Leisure.
What were people doing in the 70's with their free time?
All about games, sports and hobbies and crafts.
Game: There was a Arcade Video Game called Galaxy Game and it was created in September 1971. It was based on spacewars. It was the first coin operated video game. Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney created a coin operated game like spacewars.
Video Game: Magnavox Odyssey game was demonstrated on May 24th 1971 and it was the worlds first home video game console. It was created by Ralph Baer. They have sold 330,000 of the Magnavox game. Here are some games that could be played on the game system: Baseball, Basketball, Cat and Mouse, Dog Fight, Football , Hockey, Fun Zoo, Invasion, and Ski. And those are just some of the games.
Invention: Rubiks Cube. The Rubiks Cube was invented in 1974 by proffesor Emo Rubik. The original Rubiks Cube was named Magic Cube. 350 million Rubiks Cubes have been sold world wide.
Popular sport in America from the 1970s: Baseball, baseball was a very popular sport in the 1970s. The game Baseball was getting popular and popular but it was most popular from the 1970s to now.
Another popular from the 1970s was football because people did and still like the game of football. Football got very popular from really good players from the 1970s.
Hobbies
When it came to hobbies, the 1970's had a huge variety, and some are even popular today, I mean, who could forget pet rocks? Like I said before in crafts, there are soo many more than the examples I am giving on this website.
Some hobbies that I think that are messy, or toys, are Pet rocks, Mexican Jumping Beans, Slime, Mad Libs, Acupuncture, and Magic 8 Balls. Pet rocks are simply rocks that people have as pets, Mexican jumping beans are these little "beans" that can "jump". Slime is a type of goo that is fun to play with, (like silly putty) Acupuncture is needles put into your skin to make you feel good, and Magic 8 Balls are balls with a cube inside having answers, so when you shake it, it answers any yes or no question, but it is not be accurate.
Some hobbies that I think are fads, include baseball cards, lighting matches at rock concerts, lava lamps, beer can collecting, singing silly songs, and star wars action figures, and none of these really need an explanation.
Some hobbies that I think that are messy, or toys, are Pet rocks, Mexican Jumping Beans, Slime, Mad Libs, Acupuncture, and Magic 8 Balls. Pet rocks are simply rocks that people have as pets, Mexican jumping beans are these little "beans" that can "jump". Slime is a type of goo that is fun to play with, (like silly putty) Acupuncture is needles put into your skin to make you feel good, and Magic 8 Balls are balls with a cube inside having answers, so when you shake it, it answers any yes or no question, but it is not be accurate.
Some hobbies that I think are fads, include baseball cards, lighting matches at rock concerts, lava lamps, beer can collecting, singing silly songs, and star wars action figures, and none of these really need an explanation.
Crafts
In the 1970's, there were many crafts. Some were neat, some messy, there was a big range of them. There are many more then I will say below, but these are just a few examples.
The more messy things included silly string, silly putty, play-doh, spin art, and sand art. Silly string was a special type of foam in a spray container that would spray out in the shape of string, and stick to you. Silly putty was a substance made to stretch, bounce, and stick. Sand art is layers of different colored sand in a bottle, spin art is paint splattered on a spinning canvas, and almost everyone knows what play-doh is.
The not-as-messy crafts were weaving looms, string art, and creepy crawlers. Weaving looms were things that you could use to weave, string art is string sorted in a particular way to look like a picture or design, and creepy crawlers are stuff put into the oven, and then are in the shape of a bug when taken out.
The more messy things included silly string, silly putty, play-doh, spin art, and sand art. Silly string was a special type of foam in a spray container that would spray out in the shape of string, and stick to you. Silly putty was a substance made to stretch, bounce, and stick. Sand art is layers of different colored sand in a bottle, spin art is paint splattered on a spinning canvas, and almost everyone knows what play-doh is.
The not-as-messy crafts were weaving looms, string art, and creepy crawlers. Weaving looms were things that you could use to weave, string art is string sorted in a particular way to look like a picture or design, and creepy crawlers are stuff put into the oven, and then are in the shape of a bug when taken out.
