Dumb things you did to your ponies as a kid

[Kitcatepic]

When I was younger I had a collection of g4 fashion style ponies and even though my mom warned me that it would mess up their manes I insisted on sleeping with all the ponies in the bed

Did anyone else do something like this

[Owlbeast]

so many mohawks and forelock cuts. i'm sure i was well aware that a toy's hair never grows back, so i have no idea what inspired me to do it to so many poor ponies.

[BlackCurtains]

I played with my ponies in the bath tub and pool as a kid.

[Beth3346]

i had sea ponies and played with them in the bathtub. i mean they're supposed to be in water right?

[stjarne]

uh, this? LOL my poor childhood honolu-loo, penny candy and romperooni got scribbled all over and had to be sold for bait

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+ basically drenching my G3's in bath water all the time  they likely had tail rust but i never noticed

[brightberry]

I cut a lock from three pony tails to make a new tail for a pony who lost hers.

[Beth3346]

I cut a lock from three pony tails to make a new tail for a pony who lost hers.

aww that's kind of sweet

[goddessofpeep]

I used to use the clothesline in the backyard to launch my ponies into the air.

[Gator]

As a child, I took a large piece of cardboard and drew on it to make a play mat for my ponies.  There was grass, flowers, paths for the ponies to walk on.  I drew this with colored chalks.  Two of my childhood ponies were so-soft Magic Star and Paradise.  Imagine what that did to them, let alone my other non so-soft ponies.
As an adult, starting to collect, I ruined a Powder puff and a Brush-n-grow.  I didn’t see these growing up, so I didn’t know their gimmicks.  I thought someone and ruined the powder puff, I didn’t know they came with puffy hair. I cut it off and tried to rehair her with normal doll hair.  When I found my first brush and grow at a flea market, I didn’t know why they had such crazy long hair. I cut her mane to make it look more like a normal pony’s hair.

[TheClassCalico]

As a child, I'd doodle all over my ponies and cut their manes and tails. I am almost certain that most of my ponies back then were fakies, so most victims of my "makeovers" were probably those.

I also sacrificed my first and only G1, Skydancer, when I was experimenting with customization as a preteen and early teenager. I definitely have regrets. Does that count?

[SunPony]

I definitely nibbled on my baby Gusty's horn.  I don't think I chewed it all the way off but I definitely damaged it <.<

Also I had adult Firefly and I think she was the first pony I had that I got the head to turn and pop off...which was fine until I played with them separately and lost the head.  Then later I found the head, but by then I had lost the body, too!

[Featherwurm]

One of the wings of my Windy Wing pony, Cool Breeze, starting coming loose (from a lot of play), so instead of it falling off when I brought her somewhere to play (and possibly getting lost), I tore them off.  I couldn't have been more than six at the time.  I regretted it almost immediately - she's still one of my favorites of my childhood herd.

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I did restore her with accurate repro wings as an adult though!  She was my first restoration.

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[tailrustedtealeaf]

I saw peoples customs online and wanted to try for myself. Dyed a Sweet Breeze purple and mangled her neck plug.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

"as a kid"..... one plays with ponies.  It's all good! 

[lalalei2001]

I lost or gave away some G2 ponies I loved