Etch A Sketch was once what a laptop computer is now. Sort of. The plastic frame contained fine aluminum particles that, when the frame was turned upside-down and shaken, would completely coat the inside of the transparent screen. You then proceeded to turn the right knob to move a stylus up or down, and the left knob for left and right motion. The result was that you controlled a single point around the screen as it cleared away the aluminum particles in a clean line, forming shapes of your own manipulation. Do you think you have good eye-hand coordination after playing on your Wii? That’s nothing compared to what your grandparents could do. Check out what’s possible…

Etch a Triangle by Ron Morse

Etch A Mayberry by George Vlosich

Etch A Wizard of Oz by Jeff Gagliardi

Etch A Zombie Jesus by etchasketchist

Today, Then meets Now as you can create your own E-A-S masterpieces from the warm confines of your own Internet interface (yes, this will even work from a handheld). Rather than coordinating the right-left turns of two knobs simultaneously, you’re dealing with the up-down-left-right arrows of your keyboard. This Flash version from MostPlays.com is a dead-on accurate replication of the old contraption. Think you can hold a candle to Grandma? Prove it now…

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