Collection Challenge #255- Vintage Drinking Straws

Way back when on challenge #17 I did a post on vintage straws and swizzle sticks. Almost five years have passed since that post and I have collected some fun vintage drinking straws. I found one box last week which made me think I should update and share this collection again.

I collect straws primarily because of the graphics on the boxes. I do craft with them, but the boxes are what I am really attracted to.

Flip side where you cut the clown or monkey out to slip over the top of your straw while you drink.  What fun!

Mother Goose drinking straws in three different designs.
Flip side.

The charm of these old boxes just is over the top. Here you can open the door to the cupboard with a cutout door.  

Mother Goose straws but in a later version.

Flip side.

Mickey Mouse Cellophane style straws were quite the fad and Glassip was a popular brand.

Glassip straws were also quite popular for crafting.

Every once in awhile in estate sale land I will run across something made out of straws.  

\ Flip side with darling silhouettes.


These flex-straws have that bendable feature to them. I loved these growing up.
One of these boxes advertised bubble gum inside. Sure enough, when I fish around I can find the bubble gum straw. I won't be chewing that.

I have a thing for swans, so I really like these Swan brand straws.

Clowns seem to be a popular straw motif. This is another box that doubled as an activity.  You could cutout the backside and when you added a straw you could make an airplane!

Carnival straws
Flip side. This was another activity box where you could cut out animals on the box.

Most of the boxes above are for home use and have smaller quantities...50 or 100. Sometimes I find the super sized boxes.

We also have straws intended for use in the home bar.

Sometimes I find straws that are a bit different, like these fun straws with animals attached.

Fun stuff.  If you have an idea for a future collection challenge leave me a comment and finish the sentence "show me your collection of ____".  

Another week, another collection!

 

Comments

[Melissa's Antiques]

The graphics on these are amazing!

[Erica]

I have found that straws are a pretty easy thing for me to find down here. I found a box at the flea market last weekend then the same ones at a neighbors garage sale. The Sweetheart ones are my favorite though! Must be because the are named after me. HA!

~Erica

[janet]

I loved the bendable straws as a kid. Now, I'm loving those glassip straws. Great graphics. We shop Costco too much. I miss the clever packaging.

Congrats on being included in another magazine. Such fun knowing the rich and famous!

[Judy Ainsworth]

Laurie, I JUST LOVE Your collections,Straws, and fishes were just two of the really really cool ones!
NOW
Show me your Collection of things you have collected over the years, that you cannot ever part with!
Thank-You
Judy A

[Linda E.]

you are not going to believe this, but I am 59 years young and never seen straws like these !!!!!!!!!!!!! where have I been ???? they are awesome !!!! love the graphics !!!!

[Kathy]

The graphics are amazing. My favorite are the activity boxes.

[Stacey Johnson]

Funny, I just bought a box today...Sweathearts with the nursery rhymes, but not one you have pictured. "Little Tommy Tucker" is what it has on the front. I love the graphics too! You have a great collection.

[marasmarket.blogspot.com]

crazy how such an item as a straw bring back so many memories. i guess if you had a straw it was a special treat and i remember the straws with gum in them!!! thanks for the "treat"!

[Doreen]

Oh my! I can't believe all these wonderful straws you have! Great graphics too!
Love them all. Thanks for the post on these. So much fun to look at all of them. I just felt like I was looking at a cool book about them :-)

[Jay H.]

Laurie, The straws with the animals attached look like part of a birthday cake decoration set that my Mom had when I was little. The animals were supposed to "carousel animals" and the straws were the poles that the animals ride up and down on. There was a wide, shallow cardboard cone that was supported by the top of the straws and served as the roof over the carousel. I hope my description makes sense. Boy, seeing those animals was a blast from the past! Best wishes, Jay

[Mary Harris]

Oh my goodness, what memories these bring back! I had totally forgotten about the fancy straws. Thank you for giving back a special memory.

I am almost 65 or will be next week. The thing everyone did with the paper straws was when you had finished your drink you would start at the top of the straw and squeeze it flat in one direction, then do it in the opposite direction all the way to the bottom, creating a pattern. It was a way to show off your manicure and make your hands look graceful while doing it. How funny! Usually done while sitting at a soda fountain counter. Lol! Done by my older sister and her friends.