| When I was growing up, my grandma used to | | | | Even children could enjoy a salt and pepper |
| collect all sorts of salt and pepper shakers. It is an | | | | shaker for their playhouse or playing pretend. For |
| easy and inexpensive way to have a collection | | | | men there are shakers styled like televisions, |
| and something you can even pass on to the next | | | | motorcycles, pigs, dogs, golf items, automobiles, |
| generation. | | | | cowboys and Indians. |
| There is an almost endless number of vintage | | | | For children there are cartoon shakers such as |
| shakers you can collect. There are even clubs to | | | | Garfield, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, Looney |
| join and getting into the trading adventure could | | | | Tunes, Ziggy, nursery rhymes and the Peanuts |
| be a very economical way to find creative gifts | | | | gang. There are also fun and games, dolls, animals, |
| or start your own collection. | | | | and seasonal shakers. For the ladies there are |
| If there is a particular style, taste, or character | | | | birds, flowers, ocean and nautical themes, fruit |
| you favor, there is sure to be an array of | | | | and veggie shakers, safari shakers and rooster |
| shakers to tickle your nose and your fancy. | | | | and hen sets. |
| Novelty salt and pepper shakers have been | | | | If you need something for any occasion or a |
| produced in every shape and style imaginable. | | | | special friend, try drink shakers, states of the |
| Explore the Internet to discover the wide, wacky | | | | union, cookie jar shaped shakers, or any shakers |
| world of salt and pepper shakers and the many | | | | made of glass, metal or wood. You can even find |
| different classifications of shakers. Collectors use | | | | shakers made or organic materials. |
| a 'shaker lingo' to describe the different types of | | | | If you're planning to start a shaker collection, think |
| salt and pepper shakers, including nodders, minis, | | | | about where you can store and display your |
| huggers, Hangers, stackers, bench sitters, carriers, | | | | treasures for optimum enjoyment. A curio shelf |
| condiment, long boys, tall boys, mechanical, one | | | | with openings to hold your collection would be a |
| piece, shaker plus, snow domes, squeakers and | | | | great way to display it. |
| double faced shakers. Each one has unique designs | | | | Starting a salt and pepper shaker collection is also |
| and features that set them apart. | | | | a good idea for a collection for kids. It's |
| A fun family tradition is to draw names at | | | | inexpensive to buy a set on every vacation or |
| Christmas and have each person buy their giftee | | | | for every holiday. It's time to get shaking on your |
| a salt and pepper shaker set. There are many | | | | shaker collection! |
| kinds that can appeal to both men and women. | | | | |