I grew up in the 1970’s and have great memories of lots of great toys from that era, but one of my favorites was my Lite Brite.  It was that little back-lit box with a plastic pegboard front.  It came with hundreds of colored, translucent pegs that you poked through a black paper laid over the pegboard to let the light shine through in a colored pattern.  There were “color by letter” sheets you could follow to get someone’s pre-programmed picture or you could just create your own design. I spent hours playing with my Lite Brite and then later stepping on the pegs that got lost in my lovely “shag” carpet!  As a child of the seventies, then, I was elated to read about this creativity website that is an online version of the old Lite Brite toy!  An image of my first creation is on the left. Try it for yourself:  put on a little Elton John, James Taylor or John Denver music, (or maybe a little disco music if you were into that) and enjoy a little flashback to the 1970’s.  Just click here:  Lite Brite!

Educational value….ok maybe a stretch…let’s go with creativity and mabye a little geometry…unless you’re studying the historical era of the 1970’s, then it’s obvious!

p.s.  Just found a little different version of this site.  This next one has an on/off button that turns the light behind your picture on!  Now I’m REALLY reminiscing! http://www.litebriteonline.com/