Kites, Mud, and Bicycle Tires

 

Children can be so creative.  In this area of the world there aren't big toy stores and people wouldn't have money to buy toys anyway.  So it is wonderful to see what children come up with.  We are seeing lots of kites.  The kids use a couple pieces of wood and then a plastic bag - like from the grocery story.  It is amazing how high they fly.

 

Another amazing toy is mud.  The children take mud and sculpt all kinds of things.  One of the cutest is when they make a doll and then wrap it up with a piece of cloth.  They sometimes even carve a face into the mud where the face would be.

 

And finally, Adam, a 4 year old at our village runs around all day pushing a bicycle tire.  It reminds me of a toy our daughter bought in Williamsburg - a wooden hoop with a stick to make it go round and round.  

Bush ingenuity at work.