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Door Knob Solitaire started a thread in the Family forum and I thought I''d do a spin-off on that one. What toys or games, etc. did you grow up with?
I was born in the early ''70s but I think I remember more from the ''80s. Here are some things I loved:
Strawberry Shortcake stuff -- dolls, figurines, etc. I was even SS for Halloween one year. So was my sister...she copied me.
Smurfs -- I loved watching the cartoon and I had all the little "collectibles." I also had a Smurf birthday cake once.
Cabbage Patch dolls -- I had a regular one and a preemie.
Holly Hobbie
Raggedy Ann and Andy -- my parents still have the oil painting of RA & A we had growing up. It hangs on a wall upstairs in between my sister''s and my bedroom.
Joan Walsh England (or is it Anglund?) -- I used to have her books and we still have a few Christmas tree ornaments that look like her characters
Roller skates
Huffy bike
Banana seat bike
Nintendo
Christopher Pike books -- scary!
Nancy Drew books
Babysitter''s Club books
Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, and Beverly Cleary books -- I even wrote to Judy Blume and I got a letter back. I''re now it was from her assistant but it meant a lot to me at the time. I had written a book ("Beth and the Read-a-thon Race") and asked her to read it. I was so proud of myself! Okay, the title is somewhat, well, nerdy, but I loved it at the time.
I was born in the early ''70s but I think I remember more from the ''80s. Here are some things I loved:
Strawberry Shortcake stuff -- dolls, figurines, etc. I was even SS for Halloween one year. So was my sister...she copied me.
Smurfs -- I loved watching the cartoon and I had all the little "collectibles." I also had a Smurf birthday cake once.
Cabbage Patch dolls -- I had a regular one and a preemie.
Holly Hobbie
Raggedy Ann and Andy -- my parents still have the oil painting of RA & A we had growing up. It hangs on a wall upstairs in between my sister''s and my bedroom.
Joan Walsh England (or is it Anglund?) -- I used to have her books and we still have a few Christmas tree ornaments that look like her characters
Roller skates
Huffy bike
Banana seat bike
Nintendo
Christopher Pike books -- scary!
Nancy Drew books
Babysitter''s Club books
Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, and Beverly Cleary books -- I even wrote to Judy Blume and I got a letter back. I''re now it was from her assistant but it meant a lot to me at the time. I had written a book ("Beth and the Read-a-thon Race") and asked her to read it. I was so proud of myself! Okay, the title is somewhat, well, nerdy, but I loved it at the time.