Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Crazy Straws Are Alive & Well In 2010


Sipping my iced tea through a boring clear straw, I had a thought. What the heck ever happened to Crazy Straws?  As a child, I thought I was such a big shot, sipping my chocolate milk or lemonade with a Crazy Straw. I loved watching colored beverages pass through the thick, twisted plastic straw right before my very eyes. 

Back in the '70s, I don't remember Crazy Straws being super sophisticated or coming in different shapes and sizes. I believe they were just twisted and fun and everyone at school had to have one.

Today Crazy Straws are available in a wide variety of shapes and themes and aren't just for kids! Check out their website for straws for Bachelorette (they keep it clean!) parties, poker and more.

Did you have a Crazy Straw? Do  your kids use them today?

18 comments:

Margie said...

Crazy straws were always more fun than those straight ones. Even the bendy ones. I want color, pizzaz!

Copyboy said...

My fave, fave, fave thing to do was drink milk with my crazy straw in my Underdog glass. I just stopped doing it last week.

Macey said...

My kiddos love these as much as I did!

Daniel said...

chocolate milk with crazy straws, ah that takes me back!

Ashley King said...

LOVE THIS!!!!!! we just bought crazy straws for T's friend's for T's birthday party this weekend!!! i'll have to get a picture of all the girls drinking from them! how cute! i did like crazy straws too, however, i had a hard time cleaning them. i remember trying to clean them myself and thinking that if i put the dish soap directly into the straw that it would clean, however when i went to take my first sip in my "clean" straw, i just slurped up a big thing of soapy drink. gross. another time, i didn't clean it and the milk got moldy in the straw. dang crazy straws. ;) i was so young back then!

Big Fat Gini said...

We have an entire drawer full of crazy straws. Some of them are even from when my brother and I were kids. In fact, I think I'll go grab one right now!

Alison said...

I love(d) crazy straws. But I remember that we had some that you re-used. And I have to question how clean the dishwasher got those loop-de-loops.

Ick. Grown-up Alison is bothered by this. A lot.

Crazy Brunette said...

Oh my god!!!!! The 2 mini CB's LOOOVE them!

1950s Atomic Ranch House said...

I'm so old, I remember wax coated paper straws lol but I do remember when plastic bendy straws came out. Boy weren't we excited hahaha... Hiya Ally, happy Tuesday!

CiCi said...

My kids liked Krazy Straws. Hey, I used one with them. I forwarded the link to my daughter, I bet she will be get some for her daughter.

Bossy Betty said...

I NEED a crazy straw!!! Now!

Cheeseboy said...

Yep. Had a first grader bring them in just the other day.

Margaret Benbow said...

Yup, the cute curly things were fun, but impossible to clean. These days there would probably be recalls and lawsuits...

AngeliStarr said...

I love crazy straws!!! Recently, I purchased aluminum(IDK some metal...) straws from 7/11 and OMG. It was friggin great. I love them. Its so cold! I enjoy them frequently. You should try em.

Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...

These are fun but very annoying when you are thirsty.
xoRobyn

Kristie said...

Reminds me of Six Flags!

Teachinfourth said...

I can't tell you just how much I loved these things as a kid…and those bowls with the straw built in…I think they were called sip-a-bowls.

Man, those were the good, old days.

K-lay said...

Oh, crazy straws, most definitely cool. The only problem is that you have to rinse them immediately, or they grow mold. Yuck.

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