My Retro Ornament Collection

        Below are photographs of retro ornaments in our family collection. This selection is made up of designs that are still relatively easy to find in flee markets and thrift shops. Most of them come from the 40s, 50s, 60s and 1970s.

Santa here is very jolly and cartoon like. He is a small blow mold ornament.

Here is another Santa made from entirely different materials: felt and sequins.

A puppy with a felt Santa hat, felt body and pom-pom head and facial features.

Here is a sweet looking circus clown. He is from an era in which children were not afraid of such things.

A nursery rhyme ornament, Little Bo Peep? If so this is the worst looking lamb
I have ever seen! Perhaps it is a squashed duck or goose? (I can't tell)

A Christmas mouse in his pajamas carrying a present and tiny tree.
His head is made from foam and felt. His body is made from chenille stems.

A little blow mold angel with flocked skirt and paper tin wings is decorated with lace and sequins.

Mother Goose riding a goose! She is also a blow mold with shaped hair and arms attached.
She is in excellent condition, given her age.

This year I acquired a drum blow mold ornament depicting children on a sled.

 

 

Jumping-jack figures, each has four limbs that move! Left is a little girl and right a teddy bear.