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There’s a starfish growing on our counter
By Moriah on February 25th, 2009
We used to spend several weeks of the summer growing up at my grandparent’s house in Colorado. Occasionally we’d be treated with a trip to an amusement park in the surrounding mountains, called the North Pole.
Of course we rode rides and ate junk food, touched petting zoo animals and were carried sky-high on the Ferris Wheel. But at the end of the day, one of my favorite things to do was make a stop into the wonderland that is the Gift Shop.
I don’t remember any of the things we bought in all those years, save one. It was a tiny pink seahorse that was supposed to grow when placed in water. I have no idea if this is accurate, but my childhood memory claims it grew to the size of the bathtub at my grandparents’ mountain cabin.
And I remember it having the most wonderful squishy feeling between my fingers.
Now fast forward twenty years. I took Drew last week to get his 5-year-old pictures taken (nevermind that he turned 5 in January) and afterwards we made a stop in at Michael’s. I told him he could choose a couple of dollar-bin treats for being so good at the portrait studio.
And I’ll be darned if they didn’t have those exact same plastic rubber sea creatures that grow up to 600% in water.
OF COURSE I had to get one. Just to see.
Surely we’re not the only family with odd toys?
11 Responses to “There’s a starfish growing on our counter”
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mkay, I’m heading to michaels now….maybe wal mart will have them too. I’ll save them for after g-ma goes home. :-)
I had an alligator. it was awesomes. I think it got as big as a washbasin.
I remember those from when I was a kid, and I should get some for William. He’d LOVE them. Also, I went to that North Pole amusement park once when I was a kid! I remember LOVING it.
we got a little toy duck at cracker barrel last year that was supposed to get about 10x its size. once we realized it was too dangerous to give to our little neighbor, who probably would have eaten it then had it expand in her stomach, we did it ourselves… but i didn’t see much growth. boo!
I gave my single brother a princess that grows in water. He was disappointed it didn’t grow as big as 600% sounds. =)
I loved those as a kid! The weirdest one that I’ve seen was a statue of liberty one that my grandmother got for me!
Those are so cool!
I also really like those pressed wash clothes (shaped like a heart or circle or whatever, super compact) and when you put them in water they expand into a hand towel or wash cloth. So fun!
Hilarious!
My kids have some grow-in-water socks (boxers for Will) and they LOVE them. Of course, they only grow once, but my kid love the treasure they’re left with it!
Well, I don’t think you have that weird of toys. Have you tried Sea Monkeys? Yeah it’s a little weird to do those. We did them several times.
Wow! What a fun toy! I’ve never seen one of those before – very cool!
We had a sting-ray growing in our bathtub once….
Scared the Living daylights out of me! And I really dislike the way they feel when they are grown (all squishy and slimy. I just can’t handle it!