I wanted a Cabbage Patch so badly for two years and waited I finally got one for Christmas I was only given one in my childhood...she's still with me today and brings such joy. I want to go to baby land too.
This is not an obsession as it is a wholesome hobby :) keep being you Abby! You are an amazingly optimistic and beautiful woman. People like you are why the 1980s was and still is the greatest decade in human history! :D
The montage of your cabbage patch kids doing stuff in those photos was so adorably wholesome and reminds me of things I did with my toy when I was a kid. I was born in 1996 and while I'm a 1990s kid your video makes me cry because I miss being a kid 😢 thank you for keeping the 1980s alive. I love the cabbage patch kids they are still adorable and cute. I hope one day Toys R Us can come back.... being an adult sucks. Thank you for having such a beautiful soul in this dark world. 😊 I hope the optimism of the 1980s that you helped bring can come back someday.
That's funny, our daughter is close to your age (born in '98) and she also did similar things, like creating little movies with her dolls. I worry about kids today, that screens are taking up too much of their time instead of allowing them to use their imaginations, sigh.
@@Our80sLife I 100% agree that kids today are spending too much time on phones and ipads instead of going outside and playing with other kids :( but I still have hope that kids can be allowed to be kids. :D Problem is many adults want to try to force kids to grow up instead of letting kids be kids. :) If I could recommend a movie you guys should watch The Captain Underpants Movie because it reminds me of being a kid and has beautiful themes on why childhood is so important. :) Always have hope and believe Abby I do believe things will get better. :D
Just stumbled upon this video...my sister was big into cabbage patch kids. Just brings back so many memories of my baby sister (41 years old now) carrying that darn thing everywhere. Videos like this are bittersweet....it was a simpler, happy time I'll never get back.
Thanks for stopping by our channel! We totally agree, and we miss those simpler times for sure! It's fun to remember the happy, carefree days of our childhood, even though we can never get them back, sigh. Long live the awesome 80s!
I also adore cabbage patch kids I have 5 happy ones. My most important one his name is sam he still smells like vanilla and I have been his mommy since I was 6 I am 40 now
I had 2 Cabbage Patch Kids. They came with name's but we could change them if we wanted to, if we did we would get a new birth certificate with the new name on it. In Australia getting a Cabbage Patch Kid was so easy. I went to K-Mart with my sister and my mum and the toy area had floor to ceiling Cabbage Patch kids, they were everywhere, and no one else was in the toy area, so my sister and I chose which ones we wanted and we got them for Christmas. My sister and I still have them.
Wow! That's so interesting how different things were there versus here in America where parents were literally fighting for them, lol! I think it's so great that you and your sister still have your Cabbage Patch Kids. I know personally, mine are a treasured part of my childhood. Thanks for watching our video and taking the time to share your memories!
I was in 8th grade and girls would bring them to school. I seem to remember the school cracked down and told parents not the let their kids bring them to school anymore
This video is awesome. After seeing your pic I had to go find mine. My favorite cabbage patch memories were, 1. receiving one as a Christmas gift. 2. playing outside of course with my friends and their cabbage patch dolls. 3. Rescuing one I found outside, She wasn't dressed and was really dirty. I remember taking her home and giving her a bath with zest soap. I named her Erica. These dolls brought so much joy to children. TFS! 💕
Aww, your Cabbage Patch rescue story is the best! My friends and I took our dolls with us everywhere we went. Such happy memories! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing!
Oh my goodness!! That's an IMPRESSIVE collection. Where do you even store them?? So I have to ask, do you really think that no two dolls are alike?! I think there are enough combinations of different traits for it to be true, but Keith has his doubts. Are all of yours unique? Thanks for watching our video!
AKA Our 80's Life the ‘kids have their own area in the house. As far as the one of a kind theory......that was due to clothes, head molds and names. Even the kids today are labeled “one of a kind” which are clearly clones. Yet, the name and birthdates allows them to be labeled ooak.
I loved this video! I only have three. My Dad got me a little read head named Lily back in the 80s and I still have her. Last August I found a really sweet smaller 14 inch cabbage patch doll in the clearance bin for fifteen dollars so I had to of course get her. Her name is Edith. About three weeks ago for my birthday I recently adopted a 20 inch directly from Babyland because I've not been well. I named her Wednesday since I got to choose her name. She has been my constant buddy through being ill and stuck inside during these very uncertain and scary times. I'll always love these sweet babies! They bring a lot of joy to many people's lives of all ages. Your collection is adorable! Be safe and take care everyone!
Hi Felicity! We hope you are doing well and feeling better. The Cabbage Patch Kids are so cheerful and cute. I’m glad that got you through your difficult time. Sorry we are slow in responding to your sweet comment. We wish for healing for you, sending positive thoughts your way! All the best, Abby ❤️
I watched this with my daughter, who is 13 and loves dolls 💛 i grew up in the 80’s and I said you would have been my best friend back then if I had known you! The photos of your dolls were absolutely precious!
I’m 40 and all of my childhood toys were lost. However, when I found out I was having a girl I made it a goal to find all my childhood toys to “pass on” to her. She now has 4 vintage cabbage patch dolls the same carrier as you and a few clothes but it’s hard to find the accessories now. She even has one of the crimp and curl ones lol. Tons of barbies, MLP gen 1, popples, rainbow brite, strawberry shortcake, and so much other stuff from the 80’s lol.
Aww, that's such a sweet idea. Love it!! Our daughter enjoyed playing with my Cabbage Patch Kids as well, and also Strawberry Shortcakes. I sometimes see them at estate sales, so that might be a good place to look for toys and accessories. Of course, it's a needle in a haystack thrifting for vintage stuff. Thanks for watching, and have fun!
Oh my goodness, that's impressive!! Not gonna lie, I've definitely purchased some vintage ones at estate sales since we made this video. Sometimes if I see one that looks like it needs a good home, I'll buy it (or "rescue" it.) My husband thinks I'm crazy, LOL!! It's nice to meet a kindred spirit... thanks April!
I got one cabbage patch kid for Christmas. I think the story goes that it came in the day before & to my mom’s surprise (and delight), it just happened to have red hair & blue eyes...just like me!!
