Hunting for a memory! For a nostalgia hamper

vickygriff

bunbun2 wrote: »

I must be too young Vicky cos I don't remember them:rotfl:

Er - only 6 months younger than me!

vickygriff

starbump wrote: »

I think this might be what you're searching for:

http://www.shinegallery.com/ocjawafl1pa1.html

http://www.esnarf.com/4848k.htm

"Occupied Japan Water Flowers"

They're not dissimilar to look at, but the ones I mean are just paper. Interesting to read those attached links tho, thanks.

vickygriff

Lydia82 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure that's not what she's after. They were coiled up bits of paper, you'd put them into a dish of water and they'd open up.
I was a child born in '82 and I had some, as did my friend round the corner who was older.

This is what they opened up into

They're the ones! Where did you get the pic?

staffssaver

I remember them. Came in a little paper wallet with lots of discs in and they unfurled in water. We also bought shells that were taped shut with a paper strip which dissolved in water and the shell opened and a flower on a string floated out. Completely unrelated, there was a little fortune telling fish that curled up in the palm of your hand. Happy days.