55 Random '80s Kids Things That People Over The Age Of 36 Have Totally Forgotten About
1.Reruns of Paddington — the stop-motion series they would show on PBS:
2.Panini sticker album books and the stickers — which you had to place quickly and carefully, 'cause once it touched the paper, it was stuck for life:
3.These Chuck E. Cheese hats that you would wear at every birthday party you attended there:
4.My Pet Monster, which was cute for a monster (well, except for its nose, which hurt like hell if you accidentally hit yourself with it):
5.Cabbage Patch Kids–themed cardboard puzzles, which always smelled like wet paper bags:
6.And Cabbage Patch Kids beauty products, which actually smelled good:
7.Potato Head Kids, which tried to ride the Muppet Babies/Flintstone Kids' "make everything into kids" trend:
8.The "This is your brain on drugs" and the "I learned it from watching you!" PSAs that ran 24/7, thanks to Nancy Reagan:
9.The random Wizard of Oz book Disney published as part of their read-along series:
10.This Hanna-Barbera logo:
11.James and the Giant Peach with this soothing, minimalist cover:
12.The Cynthia Blair books that all had foods in the titles:
13.Flintstones Vitamins' infectious "We are Flintstones kids, 10 million strong and growing" jingle:
14.This exact Pyrex casserole dish that every '80s mom owned:
15.And this Crock-Pot with flowers that every mom owned:
16.The Fisher-Price skates that were nearly impossible to skate in:
17.Toys "R" Us signs that looked like this:
Back in 2002, I snapped this photo of an old Toys "R" Us sign in Anaheim, CA. The sign is a true thing of nostalgic beauty! #TBT #ToysRUs
18.And the top of Toys "R" Us's shelves being stocked with even more toys (and also ENTIRE sections of the store being devoted to just one toy line):
19.Those plastic smock and face mask Halloween costumes that would tear and fall apart before you were even done trick-or-treating:
20.Fireball Island, which was the most excitingly designed board game ever:
21.That one Garfield sitting down stuffed animal that every kid owned or at least wanted:
22.Batman cereal, which tasted a lot like Cap'n Crunch:
23.Pricey 1-900 numbers that let you talk to your favorite cartoon characters (like He-Man and She-Ra):
24.The Disney Channel Magazine:
25.The delightful What Do Smurfs Do All Day? book that was part of the Dr. Seuss series:
26.Smurf Chef Boyardee pasta, which, of course, tasted like regular Chef Boyardee:
27.These McDonald's glasses that randomly appeared in your family's kitchen and were faded as heck:
28.And the Mac Tonight Happy Meal toys that randomly appeared in your toy chest:
29.TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, which was hosted by Dick Clark and Ed McMahon:
30.The Fisher-Price cash register...
31....and the Fisher-Price record player, which you would play with at your grandma's house:
32.Trapper Keepers, which were the ultimate folder you could own:
33.Nickelodeon's Mr. Wizard's World, which was an afternoon staple:
34.The We Are the World cover that featured a group photo of all the celebs who sang on the title track:
35.The "Little Professor" calculator:
36.These weird flashes that you would need to put on the camera:
37.Cinnamon Toast Crunch having three bakers instead of just the one on the right:
38.The traumatizing Webster episode where he accidentally burned down his family's apartment:
39.McGruff the Crime Dog PSAs:
40.Shrinky Dinks, which you always had to make sure you let cool down enough after taking them out of the oven, or else you could really burn yourself:
41.Morris the cat from the 9Lives cat food commercials:
42.General Foods International Coffee, which you thought was the fanciest coffee ever:
43.ABC's claymation "After These Messages" intros and outros:
44.Toy china tea sets that were made out of real porcelain:
45.Snow and ski gloves that were always a blend of garish colors:
46.Pencil sharpeners that looked like this:
47.And Mr. Coffee makers that looked like this:
48.Being able to get character-themed picture refills for your Lite-Brite:
49.Large floppy disks that were actually floppy and that you could not touch the center hole of:
50.Baskin-Robbins baseball helmet sundaes (which came with the tiny helmet bowl you could keep):
51.The Back to the Future Part II futuristic sunglasses you could get at Pizza Hut:
52.Scratch-and-sniff stickers that smelled gross on purpose and made you wonder why they thought any kid would want it:
53.Madballs, which seriously hurt if you got hit by one:
54.The cube that Evie used to talk to her dad, Troy, on Out of This World:
