What's the best thing your parents made for you when you were a kid?

Senna · 24-02-2012 12:38AM

I had a model train track as a kid, so when i was in hospital my dad mounted it onto a huge board, about 4ft by 6ft, with all the tracks, house, trees and bridges laid out. Its still in my home place and to a 10 year old kid, one of the coolest things ever.
I hope to take it down and assemble it in my own house some day.

skirtgirl · 24-02-2012 12:44AM

My mam used make tayto men out of the crisp packs. She also used to make cups out of silver packaging from ciggie boxes. I thought she was brill!

mattjack · 24-02-2012 12:45AM

Cedrus wrote: »

A climbing frame (well he got the maintenance guys at the factory to make it, to keep them busy during a quiet spell). With the addition of a few planks and a tarpaulin it transmogrified into a house, train engine, ship, spaceship, castle, can't remember all the things it could do:D

He also made a roundabout out of a cable drum, but it was nearly 4 ft high, taller than any of us, so we couldn't get up on it, but if you did get up, and if it went too fast you fell off:(
It had splinters too:(

Excellent word.My Dad showed me how to build a crystal radio.I brought it into school and the prick of a science teacher ,not only never heard or understood how they worked.I can still remember the look of amazement on the bastards face when he heard it working.

Zen65 · 24-02-2012 01:08AM

zerks wrote: »

What's the best thing your parents made for you when you were a kid?

Hmm, my father never made me anything though he made a few wardrobes & shelves about the house. In fairness the poor man died before I reached my teens so I guess I didn't know him long enough to know what he might have been capable of making.

My mother was handy at baking tarts & scones, and she cooked for her family most days of the week while we lived at home. Some of my memories of her are a bit difficult but bless her she was handy in the kitchen.

This thread makes me worry that my own children might not have the greatest of memories of me when my time comes to shuffle off this mortal coil, but I do hope they'll remember how much I've made them laugh over the years, and how fortunate we have been to live a life untroubled (much) by debt or other worries. Perhaps some of my words of wisdom* will stay with them in the years ahead.

Z

* They don't find much wisdom in those words most of the time, if truth be told. Teenagers are fierce critics!

Sauve · 24-02-2012 01:09AM

My wee brother. (cheese alert)
At the time I was devastated, but now it's fantastic.

Missmiddleton · 24-02-2012 11:53PM

my mam made a canopy for my bed when i was in third class in more or less the same style as this one, except in purple
http://p.lefux.com/61/20110420/A2616000BW/InsetImage/Girls-Round-Ruffle-Hanging-Bed-Canopy_3.jpg

She also made me a spanish dancer dress for my 7th birthday party

Liam Byrne · 25-02-2012 02:54AM

What's the best thing your parents made for you when you were a kid?

A home

alandublin33 · 25-02-2012 03:02AM

my da made me n my brother a go cart , there were a few kids on the road that had them made with shopping trolley wheels (not the metal swivel ones) but my da made one with pram wheels it was a rocket... it got wrecked after some fat scumbag mess sat on it and broke

WindSock · 25-02-2012 03:03AM

Lovely dinners, a home, a beautiful life...

These are all the answers of people who had lame-ass, boring, uncreative and unimaginative parents.

My parents made me understand what the important things are in life.
Yeah, they suck too.

Imma gonna be the coolest parent ever, making forts and treehouses all over the gaf. Kids can feck off and make their own though.

Babybuff · 25-02-2012 03:08AM

my dad helped me make a viking longboat for a school history project, he had a lathe and all the tools and was talented wood carver so we bored out a block of wood and carved it into a viking longboat, complete with finials and dragon heads. History teacher wa blown away. Got an A

made loads of things with him, loved my da.

Foghladh · 25-02-2012 03:15AM

The one year we got a decent bit of snow my dad made a sled for us. Being a shuttering carpenter it was designed more for stability than speed. In fact it was made out of 6x3 timbers and weighed more than the car. I still remember him dragging it to the top of the hill in the field and me and my sister jumping on it. I don't recall that it moved at all and I think we eventually abandoned it still at the top. It ws the thought that counted I suppose but man that sled was poorly designed

Liam Byrne · 25-02-2012 03:15AM

WindSock wrote: »

Lovely dinners, a home, a beautiful life...

These are all the answers of people who had lame-ass, boring, uncreative and unimaginative parents.

Rubbish. Have a look around today at all those who wanted kids but didn't want to raise them or teach them right from wrong and then get back to us re what's important.

My parents gave me far more than any expensive gift or one-off "thing" ever would have been, and I'm forever in their debt for raising me and hope I've done them proud by reaching my potential.

zenno · 25-02-2012 03:18AM

MY father was a carpenter when i was really young and he made me a replica 4 foot concorde aircraft with landing gear as well lol looking back it was damn good.