Oh godddddddddd. Wow you still have them. Im so jealous. The only thing i have left from my childhood is a E.T. watch with a light up finger. My favorite movie of all time. Surely you must have a video on E T
This was so funny, and I love the pictures! I used to actually dislike these things in the '80s, but I guess I can see what it was all about now. Great video!
my mum had a cabbage patch kid when she was a kid.She's never told me much about it (its the name,the cabbage patch craze,clothes for them etc) I'll definitely ask at some point though now I've seen this
I was a lucky girl! I got 3 the first year 1983. One for my birthday and two for Christmas! I was the top 9 year old girl. My dad worked for the Sears Catalog and he got me 3 when they first came out to Sears stores. This was fun!
Oh wow, you were lucky!! I'm pretty sure my parents purchased some of my dolls at Sears too. Most of mine were also gifts, but I do recall being with my mom when a shipment came in at K-mart. That was a lucky day for sure! Thanks for watching my video :)
I had two. A regular and a premie. I was happy with just two. My best friend had 4 and I thought, even as a kid that was ridiculous. I thought her mom just wanted to brag that her daughter had 4. My first came with the name Helga and I said “heck no”. In their birth certificate they had a thing where you could have their name officially changed. That’s what we did. I changed her name to Heidi and my premie was Jessica. I still have them as well. Heidi’s hair still smells like baby powder. I LOVE that Cabbage patch smell !! Sooo 13 that’s over the top😬
Thanks for watching our video Kelly! To be fair, I collected those dolls over several years (like probably longer than it would've been considered "cool" ha ha!) But ya, a bit over the top! As you can see, I still treasure them. They're so adorable! I can't believe yours still smells like baby powder... I love that smell too! Did you ever wear that perfume called Love's Baby Soft? I remember wearing it back in junior high, so I was excited to see they still make it! I got some at Walmart and it smells just like I remembered.
Thanks!! I was so excited to find another one several months ago at an estate sale! Here's a link to that video, if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/aNSVcO8nPxU/v-deo.html Thanks for watching!
@@24KinfO I ordered mine online at the babyland general hospital website. They had a section where I could change the name and birthday. I ordered an exclusive one which means i could only get that one at babyland or on their site.
@@Our80sLife Thanks 😉 I love these dolls and it was actually my first time to babyland ,my son and I went and it was neat , you'll really like it alot , I always wanted to go since I was little and being an adult going with my 19 year old son made it that much more cool , all four of my kids think these are the coolest dolls ever and Everytime I get a new one they can't wait to see what they look like , we all get excited together 😁 you should definitely go to babyland you will definitely love it 😉❤️
OMG no shame in a boy having one in the 80's! I ALSO had two AND a home-made one from grandma JUST like Kieth! I was obsessed mostly with the crazy names they had! I can STILL name all 7 of the ones my sister had and of course I remember the names of my two! I Have a Koosa named Springfield too (Named after Rick Springfield!) We still have ALL of them at my parents house (I will not let my mom get rid of them as I collect 80's toys)
That's awesome!! I'm so impressed that you kept them all AND you even remember their names, wow! We LOVE the name of your Koosa, lol! That's too cool! Thanks for sharing your memories!
so cute..i remember so many people buying those...i never did tho..:-) you have a few of them...so awesome that you kept them after all these years..thanks for the upload..i enjoyed you talking about them...take care guys and keep safe!!
i had a obsession with them but we could not afford a real one. now i am a man over 50 and i can buy some. i have 30 or so. i went to a auction last year .i got 60 dolls for 80 dollars. some were 1940s dolls. but most flats had 2 dolls. and the cabbage patch went for 1 dollar for 2 dolls. i was about the only one there that wanted them. there were so many that i told the one lady. what ones do you want. i wont bid against you. but the ones i want. you dont bid. and i got most of the cabbage patch for 50 cents each. i got some other ways. i have 3 from the 80s new in box. i got one cloth head one from the original babyland hospital. with the og receipt and adoption papers. i got that at a auction. in mint shape. but i got about 30 now. i got bald ones. boys. girls. every color. hair. etc. but i dont have a asian one. i want a asian girl one. but i always like the bald headed boy dolls the most. as as a kid i thought they were cute or i wanted one like that but never got it.
I'm to old to have any personally. I would love to take the Grand Daughters to that Hospital, The Mad Nommader just put a video out last week of a tour of the place.
True, but have you seen the latest American Girl doll that came out last week?! She's from the 80's, eek!!! Her accessories include a tiny Caboodles with makeup and scrunchies. It's really very cute! Too bad they're so dang expensive, sigh. Thanks for watching our video!
Wow yes cabbage patch dolls were my favorite! i remember the first time my grandma bought me one they were super hard to get i got mine in 1983 i think! her name was Eve and yes they had birth certificates i remember sending away for one too! had the diapers and all together i had 3 of them including a corn silk one from christmas of 86 my mom bought me! i ended up getting one from my aunt 25 years ago when she passed. bought a cabbage patch doll at at savers thrift store too! those pictures were super adorable! i remember all the kids my age would carry their doll around everywhere and i did the same thing!
Awesome!! I never had one with the corn silk hair, but they're really cute! Oh yes, my friends and I carried our babies around everywhere. Thanks for watching my video!
I still have the 3 that I got when I was a kid, plus a dog Koosa? My first doll’s name was Emeline Claire, and I got her that first Christmas when they were impossible to find. She was wearing the same green dress set that I see on one of your dolls from your childhood pictures. My cousin had received one when they first came out (before the craze), and brought her to dinner at our grandparents house. I went nuts over her doll, so my Aunt went out the next day and bought me one for Christmas. About 3 weeks later, the craze took over. I also had the blue sailor dress with the red ribbon and the jeans and tan jacket. I also had two preemies....a boy with a little tuft of hair names Brant Christopher, and a bald girl with a soother name Charma ESTRA!🤣
Awesome!! I'm so impressed that you remember all those details, along with their names. These babies made an indelible impression on us 80's kids! I'll never forget the thrill of adopting my first Cabbage Patch Kid, and I still think they are simply adorable. Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories. Give my love to Estra and the rest of your kids, ha!
