33 Kids Toys That Virtually Any Child In The 1980s Had In Their Household

If you were a kid in the 80s then you're sure to have had at least one of these classic popular toys.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• July 12, 2022

One of the coolest things to look back on and compare is how our parents and grandparents lived as children versus how we do nowadays. Actually, though, there aren't many differences in the things we played with or the types of things that people had in their homes back then when you consider things more critically.

With that being said, we thought that it would be fun to take a trip to the past by looking into some of the most popular toys that were around in the 1980s. If you weren't around in the 1980s then you may have never seen any of these before, or you might be surprised and realize that you actually have played with some of these as you were a kid.

Even though it is fun to look back and see how the toys changed, it's definitely not much different from what we have now in terms of what kinds of toys are being played with. Also, you might be surprised to learn that some of the most popular brands for children's toys are still around to this day and still create toys.

Either way, we're going to dive into these 33 toys that people played with back in the 1980s.

1. Fisher Price Medical Kit

This Fisher Price Medical Kit is exactly what our kids play with nowadays, just not this same one.

2. Popples

This reminds me of other cute stuffed animals that kids like to collect now.

3. My Buddy and Kid Sister

These are giving me major Cabbage Patch Kids vibes so maybe they are similar.

4. Fisher Price Music Box Teaching Clock

Teaching clocks are still around today, but not in this form.

5. Monnchichi

This toy is another that I feel like kids would collect, but it's also super cute.

6. Tree Tots Tree House

This toy was among many that were consistently asked for at the holiday time by children.

7. Sit N Spin

These are actually still around today and kind of popular. I have one for my son.

8. Fisher Price Stove

Household appliances are still a common type of toy that's found in our homes.

9. See N Say Farmer

I know for a fact that I still played with this as a kid too.

10. Wuzzles

This is another little stuffed animal that was collected by children all over.

11. Big Wheels

This was the ultimate Christmas gift for children in the 80s.

12. Fisher Price Gas Pump

I will say that this is not something I've seen a remake for. We need play gas pumps.

13. Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine

This toy was definitely a staple in many homes.

14. Mickey Mouse Talking Telephone

This telephone isn't exactly like the ones we see now, but same concept.

15. Fisher Price Cash Register

It's so funny how as kids we want to work and do things adults are doing, until we actually become the adult.

16. Sesame Street Poppin Pals

I have something similar to this that I found at a thrift store for my son.

17. Care Bears

These were the ultimate collectible item.

18. Little People Play House

This playhouse was definitely one that many people had growing up.

19. Fisher Price Record Player

It's crazy to know that this was a thing when nowadays we have kids tablets and cell phones instead.

20. Speak and Spell

There are tons of toys like this that we play with now, so this is still kind of around.

21. Cabbage Patch Kids

If you didn't have one of these then did you even grow up here?

22. Smurf Camera

This smurf camera is extremely cute and was a staple in many households.

23. Colorforms

These were so popular back then and I wish they were still around.

24. Glo Worm

These toys are still around to this day and they're still so cute.

25. Fisher Price Family Farm

This is a classic toy that all of us probably have had at one point.

26. Rainbow Brite

This doll was in huge demand in the 80s.

27. Mini Piano

This mini piano is so cute.

28. Fisher Price Parking Ramp

Fisher Price really made every type of real-life thing into a toy.

29. The E.T. Vinyl Doll

Okay now this one is just a little bit weird.

30. The View-Master

This is an extremely popular classic toy.

31. Little Boppers

These were also collectible items.

32. Rub-A-Dub Doggie

This is such an interesting toy.

33. Playskool Rockin Robot

It's wild that this is the only Playskool item on the list.

These toys took me for a wild ride back in time to the 80s and they really reminded me of what types of things we used to play with as children. Some of these are still around, just updated, while others haven't seen the light of day since.

Daphnie