65 Pictures That Perfectly Capture Things 80s Girls Used To Do And Love

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Being obsessed with Punky Brewster and wanting to dress like her:

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And also totally wanting Punky’s Crayola Crayon box of a bedroom (it just was oh-so-cool):

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Taking a good whiff of your Strawberry Shortcake doll whenever you played with her ’cause she smelled like sugary strawberry candy:

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And taking a good whiff of your My Little Ponies whenever you played with them ’cause they had such an addictive plasticky smell:

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Owning either the ballerina jewelry box…

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…or one that looked like this (that also doubled as a Barbie dresser during playtime):

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Playing your favorite tapes on this exact player:

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Owning a bunch of Smurfs…

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…and Care Bears PVC figures that you had no idea where they came from:

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Not being able to resist flicking your stretchy elastic bracelets (which could hurt if you stretched them far enough back) whenever you wore them:

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And feeling cool whenever you wore these bracelets (even if they were hard plastic and not very comfortable):

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Being jealous of that one friend who had a fancy metal daybed (which was usually adorned with Laura Ashley-looking bed linens):

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Owning a bunch of Care Bears books — even if you weren’t into Care Bears:

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Knowing that Small Wonder was a budget-looking and weird kids’ TV show even for the time:

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Owning a Rainbow Brite doll that had seen better days — she was covered in crayon marks and missing her outfit:

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Loving Cyndi Lauper not just because of her great music, but also because she seemed like a cartoon character come to life:

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Having one of these frame-tray puzzles that always smelled like old grocery store paper bags:

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And having several of these Sticker Fun books that had stickers you had to lick and tasted really gross. Also, how they dried all wrinkly and never stuck right in the book:

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Taking a Flintstone Vitamin every morning — and low-key popping a few behind your parents’ back throughout the day ’cause they tasted like candy:

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Riding around on a bike that had that one huge banana seat:

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Running straight to the Barbie section — which was just a sea of pink — first whenever you went to Toys “R” Us:

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And, of course, aside from wanting a new doll, begging your parents to get you packs of Barbie clothes ’cause you wanted your Barbies to look stylish:

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Wishing you had a dreamy canopy bed like the one your Barbie doll slept in:

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Carefully organizing your Crayola Crayons in the correct color order in their carrying case:

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And organizing all your pencils and erasers in a Hello Kitty pencil box:

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Never using the cool erasers that were shaped like lipsticks and were also scented:

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Eating Hawaiian pizza at every single birthday party you went to:

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Being totally convinced that Breyers Viennetta was the fanciest dessert you could eat:

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Reading Beverly Cleary books that came with these covers:

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Making cut and sew dolls with your mom or grandma:

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Having an afghan that your grandmother made for you (which were always in some very ’70s colors):

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Playing with this Fisher-Price Music Box Record Player whenever you visited your grandma:

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Holly Hobbie stuff you would always get as gifts from relatives that always left you thinking, Who is this prairie, ’70s-looking hippie?

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Being entertained by playing with your Colorforms for like 10 minutes, tops:

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And being entertained by playing with your paper dolls for like 10 minutes, tops:

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Always being scared that these were going to pop off your head and hurt someone:

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And feeling like your plastic barrettes were going to fall off because half the time they would:

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Wanting to try on Lee Press-On Nails because the commercials made them so easy and glamorous:

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Being a little creeped out by the faces on these cookies:

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Getting excited whenever you found Handi-Snacks in your lunchbox (even if the red spatula thing sometimes almost sliced your tongue):

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Creating true masterpieces with a Magna Doodle (well, until it stopped being able to fully erase):

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Having to be very careful and wait to handle your Shrinky Dinks after taking them out of the oven, or else you might burn yourself:

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Making crazy bracelets with pop and snap beads:

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Wanting or having a Cabbage Patch doll whether you really wanted one or not — everyone had one, and you had to have one:

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Thinking these were the best Happy Meal Toys ever made:

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Having several of these cups in your family’s kitchen:

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Having a Makit Bakit Suncatcher hanging on your bedroom window that you loved to stare at on sunny days:

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Totally wanting to kick ass like Cheetara on ThunderCats…

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…and She-Ra on She-Ra: Princess of Power:

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Cuddling with your Pound Puppy — which had the most adorable face:

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Crawling all over and touching this carpet at Chuck E. Cheese and never even thinking about how gross and dirty it probably was:

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Feeling oh-so-sophisticated whenever your parents allowed you to take a sip of their General Foods International Coffee:

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Playing with this air freshener ’cause it was fanciful and looked like something straight out of The Smurfs:

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Debating whether or not to remove the sticker part from a Garbage Pail Kids card:

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And debating whether or not to put your Sandylion stickers into your sticker book or just leave them on the sheet:

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Wearing your white Keds until they had a hole or were just super filthy: