I was a child of the 80s, and here’s what my sister and I couldn’t live without:
1. Furbies
Y’all, I swear my sister interacted with her Furbie so much, she taught the damn thing Spanish!
Source: Babble
2. Puffalumps
This is the exact one I had!
Source: http://beckypries.blogspot.com
3. Cabbage Patch Kids
And yes, I did send the birth certificates in – Don’t judge!
Source: Nickutopia
4. Barbies
Remember how her shoes would never stay on?! So frustrating!
Source: Electric Alice
5. Magic 8 Ball
Outlook not so clear.
Source: Amazon
6. Glo Worm
I couldn’t sleep without it.
Source: Time
7. Teddy Ruxpin
He was definitely creepier than he was cute.
Source: My Synonym
8. Skip It
I was the master at skipping it!
Source: The Atlantic Wire
9. Pogo Ball
Jump out of the 50s and into the 80s!
Source: Goodtoknow
10. Velcro Ball
And it’s a wonder why I can’t catch…
Source: Super Fun Stuff
11. Big Wheel
You couldn’t tell me anything while I was cruising the ‘hood on my Smurf Big Wheel!
Source: flickr
12. Merry-Go-Round
The best part was jumping off while it was still spinning!
Source: Football Speak
13. Guess Who
“Please pick the black dude with glasses or the white lady with the beret.”
Source: Tangled Up In Words
14. Shopping Cart
Times before inflation sure were good…
Source: Gulama
15. Corn Popper
I don’t know how this didn’t drive my parents crazy.
Source: My Fitness Pal
16. Parachute
This was the sole upside to gym class.
Source: flickr
17. Pop-Up Tunnel
They treated us like hamsters.
Source: Amazon
18. Grow-With-Me Roller Skates
Click, click, click…
Source: Memez
19. Trolls
My grandma used to borrow them from us to take them to Bingo with her!
Source: About.com
20. My Buddy
“My Buddy… My Buddy… My Buddy and me…”
Source: Fran’s House of Dolls and Toys
21. Walkman
Today’s kids have no idea that there’s a connection between pencils and cassette tapes!
Source: Baktrack
22. Garbage Pail Kids
I can’t figure out for the life of me what we loved about these – but we did!
Source: The Mary Sue
23. Slap Bracelets
We loved them until we were convinced they would slice our hands off!
Source: Fashions Update
24. Pound Puppies
It was like 101 Dalmatians in our house.
Source: fanpop!
25. Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine
Every child of the 80s had one of these!
Source: The Green Head
26. Care Bears
“Care Bear Stare!”
Source: TV Acres
27. My Little Pony
I had more hair brushes than I did ponies!
Source: Girls’ Literature and Culture
28. Pogs
Stupidest. Game. Ever.
Source: Wikia
29. Rainbow Brite
I even had Rainbow Brite curtains in my room!
Source: Motley News
30. Punky Brewster
I wished I could be just like her…
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31. Trapper Keeper
I saw them at Target last weekend – They’re back!!!
Source: Like Totally 80s
32. Strawberry Shortcake
My sister had these curtains!
Source: Wikia
33. Nintendo
Original Donkey Kong, baby!!!
Source: Wikia
34. Radio Flyer
Every kid should have had one of these!
Source: Toy TMA
35. Lisa Frank
Hooray for sticker books!!
Source: fanpop!
August 2nd, 2013 at 4:13 pm
Yay! I loved Care Bears!!
August 2nd, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Meeee toooo!
August 2nd, 2013 at 4:23 pm
You just HAD to post the scariest thing ever….and no I am not talking about the garbage pail kids…….MY BUDDY!! I had nightmares that he would come to life and strangle me!!!
I absolutely loved trapper keepers…..have you seen the pee chee folders that are out, granted they aren’t as cool as the mustard colored ones that we had back in the day but I did grab a couple for old times sake.
I solved the problem with the Barbie and her stupid shoes…..super glue!!
I was the sticker book queen!!!!
great post!
August 2nd, 2013 at 4:33 pm
My sister was the My Buddy culprit. She loved that stupid thing! We got into a fight once, and I pulled his arm off. She cried for days. Then she buried the arm in the back yard. Ridiculous!
I’m going school shopping for the kiddos tonight… I’m going to see if I can sneak some folders and Trapper Keepers in the cart!!
Super glue?! Never even thought of it… brilliant!
August 2nd, 2013 at 4:37 pm
Buried the arm??? Hahaha ….. having thoughts of the arm grabbing kids while they are running around….I watched way to many twilight zones movies!
August 2nd, 2013 at 4:44 pm
Transformers, Big Wheel(first stitches), Garbage Pail Kids…
August 2nd, 2013 at 4:48 pm
First stitches?! Love it!
August 2nd, 2013 at 5:51 pm
All these wonderful memories!! Thank you for this!
August 2nd, 2013 at 10:34 pm
The good old days! 🙂
August 2nd, 2013 at 8:45 pm
Don’t forget the Rubix cube, Ken doll and Barbie Winnebego. Oh, and Madonna has to be somewhere in this mix no matter your age!
August 2nd, 2013 at 10:35 pm
Oh yes! And I forgot Jem… she had light-up earrings!
Oh yeah – Madonna and Janet Jackson and Paul Abdul!! 🙂
August 2nd, 2013 at 11:48 pm
I loved my puffalump!! I had a pink one, ummmm ok, I still have her… And she looks fabulous!! The Trapper Keepers barely made it though midterms – but I would SO rock one today with PRIDE :))
Thanks for the walk down memory lane!!
August 3rd, 2013 at 7:59 pm
Aww, I love that you still have it!
Ooh, I HATED those stupid plastic rings…! They would break the first month of using the thing! But yes… I would rock one, too! 😉
August 3rd, 2013 at 1:06 am
This is a great list! I grew up in the 60’s/70’s and my kids were born in the early 90’s, so I’m very familiar with most of these – some fond memories, some I always hated!
August 3rd, 2013 at 8:01 pm
Too funny! There were a couple on there that I hated, too, but it’s funny because they’re the ones that seemed to be my sister’s favorites!
August 4th, 2013 at 4:50 am
I never noticed before but Teddy Ruxpin is kinda creepy, isn’t he? Like something out of a Stephen King novel!
I was a Lego kid, myself.
August 5th, 2013 at 9:32 am
Man!! How in the world did I leave Legos off the list?! You’re right – we played with those, too!
That’s before the days of ample wheels – My sister and I used to fight over the one or two sets we had! And we only had ONE of those big green pieces to build everything on – we fought over that, too!
Thanks for the reminder!!
And yes – I felt like her Teddy Ruxpin was always watching me!
August 5th, 2013 at 4:23 pm
Pogs were AWESOME!! (Until they banned them from school because they were also gambling.)
And I still have a Velcro Ball… don’t judge.
August 5th, 2013 at 4:29 pm
Yes! They banned them from our school too!
Haha! That made me laugh! 😉