@@Our80sLife lol! I have always loved dolls. So much as a matter of fact that I still collect dolls to this day (mostly BJD’s and Fashion Dolls) and even own a full time Etsy business selling handmade miniatures for dolls. I still have my CPK’s here at my house and kept the clothing and birth cert for them.
I love their names. I call some of mine by their middle names because I liked that name better... There was a Cornsilk NIB on eBay that came with headgear!! ...Why was your mom embarrassed?? Everyone was carrying them around back then!
I didn't really become interested in cpk dolls until I was in my late teens, but sometimes I like going thrifting and buying a cabbage patch kid or two and name them myself so I can practice picking out baby names. 😊
I got my first Cabbage Kids Doll when I was 3 years old on my 3rd birthday in 1985. I don't remember her name. She had dark brown hair and a blue dress. For Christmas 1986 my Mom got me a Cabbage Patch Premie. I was born prematurely at 33 weeks. I remember my Mom said "You were a premie so I got you a Cabbage Premie Doll. I thought you would be able to relate to him."
Nice! I never had any of the cornsilk kids, but I've seen some lately at antique stores (which just makes me feel old, lol!) Thanks for watching our video!
You officially had the perfect life I wished I had back in the 80's. I had 3 cabbage patch kids when I was a kid. My first one was a red head with a pacifier. She had pigtails and a yellow pacifier. She wore a pink dress with white polka dots and she had green eyes. I named her jennifer. I didn't like the name on her birth certificate. I can't remember what her original name was. Then I got 2 more for Christmas, when I was 8 years old I think. I got preemie girl with blue eyes, and a bald boy with one tooth. I named the preemie girl "Laurie", but I can't remember the name on her birth certificate. I know one of the names on her certificate was "Minnie". The boy's name I do remember. It was a very ugly name. "Nigel Oliver". I changed that one right away! Hahaha. I named him Nicholas. He came in a white t-shirt and blue jeans. My dream cabbage patch kid that I never got, was a one wearing a pink windbreaker with brown hair. I almost forgot about the koosa! I had one of those too! Mine was white with a brown nose and a tuft of blonde hair on top of his head. He had on acid washed overalls.
Hi I was telling my 6 year old about Cabbage Patch kids. She has never heard of them. She collects Lol dolls. I was telling her that their heads look like cabbages and she says oh that sounds scary lol. I found your video to show her. I had two dolls growing up. I wish I had kept mine.
We have to educate the youth, right?! 😉We tried to understand the LOL doll trend, but we just don't get why they're so popular. We even bought one of those LOL surprise ball thingies and did an unboxing video. Your daughter would probably crack up watching us try to figure out how to open the darn thing, ha ha!
That's cute. You had the one with braces just like you. I had 9 and when they came out with a black one, I was in love. She was beautiful. I would've put her in my bath if I could. But...she was cotton.
Thanks for stopping by our channel! The black ones are also adorable. Keith had one of those, but I think it's still at his parents' house. It's cool how they're all so unique. I still love them! Thanks for watching :)
They're so cute. When I was little we had floppy dolls that were the same size as a baby. I named mine Lindy Loo! I had all boys so no Cabbage patch dolls in our house! 😊💗
Interesting! That's a cute name. I think the Cabbage Patch Kids' names are pretty funny. Before they came along, I had a beanbag doll that I named Pam. I took that doll everywhere I went. I've always loved dolls! Thanks for watching :)
Hi guys! Been a while! I remember when these came out, they were the “must have” for Christmas. Hey, did you let Zoe ever play with them? Or were they “Hands off! Mommies toys!” 🤣🤣🤣 I’m afraid to ask, what about “Beanie Babies?” Great video, lots of fun!
Uncle Dan_58 Hey Dan! Thanks for stopping by. Yes, Zoe was allowed to play with them, but she collected American Girl dolls so those were her favorite. She also had lots of Beanie Babies thanks to her grandparents 😂
I was born in 85, and my dad told everyone I looked like a cabbage patch when I was born,...that is my family nickname. I hate it, but I get why he said it after seeing baby pics..lmao
I just remembered something else! I had a fake cabbage patch kid before I got a real one! My parents got me a cauliflower kid first. I didn't know it was fake. It came inside a big plastic cabbage with cauliflower on top. You took the lid off, which was a piece of cauliflower and there was a doll inside. She had black hair and a yellow dress. I remember telling everyone in the neighborhood she was my cabbage patch kid. I got into a big fight with my best freind over it. She kept telling me it wasn' a cabbage patch kid and I was screaming at her saying "YES IT IS!!! YES IT IS!" haahahaha
@@Our80sLife yup, they were actually pretty cool. I loved the big cabbage they came in. They were pretty cute but now that I think about it, they didn’t really look like a cabbage patch kid. They were made of a softer material and the faces were different.
Ryan Schneider VLOGS Yes!! You should google Babyland, that place is straight-up weird! The “birthing center” is truly bizarre, so you know we have to go and check it out, lol!
I have two and my sister gave me her two even tho i can't find one of them. and i could only find one of the 4 online so it would be so cool if they are all different and i need more
i love this!!!! Thank you! i had 2 a red head with pacifier and beautiful like really pretty blue dress like turqious blue thick fabric with ruffles on edges, and a corn silk i got in dec 1986 named Alison mae with a yellow dress and tiny pink flowers thicker fabic then the preemie close as well. I love yr video guys. i lost my mom 24 yrs ago so im trying to find some again. Unfortunately i gave my red head cabbage patch to my cousin i considered a little sister bc she never had 1 and she lost her! do you guys remember the "tender heart bear", too with a real beating heart and the care bears and my little pony craz? Thank you for doing your video! now all we need is a set of twins. Thanks guys.
