If you’re a child of the 70s like me, you probably remember well the plastic tricycle known as the Big Wheel zooming around every corner of the neighborhood. Big Wheels were a national phenomenon. It seemed everyone had one, including my youngest brother Michael, who is a child of the 80s.
Big Wheels were fun and because they were so low to the ground, it was hard to fall off. Or if you did, you didn’t fall very far. I remember my brother used to delight in pedaling fast, then turning the steering wheel quickly to put the trike in a 360-spin.
My parents are not particularly sentimental people, but my brother loved his Big Wheel so much that they decided to save it. They put it away in the attic and there it sat for a long time. Twenty years. Then I had a little boy and my folks remembered the plastic tricycle hidden away, pulled it down, and dusted it off.
That afternoon, we were all gathered my parents’ house and Dad said he had a surprise. We went out front and there was the old Big Wheel. Michael smiled in remembrance and Cory took it for a spin. And we all felt a little sentimental after all. The Big Wheel had made a comeback. At least in my family.
I used Echo Park Paper on this layout, a few different collections, mostly Splash, Country Drive and Happy Days. The wording on the page says - Generation to generation: my Big Wheel keeps on rolling.
I wonder what the vintage toy of 2012 will be. Any ideas?
