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Item Description Price Item # Purchase
The Davis Hill Weather Stick® 5.99 101-01
Weather Stick The Weather Stick will tell you what the weather conditions are. When the weather is good, it will point to the sky. When conditions are unpleasant, it will point to the ground. We don't know why, but the Old Timers had faith in them and that's good enough for us. These country Weather Sticks are harvested at the right time of year and carefully prepared and dried.

Jumbo Jacks 9.99 300-06
Jacks These oversized playing pieces are derived from a spin cast, a replica of the turn of the century toy jack. Five brass and five nickel plated metal castings create distinguishing sets of jacks for two players. Pouched in colored canvas for easy storage, each set includes two balls, ans a sixteen page handbook on the history, techniques, and game rules.

America's Pastimes Collection 29.99 300-03
American Pastimes This is our most popular choice. This set contains our three most popular products: brass and nickel plated jumbo jacks, an assortment of glass marbles, and wooden pick-up sticks, complete with history and player instructions. This item makes a great gift and a wonderful coffee table display.

Marble Set 9.99 300-07
American Pastimes Our Marbles set contains a leather pouch and twenty-four rainbows, twenty-four cats' eyes, and two big shooters. Also included is a sixteen page handbook covering the history, techniques, and game rules of marble shooting.

Pioneer Pick-up Sticks 9.99 300-09
Pick Up Sticks These pick-up sticks are made from birch and tapered to a smooth blunt tip. Each set of twenty-five ten inch sticks is pouched in a colored canvas with a history and game rules booklet.

Skip Rope 9.99 300-05
Skip Rope Turn of the century style skip rope is crafted with four inch wood handles and an adjustable rope. Each is pouched in colored canvas with a sixteen page handbook covering skipping techniques, games, and rhymes passed through the generations.

Yo Yo 9.99 300-04
Hand crafted wooden YoYo made of maple and pouched in a colored canvas bag. Comes with a sixteen page handbook covering the history, technique and skills with illustrations.

Morgan's Revenge 11.99 300-08
Pick Up Sticks Pouched game based on wagering pastimes of some of the most ruthless pirates of the 1600's. Played with a small brass top, many a mate had won, then lost his fortune while at sea. The coins are authentic replicas of lost treasure from shipwrecked Spanish galleons. This set also comes with a sixteen page handbook documenting the life and times of Captain Henry E. Morgan, pirate signal flags, pirate code of conduct, the king's minted currencies, how to play, how to win, and of course, how to lose.

Noisy Combo 7.99 300-12
This combp cantains one Wildly Noisy Wooden Thing that creates thousands of peculiar sounds. It also contains one Wooden Kazoo, which is a barrel shaped toy instrument that you "Hum-Don't Blow." Both are handcrafted from birch wood and come in a rainbow of assorted colors.

Gaming Kit 29.99 300-02
Gaming Kit Backgammon and Checkers can be played on either side the gaming kit canvas. Maple playing pieces and dice are beautiful, finished, and complemented by a wooden carrying crate. Also a great coffee table gift item.

Mountain Climb 24.99 300-11
Mt. Climb This is a competitive game involving two climbers attempting to get from the base camp up the first ascent, to the second ascen,t and onto the summit with all of their pitons. The opponents continually foil one another by setting their piton in the same hole and knocking the other out only to start their ascent from the base camp once again. Great game for the avid outdoors person.

Whitewater 20.99 300-13
Whitewater This is more of a puzzle than a game, and the thrills of getting your kayak or canoe through the rapids without losing your paddles becomes reality as they drop through the hydraulics and underflows of the solid oak course.

Mancala Slider 24.99 300-10
Mancala The object of the game is to collect more stones in your bin than your opponent.

Includes hardwood game board, game stones, and rules and instructions.


Gemini Kaleidoscope Kit 300-10 $10.99 ea
Kaleidoscope Handcrafted in the U.S.A.
This activity kit enables you to create your own kaleidoscope! This kit includes a refillable kaleidoscope, delicious colorful candy and gum, kaleidoscope instructions and recipes, achievement certificate coupon, and a candy kid badge. Kids can create unlimited images by adding the provided candy or whatever else they want to these kaleidoscopes.