Thanks so much!! I'm glad to know you enjoyed our video. Sorry to hear you lost your mom young though, that's hard. I hope you're able to find some vintage cabbies. I had totally forgotten about that bear with the heartbeat, but I definitely recall having one... memories unlocked!
these dolls originally invented by a women named Martha Nelson, who she was sewing them up and calling them her "doll babies" aka "little people", they started out as cloth faces and then Robert Xavier took her idea and made them originally he had a lady sew them up as well, but then he started having them made in a factory after copy right. This Martha should be given credit for our cpk craz!!!! oh my gosh yes they smell sooo good, like baby powder with like soft chocolate sent mixed in too is only way i can describe it.
Never was much into cabbage patch kids. One of the neighbor had kids that look like the cabbage patch kid. They two of them look similar so I could not really tell them a part, similar to all these cabbage patch dolls. One of my classmate in my Microbiology class look like a cabbage patch kids. Never was much into cabbage patch kids. But it was interesting to see this video as it bring back old memory, like the one I just mentioned.
I have cabbage patch kids too and hoping to get more but there hard to find in my area and if find one in thrift store they want a lot where I live in Florida
My Mom made me and my sister homemade cabbage patch dolls. Haha! I have photos of them somewhere. I have no idea what happened to them. Wish I still had mine. I never had a real one.😭 Super cool you guys have the dolls and birth certificates.
Happiness and Sweet Tea Thanks Wendi! I hope maybe your dolls will turn up some day. I bet those were a real challenge to make, even for a skilled crafter. They were cute though. 😊
I missed the hype of the original CPKs, but not the fun of playing with them. Family members who bought them as "investments" in the '80s gave them to us kids in the '90s. I ended up with 2 girls, plus a "baldie" I found secondhand. Since none of mine had their adoption papers, I named them Ruth, Mary, and George. Mary was my favorite due to her "mini me" haircut (a pony tail and bangs). She also has a tan complexion- unusual for toddler dolls of that era. My sister and I would buy used baby clothes for our CPKs and play all day. Sometimes, we'd come up with something really elaborate, like a playground or a dinner theater. My sister had a CPK and a similar doll that looked just like Beverly and Picard, so we played Star Trek a lot. Then came the Beanie Baby craze - Ooo boy! I called the mall every day for two weeks to find out when their shipment was coming in so I could buy Doby the Doberman (renamed Maria). George has gone on, but Ruth and Mary are still in my parents' basement, wearing the pink dresses my grandma crocheted for them over 25 years ago. I think I could find them pretty quickly if I wanted!
I love it!! My friends and I totally did that stuff too, except for playing Star Trek, LOL! We also dressed them in secondhand baby clothes and even carried them with us to the grocery store. Our favorite was creating little scenes, posing them, and taking pictures. So fun! The Beanie Baby craze started around the time our daughter was born, and my mom bought loads of those things for her. I can see why they were so popular, they're super cute! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories!
I have so many of course my first original was a Premie named Todd. I later got twins etc . Of course when I got older through eBay . Found bride and groom . They are rare . Paid almost three hundred. Lost first two bids but was highest at the last one . Nice collection.
Thank you for your video, by any chance do you have a cabbages patch snack time???? Are they super rare? I found one brand new so i dont know whats their value
Thanks for watching! I don't have a Cabbage Patch Snacktime doll, but I think those are pretty valuable. I recommend checking out my friend's channel: Deez Cabbies, Dolls, and Toys ua-cam.com/channels/HPAIrft4YTWJSz7iC6Vq8g.html She has made some videos about those dolls and knows a lot about Cabbage Patch dolls.
LOL!! Thanks again Bernhard! I guess we never really outgrow our childhood obsessions because I'm still buying Cabbage Patch Kids at estate sales, and you have AWESOME He-Man and Jem collections!
Looking back to 1983 not even sure where I heard about them or why I wanted one. Maybe classmates at school or the news? My mother saw them in the store like a whole wall of them and thought they were ugly LOL. Then like the next day I told her I wanted one. She said you want that thing? Really? She went back and of course they were gone. So she called around to different stores and of course at that point they were sold out (I believe that was the fall of 1983). So we ordered one before Christmas through a catalog/mail order company Montgomery Wards. It finally came in late March or April the following spring. Only choice we had was boy or girl and white or black doll. They actually came in a brown cardboard box with Cabbage Patch Print on it. Not the pretty yellow one with cellophane window. Also missing on mine was the powder scent. I believe as they were making them fast at that point to try to keep up with demand. But I loved my doll and still have her and her box. I remember carrying her everywhere I went. We couldn't find like any Cabbage Patch official girl doll clothing so we went to a Carter's outlet and bought some real baby clothing. What was funny was other girls and mothers were there for the same reason. The original dolls had the black signature on the butt (which mine does). Then the years after were a different color signature. My second doll was Christmas 1984 I wanna say it had a dark green signature.
That Cabbage Patch craze back in 1983 was WIlD!! Glad you finally got one (even though you had to wait until the spring, wow!) I suppose it was a lesson in patience, right?! You also reminded me that I also used to shop for real baby clothes for my dolls, ha! Gotta miss the good old days!! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories!
Girlfriend is a 80's child she never had a cabbage patch kids doll she only had barbies but just a day ago she purchased a cabbage patch kids vintage 40th birthday collectors edition from her local big w store
Awesome!! Glad she finally got to "adopt" her first Cabbage Patch Kid. I hope it brings her happiness! I haven't bought any of the new ones... do they still smell like baby powder?
I did too my mother only got me one but I want a whole bunch of them. Cabbage patch kid name Roy he had glasses Yeah brown hair brown eyes Tan complexion
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I wanted a Cabbage Patch so badly for two years and waited I finally got one for Christmas I was only given one in my childhood...she's still with me today and brings such joy. I want to go to baby land too.
Aww, I'm glad your Cabbage Patch Kid still brings you joy. That's great!!
This is not an obsession as it is a wholesome hobby :) keep being you Abby! You are an amazingly optimistic and beautiful woman. People like you are why the 1980s was and still is the greatest decade in human history! :D
The montage of your cabbage patch kids doing stuff in those photos was so adorably wholesome and reminds me of things I did with my toy when I was a kid. I was born in 1996 and while I'm a 1990s kid your video makes me cry because I miss being a kid 😢 thank you for keeping the 1980s alive. I love the cabbage patch kids they are still adorable and cute. I hope one day Toys R Us can come back.... being an adult sucks. Thank you for having such a beautiful soul in this dark world. 😊 I hope the optimism of the 1980s that you helped bring can come back someday.
