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[[File:Sam_SummerFun2_Big.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Summer Amusements, second edition (1994-2001)]] The '''Summer Amusements''' were introduced to [[Samantha's Collection]] in '''1987''', revised in '''1994''', and [[Retirement|retired]] in '''2001'''. They are associated with the book ''[[Samantha Saves the Day]]''. Retail cost was ''$22''.

==Paint Box==

Wooden painter's box. Gold hinges and latch; attached brown cord handle with gold brads and trim. Bottom has sections for paint tubes. First edition has six sections in two three-row columns; second edition has five vertical sections in single row. Inner lid has attached elastic cord with loop to store paintbrush and palette.

==Paints==
[[File:Sam_SummerFun_Big.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Summer Amusements, first edition (1987-1994)]]
Six tubes of functional watercolor paint in silver metal tubes with white caps and black labels. Colors included: Lemon Yellow, Carmine (red), Vermilion (red-orange), Viridian (green), Cobalt Blue, and Chinese White. With the 1994 revision, Chinese White was removed and tubes became slightly larger. Before retirement, tubes were changed to white plastic.

==Brush==

Black handled flat paint brush. Silver ferrule. Brown bristles.

==Palette==

Wooden painter's palette.

==Pillow==

Stuffed faux-buckram pine scented square pillow. Front has green print of pine trees on a hillside and capital block letters: "I Pine For You". Inner stuffing simulates pine needles.

==Sketchbook==
Red cover sketchbook. Bound with a thin black ribbon. Cover states ''My Sketchbook'' in script. Inner title page: ''Happy Memories of Teardrop Island: Sketches and Watercolors by [[Lydia Parkington|Lydia]]'' (lower image: wildflowers with leaves). Inner pages have black and white images of birds, chipmunk, trees, flowers, rocks, or a picnic basket in lower right corners. Five simulated watercolor images included:

* ''Family Picnic, Summer 1897'': Samantha, Lydia, and Mr. Parkington on a family picnic (lower image: picnic basket).
* ''Baby Samantha at the split rock'': toddler Samantha sitting next to a large split rock (lower image: three rocks).
* ''Picking flowers with Father'': Samantha and Mr. Parkington standing near a lake (lower image: wildflowers with leaves).
* ''Samantha at the Waterfall, 1897'': Samantha and her father wading in a pond near a waterfall (lower image: monarch butterfly on a flower ).
* ''Good-bye to the island'': Samantha on her father's shoulders near the lakeside by a canoe (lower image: water lilies).

All other pages are blank.

==Trivia==

* This is one of the few items with a clear reference image of [[Lydia Parkington]] outside of the series.

==See Also==
* [[Samantha's Painting Set]]

[[Category:Samantha Parkington]]
[[Category:Samantha's Collection]]
[[Category:Summer Collections]]
[[Category:Accessories]]
[[Category:Historical Accessories]]
[[Category:Items Released in 1987]]
[[Category:Retired Accessories]]

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