80s TOYS
This toy required tiny pegs to be inserted on a black background to show an illuminated image.
Lite Brite
Remember the joy of opening a pack of these and feeling the tiny explosions in your mouth?
Pop Rocks
Fun fact: Invented by a food chemist in 1956, patented in 1961, but wasn't sold to the public until 1976. The original flavors were cherry, grape and orange.
This overnight activity often involved movies, snacks and sometimes a pillow fight.
Slumber Party
A popular playground game in which players toss a small object, called a lagger, into numbered triangles or a pattern of rectangles
Hopscotch
Barny and Betty Rubble were friends of these Stone Age neighbors
The Flintstones
...robots in disguise
Transformers
How much of this "chewing tobacco" did you eat while pretending to be a baseball superstar?
Big League Chew
Fun Fact: Released in 1980 as a safe alternative for baseball players not kids! The gum quickly became a fan favorite, and by the end of its debut year, it had reached $18 million in sales. Today, it is sold in over 30 countries and is the number one selling shredded bubble gum in the world.
If he was driving slow enough, you had time to run in the house to get your money for one of his cool treats.
The Ice Cream Man/Truck
An exciting outdoor event held in many schools that features athletic contests such as Tug-of-War, Spin the Bat, and Balloon Pop Race
Field Day
We never thought we would see a video phone in our lifetime while watching this "futuristic" cartoon
The Jetsons
This camera-looking device made watching film easy by pulling down the handle to change the slide
View Master
This classic caramel candy bar on a stick was hard to resist. It can also be bought in a bag in baby form.
Sugar Daddy
Fun fact: introduced in 1925 as the Papa Sucker, changing to Sugar Daddy in 1932. Sugar Babies were "born" in 1935 and Sugar Mama in 1965. The Sugar Daddy is still made today using the same recipe and manufacturing process that was used in the 1920s
Add a playing card or two into the spokes of this steerable outdoor vehicle to make it sound like a motorcycle
Bicycle
Not many students enjoyed "partnering up" for this activity at school in this type of folk dance
Square Dancing
Kids who ate their spinach were often trying to become as strong as this sailor man
Popeye
Cabbage Patch Kid
Packets of powder that you could eat with a white candy stick
Fun Dip
Fun fact: It was originally called Lik-M-Aid and has been on the market in the US and Canada since the 1940s
Pack your basket and grab your blanket, then find a shady spot under the tree for this family favorite...or even date night
Picnic
Duck, Duck Goose
This village of blue people in white hats were always on the lookout for that ugly troublemaker and his cat.
The Smurfs
This toy used magnets to create works of art using two white knobs
Etch-n-Sketch
Show off your "bling" with this fruit-flavored fashion accessory...don't mind if "I do"
Ring Pop
Fun fact: The creator wanted to create a candy that would discourage his daughter from sucking her thumb.
Parents often sent their kids away to one of these activity-packed adventures for a few weeks to get some relief
Summer camp
Where did you learn your manners? One student calls the shots in this game as you ask permission to do these tasks.
Mother May I?
She was He-Man's twin sister, and had a flying unicorn
She-Ra