That's funny, our daughter is close to your age (born in '98) and she also did similar things, like creating little movies with her dolls. I worry about kids today, that screens are taking up too much of their time instead of allowing them to use their imaginations, sigh.
@@Our80sLife I 100% agree that kids today are spending too much time on phones and ipads instead of going outside and playing with other kids :( but I still have hope that kids can be allowed to be kids. :D Problem is many adults want to try to force kids to grow up instead of letting kids be kids. :) If I could recommend a movie you guys should watch The Captain Underpants Movie because it reminds me of being a kid and has beautiful themes on why childhood is so important. :) Always have hope and believe Abby I do believe things will get better. :D
Just stumbled upon this video...my sister was big into cabbage patch kids. Just brings back so many memories of my baby sister (41 years old now) carrying that darn thing everywhere. Videos like this are bittersweet....it was a simpler, happy time I'll never get back.
Thanks for stopping by our channel! We totally agree, and we miss those simpler times for sure! It's fun to remember the happy, carefree days of our childhood, even though we can never get them back, sigh. Long live the awesome 80s!
I also adore cabbage patch kids I have 5 happy ones. My most important one his name is sam he still smells like vanilla and I have been his mommy since I was 6 I am 40 now
Sweet! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your Cabbage Patch memories.
This video warms my heart...I love all your memories, pics and stories...what a fun childhood!!!
Aww, thanks so much! We’re glad you enjoyed our video! 😊
I had 2 Cabbage Patch Kids. They came with name's but we could change them if we wanted to, if we did we would get a new birth certificate with the new name on it. In Australia getting a Cabbage Patch Kid was so easy. I went to K-Mart with my sister and my mum and the toy area had floor to ceiling Cabbage Patch kids, they were everywhere, and no one else was in the toy area, so my sister and I chose which ones we wanted and we got them for Christmas. My sister and I still have them.
Wow! That's so interesting how different things were there versus here in America where parents were literally fighting for them, lol! I think it's so great that you and your sister still have your Cabbage Patch Kids. I know personally, mine are a treasured part of my childhood. Thanks for watching our video and taking the time to share your memories!
I was in 8th grade and girls would bring them to school. I seem to remember the school cracked down and told parents not the let their kids bring them to school anymore
I’m sure they would cause a distraction. I don’t remember being allowed to bring them to school or else I would have!
Awww the cabbage patch birthday parties, children are missing all that now. Those were the days of an amazing childhood.
So true! Thanks for stopping by our channel!
Thank for the video.. I. Love my cabbage patch kid. Sally Ann. Holding her now 35 years later❤️
Awww, that's awesome!! Thanks for stopping by our channel Heather :)
Mine is sam he is over 40 like his mom me I hold him
This video is awesome. After seeing your pic I had to go find mine. My favorite cabbage patch memories were, 1. receiving one as a Christmas gift. 2. playing outside of course with my friends and their cabbage patch dolls. 3. Rescuing one I found outside, She wasn't dressed and was really dirty. I remember taking her home and giving her a bath with zest soap. I named her Erica. These dolls brought so much joy to children. TFS! 💕
Aww, your Cabbage Patch rescue story is the best! My friends and I took our dolls with us everywhere we went. Such happy memories! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing!
I have over 700 cabbage patch kids. I love them!!!!!
Oh my goodness!! That's an IMPRESSIVE collection. Where do you even store them?? So I have to ask, do you really think that no two dolls are alike?! I think there are enough combinations of different traits for it to be true, but Keith has his doubts. Are all of yours unique? Thanks for watching our video!
AKA Our 80's Life the ‘kids have their own area in the house. As far as the one of a kind theory......that was due to clothes, head molds and names. Even the kids today are labeled “one of a kind” which are clearly clones. Yet, the name and birthdates allows them to be labeled ooak.
Dillon K That’s so interesting! I’ve always loved my ‘kids’ and didn’t realize how collectible they still are today. Thanks for sharing 😊
I loved this video! I only have three. My Dad got me a little read head named Lily back in the 80s and I still have her. Last August I found a really sweet smaller 14 inch cabbage patch doll in the clearance bin for fifteen dollars so I had to of course get her. Her name is Edith. About three weeks ago for my birthday I recently adopted a 20 inch directly from Babyland because I've not been well. I named her Wednesday since I got to choose her name. She has been my constant buddy through being ill and stuck inside during these very uncertain and scary times. I'll always love these sweet babies! They bring a lot of joy to many people's lives of all ages. Your collection is adorable! Be safe and take care everyone!
Hi Felicity! We hope you are doing well and feeling better. The Cabbage Patch Kids are so cheerful and cute. I’m glad that got you through your difficult time. Sorry we are slow in responding to your sweet comment. We wish for healing for you, sending positive thoughts your way! All the best, Abby ❤️
i collect cabbage patch and i love them so much ❤
Very entertaining video! Really enjoyed it! I also collect and still take pictures of them 😄.
I watched this with my daughter, who is 13 and loves dolls 💛 i grew up in the 80’s and I said you would have been my best friend back then if I had known you! The photos of your dolls were absolutely precious!
Aww, what a sweet comment! Thanks Jenna!! Glad you and your daughter enjoyed our video! 🥰
I’m 40 and all of my childhood toys were lost. However, when I found out I was having a girl I made it a goal to find all my childhood toys to “pass on” to her. She now has 4 vintage cabbage patch dolls the same carrier as you and a few clothes but it’s hard to find the accessories now. She even has one of the crimp and curl ones lol. Tons of barbies, MLP gen 1, popples, rainbow brite, strawberry shortcake, and so much other stuff from the 80’s lol.
Aww, that's such a sweet idea. Love it!! Our daughter enjoyed playing with my Cabbage Patch Kids as well, and also Strawberry Shortcakes. I sometimes see them at estate sales, so that might be a good place to look for toys and accessories. Of course, it's a needle in a haystack thrifting for vintage stuff. Thanks for watching, and have fun!
