1.
Owning a bunch of Care Bear PVC figures that you had no idea where they came from:
2.
Having one of these frame-tray puzzles that always smelled like old grocery store paper bags:
3.
Taking one of these every morning — and low-key popping a few behind your parents's back throughout the day 'cause they tasted like candy:
4.
Riding around on a bike that had that one huge banana seat:
5.
Begging your parents to get you the silver Barbie Corvette (it was oh-so-cool looking):
6.
And, of course, begging your parents to get you packs of Barbie shoes 'cause you always lost them:
7.
Playing your favorite tapes on this exact player:
8.
Eating Hawaiian pizza at every single birthday party you went to:
9.
Owning either the ballerina jewelry box...
10.
...or one that looked like this (that also doubled as a Barbie dresser during playtime):
11.
Owning a bunch of Cabbage Patch Kids books — even if you weren't into Cabbage Patch Kids:
12.
Making cut and sew dolls with your mom or grandma:
13.
Having an afghan that your grandmother made for you (which were always in some very '70s colors):
14.
Thinking Electric Youth was the greatest perfume ever:
15.
Getting excited whenever you found Handi-Snacks in your lunchbox (even if the red spatula thing sometimes almost sliced your tongue):
16.
Playing this game in elementary school on rainy days when you couldn't go outside for recess:
17.
Having several of these cups in your family's kitchen:
18.
Being a little creeped out by the faces on these cookies:
19.
Owning a ceramic piggy bank that you couldn't wait to break with a hammer:
20.
Having a Makit Bakit Suncatcher hanging on your bedroom window that you loved to stare at on sunny days:
21.
Creating true masterpieces with a Magna Doodle (well, until it stopped being able to fully erase):
22.
Low-key wanting to finish a bag of Tato Skins potato chips:
23.
Totally wanting to kick ass like Cheetara on ThunderCats:
24.
Feeling like a "grown-up" whenever your parents allowed you to make the popcorn by yourself in the hot air popcorn maker:
25.
Thinking these were the coolest Happy Meal Toys ever made:
26.
Feeling cool whenever you wore these bracelets (even if they were not very comfortable):
27.
Holding the gun directly in front of the TV screen whenever you played Duck Hunt:
28.
Feeling oh-so-sophisticated whenever your parents allowed you to take a sip of their General Foods International Coffee:
29.
Playing with this air-freshener 'cause it was fanciful and looked like something straight out of The Smurfs:
30.
Debating whether or not to remove the sticker part from a Garbage Pail Kids card:
31.
Having this giant Lego block container to store all your Legos in:
32.
Carrying around all your Hello Kitty pencils and erasers in one of these pencil cases:
33.
Being entertained by one of these for like 10 minutes, tops:
34.
Wearing your white Keds until they had a hole or were just super filthy:
35.
Always being scared that these were going to pop off your head and hurt someone:
36.
Carrying all your Chuck E. Cheese's tokens in their waxy soda cups:
37.
Making crazy bracelets with pop and snap beads:
38.
Being jealous of that one friend who had a fancy metal daybed (which was usually adorned with Laura Ashley looking bed linens):
39.
Collecting as many ~cool~ charms as you could for your charm necklace:
40.
And finally, taking a good whiff of your My Little Ponies whenever you played with them 'cause they had such an addictive plasticky smell:
