  I had seen colored pencils, felt markers and the like, but no crayons. On my last trip,  I brought one of the large boxes with 96 colors in it for Tatyana's 9 year old daughter.  They were a big hit.  In fact,  her mother, grandparents, etc. had never seen them before.

I started thinking about this and noticed that there was another American children's staple that I had not seen, "Play Dough".  I am sending some of this for Marina's birhtday.

Another, gift I brought last winter that was abig hit, was "Furby". Remember when they were the must have gift a couple of years ago?  I bought it here for $12.00 dollars.  I saw it in Moscow for $130.00.  Again, a big hit

Sometimes it is the simplest things that are enjoyed the most.

[MarkInTx]

... in response to The gift thing for the hundredth time , posted by Philb on Aug 20, 2002

That's good advice!

[Del]

... in response to The gift thing for the hundredth time , posted by Philb on Aug 20, 2002

are the plastic type (camping) egg cartons that have a 'lid' that closes.
Have you seen anyone carrying home some 'yeets' in a plastic bag?

[Stan]

... in response to even more simple, posted by Del on Aug 20, 2002

Good idea Del, Tanya was surprised when she saw my "egg holder" for camping. Her idea was an "Ice cube tray". She had seen them in Crimea, but to find one to buy,,,,,, impossible!!!  When I was there,, I wanted to buy a cooler, any cooler. 6-pack Playmate, colapsable, any and we could'nt find one. People at the stores had seen or heard of them but no one knew where to buy one???
Steve

[Rags]

... in response to Re: even more simple, posted by Stan on Aug 21, 2002

I came prepared last summer for out trip to Crimea with one of those collapsable cooler bags. My wife thought that this was one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.

I wanted to leave it there when I returned home but it was a gift so I couldn't. I bought another for my father-in-law's gift when I went back last fall. I thought that he was going to do backflips when he saw it. Of course the pockets were full of fishin' stuff too but that was all secondary. Now I need to find one of those fold up carts for hauling groceries. I found them in Moscow but not Kyiv.