Hi
Still want one as an adult. 😅😂❤
No shame there! I say go for it! 👍
Me too❤
I love you still have pics of all of them!! Wish I had mine. I had about 10-15 back then and now have about 40!!
Oh my goodness, that's impressive!! Not gonna lie, I've definitely purchased some vintage ones at estate sales since we made this video. Sometimes if I see one that looks like it needs a good home, I'll buy it (or "rescue" it.) My husband thinks I'm crazy, LOL!! It's nice to meet a kindred spirit... thanks April!
I got one cabbage patch kid for Christmas. I think the story goes that it came in the day before & to my mom’s surprise (and delight), it just happened to have red hair & blue eyes...just like me!!
The Cake Lady That’s awesome!! Cabbage Patch kismet 😊
Oh godddddddddd. Wow you still have them. Im so jealous. The only thing i have left from my childhood is a E.T. watch with a light up finger. My favorite movie of all time. Surely you must have a video on E T
I’m a CPK Mom! All things 80’s toys was the best!!👍
This was so funny, and I love the pictures! I used to actually dislike these things in the '80s, but I guess I can see what it was all about now. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by our channel :)
OMG you guys are soo cute and I love the 80’s! You put so much effort into your videos and I hope you get more and more successful
Thanks so much for stopping by our channel today! We appreciate your kind words of encouragement! Welcome to the 80s party!!!
my mom was also a fan of cabbage patch kids as a kid and so she passed it on to me and now i have an obsession 😂😅
That's awesome!!
This so awesome, we both still have a our first ones along with Drinas first, this is a fun video
Drina Dayz Thanks guys! Cabbage Patch Kids are just so cute, aren’t they?! I’m glad you kept your originals. Hope all is well with you guys 😊
These are so cute. This video made me smile.
I never knew kids had more then one! I was lucky to have one.🤣
The best decade is the 80s.
For sure!! 😃
I'm a little late to the party on this one but really fun video! Its awesome how you remembered so many of their names!
Thanks for watching our videos lately, and welcome to the party! I still love my Cabbage Patch Kids!
my mum had a cabbage patch kid when she was a kid.She's never told me much about it (its the name,the cabbage patch craze,clothes for them etc) I'll definitely ask at some point though now I've seen this
Neat! Yes, you should definitely ask her about it!! Thanks for stopping by our channel and watching our video!
I was a lucky girl! I got 3 the first year 1983. One for my birthday and two for Christmas! I was the top 9 year old girl. My dad worked for the Sears Catalog and he got me 3 when they first came out to Sears stores. This was fun!
Oh wow, you were lucky!! I'm pretty sure my parents purchased some of my dolls at Sears too. Most of mine were also gifts, but I do recall being with my mom when a shipment came in at K-mart. That was a lucky day for sure! Thanks for watching my video :)
I had two. A regular and a premie. I was happy with just two. My best friend had 4 and I thought, even as a kid that was ridiculous. I thought her mom just wanted to brag that her daughter had 4. My first came with the name Helga and I said “heck no”. In their birth certificate they had a thing where you could have their name officially changed. That’s what we did. I changed her name to Heidi and my premie was Jessica. I still have them as well. Heidi’s hair still smells like baby powder. I LOVE that Cabbage patch smell !!
Sooo 13 that’s over the top😬
Thanks for watching our video Kelly! To be fair, I collected those dolls over several years (like probably longer than it would've been considered "cool" ha ha!) But ya, a bit over the top! As you can see, I still treasure them. They're so adorable! I can't believe yours still smells like baby powder... I love that smell too! Did you ever wear that perfume called Love's Baby Soft? I remember wearing it back in junior high, so I was excited to see they still make it! I got some at Walmart and it smells just like I remembered.
Omg I LOVE the cat koosa one!!!!
Thanks!! I was so excited to find another one several months ago at an estate sale! Here's a link to that video, if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/aNSVcO8nPxU/v-deo.html Thanks for watching!
I had them when I was a kid. I still have some of mine in my 80s collection toys.
Awesome! 😀
They eat hair
@@PlaytimeLittle Only the Snacktime Kids, lol! *see my latest thrift haul where I show one of those!
I have 10 Cabbage Patch kids from the 80s
Awesome!!
Just ordered my first cabbage patch! Baby girl, bald, brown eyes. Super excited 😆
That's awesome!! Congratulations! The baldies are SO cute! Thanks for stopping by our channel Sam.
AKA Our 80's Life Shes a real sweetie. I named her Amina Mildred. This baby doll is on a whole other level of cuteness. I’m obsessed lol
@@sweetpea3365 They come with names and a birth certificate. How did you name your own? It's not authentic.
@@24KinfO I ordered mine online at the babyland general hospital website. They had a section where I could change the name and birthday. I ordered an exclusive one which means i could only get that one at babyland or on their site.
I've got over 200 big cabbage patch kids and one babyland exclusive Cabbage Patch kid and a bunch of smaller ones
Wow!! That’s an impressive collection! We’ve never been to Babyland, but we really want to go! Thanks for stopping by our channel 😊
@@Our80sLife Thanks 😉 I love these dolls and it was actually my first time to babyland ,my son and I went and it was neat , you'll really like it alot , I always wanted to go since I was little and being an adult going with my 19 year old son made it that much more cool , all four of my kids think these are the coolest dolls ever and Everytime I get a new one they can't wait to see what they look like , we all get excited together 😁 you should definitely go to babyland you will definitely love it 😉❤️
OMG no shame in a boy having one in the 80's! I ALSO had two AND a home-made one from grandma JUST like Kieth! I was obsessed mostly with the crazy names they had! I can STILL name all 7 of the ones my sister had and of course I remember the names of my two! I Have a Koosa named Springfield too (Named after Rick Springfield!) We still have ALL of them at my parents house (I will not let my mom get rid of them as I collect 80's toys)
That's awesome!! I'm so impressed that you kept them all AND you even remember their names, wow! We LOVE the name of your Koosa, lol! That's too cool! Thanks for sharing your memories!
u guys should make more cpk vids! i love them and i got a baby one today i love it, its dressed up like an angel in a handmade outfit
Will do, thanks Kayli! Congrats on your new baby!
i am 7 year old boy but i still
collect them
ima boy and i collect them too they're def fun to collect
@JBlox617 YT I love them
plz can i see pic of your collection
@JBlox617 there not great they eat kids fingers and hair from girls couples of kids are SCAPLED because of that there dangerous!