Foghladh · 25-02-2012 03:25AM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Rubbish. Have a look around today at all those who wanted kids but didn't want to raise them or teach them right from wrong and then get back to us re what's important.

My parents gave me far more than any expensive gift or one-off "thing" ever would have been, and I'm forever in their debt for raising me and hope I've done them proud by reaching my potential.

Good for you. I try not to mention the word potential to my parents these days. I'm in my late 30's and it depresses them too much

wonderfulname · 25-02-2012 03:34AM

My parents never made me anything, they just vaguely told me how to make things for myself! Far more fun actually, but a bit of help lugging around pallets for tree houses/rafts/any number of random projects would have been greatly appreciated!
God... the things you can do with pallets...

One thing my dad used to do for me was set up science projects in the kitchen for me to mess with, it's insane how much fun you can have with cabbage water.

Cedrus · 25-02-2012 03:44AM

WindSock wrote: »

Lovely dinners, a home, a beautiful life...

These are all the answers of people who had lame-ass, boring, uncreative and unimaginative parents.

My parents made me understand what the important things are in life.
Yeah, they suck too.

Imma gonna be the coolest parent ever, making forts and treehouses all over the gaf. Kids can feck off and make their own though.

.

kano476 · 25-02-2012 04:22AM

The father made me a miniature fort when I was a kid for my birthday, the rest of the family helped paint it. Best present I ever got - still have it and it's in great condition hope to pass it on if I ever have kids.

Raditub · 25-02-2012 06:58AM

I will have to say a tree house..the classic! But thats where me and my sisters had most fun and also broke most of our bones hahaha!

Jesus Wept · 25-02-2012 07:15AM

jackie1974 wrote: »

My mam knitted me a wham jumper.

:eek::D

wonderfulname wrote: »

One thing my dad used to do for me was set up science projects in the kitchen for me to mess with, it's insane how much fun you can have with cabbage water.

Cabbage water?

aujopimur · 25-02-2012 10:59AM

My dad made arse wipes out of newspaper to hang on a nail in the outside bog, before we got all posh and were able to afford proper bog roll.
When we hit the big time we got a toilet seat.

kelle · 25-02-2012 11:18AM

My mother loved dressmaking, and she used to make matching dresses for me and her - I thought it was the coolest thing at the time (up to when I was 5!).
I think my daughters would disown me if I tried doing the same on them!

TeddyTedson · 25-02-2012 11:24AM

My parents sent me away so didn't really make me much :-/

xzanti · 25-02-2012 11:24AM

Ends meet.

LordSutch · 25-02-2012 11:26AM

Stilts > http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRby8k0t5tEvJPKbNQ9e31oxxDUJx4Y8vtbPalsa6cwD4-8IPcA0g

M cebee · 25-02-2012 11:57AM

my mother made me a pair of trousers out of old curtains

sewing machine was a great invention

Adyx · 25-02-2012 12:38PM

A playhouse (for the sister

), a couple of treehouses, go-karts, swords, bows & arrows, a swingset, a slide and swimming pools in the summer. Since I left home he's built a massive castle tower for my younger brother. We had fuck-all money back then but we lived beside my granddad/uncle's farm so there was no shortage of tools or materials (or imagination).

Edit: Almost forgot, one of my favourites was a periscope he made from 2 mirrors and cardboard. :cool:

Skinfull · 25-02-2012 12:47PM

My dad made me a barbie house! It had three floors and a roof garden, with a balcony! And the middle room was lined with red velvet and had a working light, that was painted red...upon reflection it was kind of a porno room!
He also made the most awesome swing set and a fort, complete with gunslots and a slide.

And my mum knitted me a freddy kruger jumper! It was the best! I wore it out and begged for another!

aujopimur · 25-02-2012 01:46PM

Skinfull wrote: »

My dad made me a barbie house! It had three floors and a roof garden, with a balcony! And the middle room was lined with red velvet and had a working light, that was painted red...upon reflection it was kind of a porno room!
He also made the most awesome swing set and a fort, complete with gunslots and a slide.

And my mum knitted me a freddy kruger jumper! It was the best! I wore it out and begged for another!

Did he make anything for the girls in the family?.

WindSock · 25-02-2012 05:27PM

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Rubbish. Have a look around today at all those who wanted kids but didn't want to raise them or teach them right from wrong and then get back to us re what's important.

My parents gave me far more than any expensive gift or one-off "thing" ever would have been, and I'm forever in their debt for raising me and hope I've done them proud by reaching my potential.

Eh. Ok then. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz

I'm off to win the soapbox derby. brb

4zn76tysfajdxp · 25-02-2012 05:43PM

My dad built us this little hut for us once out of wood and an old carpet. But then he suddenly took it down after the summer because he needed the wood and it looked filthy.

What's the best thing your parents made for you when you were a kid?

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