The other day, my girlfriend Kamie wrote on Facebook that Jem and the Holograms was on TV. I can’t believe they have that show on again. It is the old show, with the bad makeup and hair from the ’80s. Her daughter thought it was hilarious and cheesy. Apparently you can reminisce by watching the old episodes on YouTube.
It got me thinking, and a little nostalgic, what else the big toys from the ’70s and ’80s when all of us girls were kids? Here are some I found. I hope you enjoy memory lane like I did.
Jelly Shoes
Caboodles
Care Bears
Pound Puppies
Cabbage Patch Kids
Slap Bracelets
Pogo Ball
Scrunchies
Polly Pocket
Heart Eraser
My Pretty Mermaids
Easy Bake Oven
Ah, you are the same age as my daughter, or close enough. She had many of these same toys, and the jelly shoes. I saved a few of her toys, and I have my Chatty Cathy and Barbie and a few other dolls, all of which my granddaughter now plays with. So, keep some of those around, you will need them some day!
Aw, so fun! Thank you!! I love seeing that stuff!
Love it! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
SO FUNNY. I think I had all of these, or close. Some others I remember? Rainbow Brite, Fraggle Rock, Teddy Ruxpin. GOOD TIMES!
How cute to see all this again. My favorites were the care bears, the mermaids and the jelly shoes :) Found you through the Super Stalker Sunday hop and am now following you on GFC. I hope you can follow back also; I’d appreciate it so much ;-) Have a happy Sunday!
~Avalon, http://avalon-lion.blogspot.com
Hi, i just met you through a blog hop and I like your blog!! I am about WHEN GIRL MEETS 50! I am going to follow you and hope you will visit and follow me as well…it is possible to enjoy the gap in between 30 and 50!!
Do you remember the Wuzzles??? I friggin’ LOVED the Wuzzles… HA! I carried around that half hippo half whatever-she-was thing with me all the time… She was so fat and sassy – loved her!
Oh man, I totally remember all of this. Also, the Snorkles, Popples and Skip-It.
Why oh why did we ever wear jelly shoes?? They were so uncomfortable!!
ohmigod! so funny! I remember all I wanted when I was little was an easy bake oven! I even bought it with my own money. You cook things with a LIGHT-BULB! haha. Gem was a favorite show of mine too- I used to make my brother watch it with me! love your post!
i’m only 18 but i had all that when i was a kid lol
LOVE LOVE LOVE! bringing back the memories! loved it and had them all.
The cat’s cradle photo is actually from my site, http://ifyoulovetoread.com/… — would you link to it rather than to the site that copied it from mine? Thanks!
These photos have been posted in literally thousands of pages and pinterest boards and I’d really like them to be linked to my site, they took me a long time to take and I had hoped that they would promote my books, not other people’s things.
Thanks.
Hi Libby,
Thanks for letting me know. I apologize and I have linked up to give credit to your blog. Great post btw!