THIS IS SUCH A GOOD VIDEO!
Also all my cabbies say hi
Ha, ha. HELLO!!
I have lots of Cabbage Patch kids from vintage to current. I love. Your dolls.
musicbuff9 Cool! Thanks for watching our video 😊
I still collect cabbage patch dolls
Nice!! Me too!
13. Oh my friggin god. Lololol 😂
I also had some of the furniture for them too. I had the playpen, carriage, carrier, and the swing that you wound up and played music.
so cute..i remember so many people buying those...i never did tho..:-) you have a few of them...so awesome that you kept them after all these years..thanks for the upload..i enjoyed you talking about them...take care guys and keep safe!!
i had a obsession with them but we could not afford a real one. now i am a man over 50 and i can buy some. i have 30 or so. i went to a auction last year .i got 60 dolls for 80 dollars. some were 1940s dolls. but most flats had 2 dolls. and the cabbage patch went for 1 dollar for 2 dolls. i was about the only one there that wanted them. there were so many that i told the one lady. what ones do you want. i wont bid against you. but the ones i want. you dont bid. and i got most of the cabbage patch for 50 cents each. i got some other ways. i have 3 from the 80s new in box. i got one cloth head one from the original babyland hospital. with the og receipt and adoption papers. i got that at a auction. in mint shape. but i got about 30 now. i got bald ones. boys. girls. every color. hair. etc. but i dont have a asian one. i want a asian girl one. but i always like the bald headed boy dolls the most. as as a kid i thought they were cute or i wanted one like that but never got it.
I'm to old to have any personally. I would love to take the Grand Daughters to that Hospital, The Mad Nommader just put a video out last week of a tour of the place.
PAPA Texas Awesome!! We’ll have to check out that video. It’s an interesting place for sure! Hope you’re doing well 😊
still better than american girl
True, but have you seen the latest American Girl doll that came out last week?! She's from the 80's, eek!!! Her accessories include a tiny Caboodles with makeup and scrunchies. It's really very cute! Too bad they're so dang expensive, sigh. Thanks for watching our video!
I have both ! American girls dolls and Cabbage patch kids ! 💁♀️🤷♀️
100% agreed
Wow yes cabbage patch dolls were my favorite! i remember the first time my grandma bought me one they were super hard to get i got mine in 1983 i think! her name was Eve and yes they had birth certificates i remember sending away for one too! had the diapers and all together i had 3 of them including a corn silk one from christmas of 86 my mom bought me! i ended up getting one from my aunt 25 years ago when she passed. bought a cabbage patch doll at at savers thrift store too! those pictures were super adorable! i remember all the kids my age would carry their doll around everywhere and i did the same thing!
Awesome!! I never had one with the corn silk hair, but they're really cute! Oh yes, my friends and I carried our babies around everywhere. Thanks for watching my video!
I still have the 3 that I got when I was a kid, plus a dog Koosa? My first doll’s name was Emeline Claire, and I got her that first Christmas when they were impossible to find. She was wearing the same green dress set that I see on one of your dolls from your childhood pictures. My cousin had received one when they first came out (before the craze), and brought her to dinner at our grandparents house. I went nuts over her doll, so my Aunt went out the next day and bought me one for Christmas. About 3 weeks later, the craze took over. I also had the blue sailor dress with the red ribbon and the jeans and tan jacket. I also had two preemies....a boy with a little tuft of hair names Brant Christopher, and a bald girl with a soother name Charma ESTRA!🤣
Awesome!! I'm so impressed that you remember all those details, along with their names. These babies made an indelible impression on us 80's kids! I'll never forget the thrill of adopting my first Cabbage Patch Kid, and I still think they are simply adorable. Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories. Give my love to Estra and the rest of your kids, ha!
@@Our80sLife lol! I have always loved dolls. So much as a matter of fact that I still collect dolls to this day (mostly BJD’s and Fashion Dolls) and even own a full time Etsy business selling handmade miniatures for dolls. I still have my CPK’s here at my house and kept the clothing and birth cert for them.
I love their names. I call some of mine by their middle names because I liked that name better... There was a Cornsilk NIB on eBay that came with headgear!! ...Why was your mom embarrassed?? Everyone was carrying them around back then!
I really love your cabbage patch kids dolls,I have mine 6 cabbage cuties 🥰. thanks for sharing ❤
Thank you!! 😊
I didn't really become interested in cpk dolls until I was in my late teens, but sometimes I like going thrifting and buying a cabbage patch kid or two and name them myself so I can practice picking out baby names. 😊
That's fun! And it's never too late to start a collection, right?! Thanks for watching our video Amy!
I got my first Cabbage Kids Doll when I was 3 years old on my 3rd birthday in 1985. I don't remember her name. She had dark brown hair and a blue dress. For Christmas 1986 my Mom got me a Cabbage Patch Premie. I was born prematurely at 33 weeks. I remember my Mom said "You were a premie so I got you a Cabbage Premie Doll. I thought you would be able to relate to him."
That's a sweet story. Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories!
I loved mine i had a couple then they came out with the cornsilk one loved it such fun times 80s was the best
Nice! I never had any of the cornsilk kids, but I've seen some lately at antique stores (which just makes me feel old, lol!) Thanks for watching our video!
