A few weeks ago in the early morning, Hunter (remember Hunter? He’s older now. ) asked if I wanted to see his Cyclex. I had no idea what he was talking about, and expected him to pull a bicycle from his backpack.
It was a flat cloverleaf-type gadget with strange-shaped holes. “Is that a Spirograph?” I asked in astonishment.
It was. A Spirograph with no loose parts. I knew immediately that it must be mine, but stealing from children is frowned upon. So I ordered my own from Amazon.
Fortunately, I did not click the purchase button right away, but waited for its siren song to wane. It did. But then I had to order something else, and it was already in the ‘basket’, only now it was on super-sale! Soooo…… Happy me!
It is very fun. Sometimes it gets stuck when going around, but it’s a small price to pay for it’s awesome gadget-y-ness. Someday, when I am done fiddling with it, I will take it to school.
Someday.
Brad says
I recently got a Spirograph set for my kids to play with when we were inside for recess. It was really disappointing. None of the gears went around smoothly, so anything they did looked messed up. I wonder if this works any better?
Lauren says
This did get stuck a couple of times, but as an adult I knew how to move the gear over to get it going again. If you explained that to them, I think it would work pretty well.
Lauren's dad says
Surely it couldn’t be an American design, engineering flaw!
Kristi says
My grandpa had one at his house, and we loved using it. Good times.
Rachel says
Can we have a playdate???