Lite-Brite

We’ve all developed a couple of hobbies over the years. Of course, many of these activities let us express our feelings and thoughts. From writing an essay or even a story to composing songs to playing an instrument, it would be a disservice not to credit painting as a hobby. We could feel this sense of catharsis whenever we splash one color after another on a canvas, creating an interesting image while we’re at it.

With that said, our love for art and our interest in making artwork ourselves had to start somewhere. For some of us, this fascination began when we played with a Lite-Brite. It’s a lightbox that has small, colored plastic pegs for us to place around the said lightbox. Once we’ve set the pieces in place, we could switch the Lite-Brite on, resulting in an interesting image of colorful lights. The original editions of these toys, which debuted in 1967 and were sold for $10, are now as valuable as $300.