Okay, so maybe I'm getting old, but these are still fun to look at, so we'll do that today! You'll have to tell me if you (or your kids, depending on what fits you) had any of these vintage finds!
1. Cabbage Patch Dolls
I remember when I got my very first Cabbage Patch doll. I finally arrived. She had short blond hair and came in a green and white sweat suit with white shoes. Her Cabbage Patch name was Ilonka Catherine and I changed it to Cyrstal Christine. (WHY do I remember any of that and I can't remember to marinate chicken in time for dinner? WHY?) I still have her - in the attic, somewhere. I thought it was the coolest thing that you could get an official adoption certificate with your chosen name for your doll stated right on it. (I even stored that in my file cabinet in a folder marked "important papers.") (Yes. I had a file cabinet as a child. I was born Type A.)
2. Pound Puppies
Remember these? I had one...and mine was big. Like the mom or dad dog, I suppose. I would take it to my friend Amber's house, because she and her brothers had a whole litter of the little tiny pound puppies, and we would play with them together. This was about the closest to a real dog I got after Pokey the puppy ate my mom's flowers and she was sort of soured toward real dogs.
3. Etch-A-Sketch
I loved my Etch-A-Sketch! In fact, I still have a picture of myself WITH IT, so I'll use that! (It's a pity I had no personality.) Anyway. I think this was banned as a church toy the first time I held it up over my head DURING A SERMON to shake it free and start over. Oops.
4. View Master
I am pretty sure my View Master had actually belonged to my sisters and I just inherited it, but I loved it so much! Some of the wheels (is that what they were called?) were stories and some were pictures of real places. I loved them both. The whole 3D thing blew my mind.
5. Fisher Price Little People
I didn't have any of these, but our church did, and allllll the years I worked in the nursery, I played with them often. I mean I helped the kids played with them. It wasn't like I played with the toys myself....
6. See n Say
Another toy I used to play with in the nursery. Always a crowd favorite to slow the arrow down and hear it in slow motion. LOL!
7. Paper Dolls!
Okay, so I didn't have THIS one, but I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvved paper dolls. Literal hours of fun. It was sort of my intro into storytelling. Making up hours and hours and hours of stories for my dolls!
8. The Heart Family
One of my all time favorite childhood toys. I loved this family so much. The little kids were SO CUTE! (They were in this exact wardrobe, too. I ended up getting one change of -matching, of course - clothing for the girls, but the guys were dressed up all the time.) Also. Can anyone explain to me why the guy dolls never had real hair? Even the little boy had real hair but the Ken dolls and other similar ones always had painted on hair.
So there you go! Bekah's vintage toys! I spent the rest of my time reading. LOL!
9 comments:
Yes yes yes!! I had so many Cabbage Patch dolls and Pound Puppies! And little people!!
The Pound Puppies must have come out past my "playing with toys" years but I had/ played with most of the others.
Fun! I remember all of these!!
This was so much fun; a walk down memory lane for sure! I remember ALL of them quite well! I loved paper dolls; still own some that have never been used and DOLLS......well, you know!!! :)
This is why we are friends. I had exactly all the same toys. The Heart Family were the only Barbie-type dolls I was allowed. Apparently the actual Barbies were less wholesome, what with their fancy cars and pool! :)
i LOVED all of these!!!! So fun. I love that you had a file cabinet! haha so funny and you and have played cabbage patch dolls. I named mine Melanee. :)
XOXO
Tamar - Did you rename all your Cabbage Patches?
Maria - I can't remember when they came out!
Sarah - YAY! Toy twins!
Shari - LOL!! Yes! I do know! I should have asked if you ever had a doll house!
Julie - LOL! I must have been a real heathen. I had the pool and the car. And the 6:00 news set. (Foreshadowing of a kind, perhaps?)
Polly - I was such a file cabinet nerd!!
I had all those toys except for the Heart family. Funny story, my second birthday cake was in the shape of a pound puppy and I was scared to death of it would not get near nor touch it. My fear of dogs started early! My first Cabbage Patch was a boy named Fred. I cannot remember if that was his given name or my name for him. But I still have him somewhere! I loved my Dolls. I got rid of most of my doors but Fred had to stay!
Rachel still plays with my Cabbage Patch Kid -- Julie Melinda. I LOVED her name and didn't change it. I also loved that she had an adoption certificate -- just like me.
And I had totally forgotten about the See N Say. I LOVED that but I had to play with it at other people's houses as we didn't have one.
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