@@Our80sLife your welcome thank you for putting on the shows brings back great memories
Cabbage Patch Kids were the bomb when they came out!
great love them
You officially had the perfect life I wished I had back in the 80's. I had 3 cabbage patch kids when I was a kid. My first one was a red head with a pacifier. She had pigtails and a yellow pacifier. She wore a pink dress with white polka dots and she had green eyes. I named her jennifer. I didn't like the name on her birth certificate. I can't remember what her original name was. Then I got 2 more for Christmas, when I was 8 years old I think. I got preemie girl with blue eyes, and a bald boy with one tooth. I named the preemie girl "Laurie", but I can't remember the name on her birth certificate. I know one of the names on her certificate was "Minnie". The boy's name I do remember. It was a very ugly name. "Nigel Oliver". I changed that one right away! Hahaha. I named him Nicholas. He came in a white t-shirt and blue jeans. My dream cabbage patch kid that I never got, was a one wearing a pink windbreaker with brown hair. I almost forgot about the koosa! I had one of those too! Mine was white with a brown nose and a tuft of blonde hair on top of his head. He had on acid washed overalls.
Hi I was telling my 6 year old about Cabbage Patch kids. She has never heard of them. She collects Lol dolls. I was telling her that their heads look like cabbages and she says oh that sounds scary lol. I found your video to show her. I had two dolls growing up. I wish I had kept mine.
We have to educate the youth, right?! 😉We tried to understand the LOL doll trend, but we just don't get why they're so popular. We even bought one of those LOL surprise ball thingies and did an unboxing video. Your daughter would probably crack up watching us try to figure out how to open the darn thing, ha ha!
Dude, you were a doll blogger before blogging was even a thing! Those pictures are great!
Ha ha, yes!! And soon after that, I'd get a camcorder and start making videos too. I'm so happy I was documenting my youth. Thanks for watching!
Hope you are staying safe in these times
Eaglevp Thanks Keith. We are doing fine, both working from home. Hope you are doing well ❤️
ME TOOOOOO! I had a bunch of them!!! :) I will find my old albums after we move and show you some pics! My first one was named Dyan Gloria :)
Awesome!! Of course, you never forget your first baby :)
Thanks so much for sharing your babies!
Thanks for watching Mel!
@@Our80sLife Growing up in the 80's, I love all your videos. Have a beautiful day.
Awwhhh I enjoyed this video. Love my cubbies also🌼🌈❤️😍
Love it your collection
Thanks Claudia 😊
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hilarious, so in the 80s it was cabbage patch kids, 2020 it's toilet paper! To funny!
We couldn't have predicted that, lol!
That's cute. You had the one with braces just like you. I had 9 and when they came out with a black one, I was in love. She was beautiful. I would've put her in my bath if I could. But...she was cotton.
Thanks for stopping by our channel! The black ones are also adorable. Keith had one of those, but I think it's still at his parents' house. It's cool how they're all so unique. I still love them! Thanks for watching :)
oh how cool .My daughter has never heard of them lol.wow what a collection that's amazing;]
T Wright No way!! We’ve got to educate the youth, ha! 😊
I domt have a cabage kid but I'm getting one bc they look super cute
Kristopher_puppters_ art Nice!! They are so cute and lovable! 💕
Awesome collection
Thank you 😊
They're so cute. When I was little we had floppy dolls that were the same size as a baby. I named mine Lindy Loo! I had all boys so no Cabbage patch dolls in our house! 😊💗
Interesting! That's a cute name. I think the Cabbage Patch Kids' names are pretty funny. Before they came along, I had a beanbag doll that I named Pam. I took that doll everywhere I went. I've always loved dolls! Thanks for watching :)
Hi guys! Been a while!
I remember when these came out, they were the “must have” for Christmas.
Hey, did you let Zoe ever play with them? Or were they “Hands off! Mommies toys!” 🤣🤣🤣
I’m afraid to ask, what about “Beanie Babies?”
Great video, lots of fun!
Uncle Dan_58 Hey Dan! Thanks for stopping by. Yes, Zoe was allowed to play with them, but she collected American Girl dolls so those were her favorite. She also had lots of Beanie Babies thanks to her grandparents 😂
I was born in 85, and my dad told everyone I looked like a cabbage patch when I was born,...that is my family nickname. I hate it, but I get why he said it after seeing baby pics..lmao
I just remembered something else! I had a fake cabbage patch kid before I got a real one! My parents got me a cauliflower kid first. I didn't know it was fake. It came inside a big plastic cabbage with cauliflower on top. You took the lid off, which was a piece of cauliflower and there was a doll inside. She had black hair and a yellow dress. I remember telling everyone in the neighborhood she was my cabbage patch kid. I got into a big fight with my best freind over it. She kept telling me it wasn' a cabbage patch kid and I was screaming at her saying "YES IT IS!!! YES IT IS!" haahahaha
No way!! That's hilarious! I've never heard of a Cauliflower Kid, how funny! I'm glad you eventually got a real one.
@@Our80sLife yup, they were actually pretty cool. I loved the big cabbage they came in. They were pretty cute but now that I think about it, they didn’t really look like a cabbage patch kid. They were made of a softer material and the faces were different.
Cute couple! ☺️
Thank you! 😊
Amazing you still remember all those names.. well except Ester! lol I cant believe baby land still exists!
Ryan Schneider VLOGS Yes!! You should google Babyland, that place is straight-up weird! The “birthing center” is truly bizarre, so you know we have to go and check it out, lol!
I have two and my sister gave me her two even tho i can't find one of them. and i could only find one of the 4 online so it would be so cool if they are all different and i need more
i love this!!!! Thank you! i had 2 a red head with pacifier and beautiful like really pretty blue dress like turqious blue thick fabric with ruffles on edges, and a corn silk i got in dec 1986 named Alison mae with a yellow dress and tiny pink flowers thicker fabic then the preemie close as well. I love yr video guys. i lost my mom 24 yrs ago so im trying to find some again. Unfortunately i gave my red head cabbage patch to my cousin i considered a little sister bc she never had 1 and she lost her! do you guys remember the "tender heart bear", too with a real beating heart and the care bears and my little pony craz? Thank you for doing your video! now all we need is a set of twins. Thanks guys.
Thanks so much!! I'm glad to know you enjoyed our video. Sorry to hear you lost your mom young though, that's hard. I hope you're able to find some vintage cabbies. I had totally forgotten about that bear with the heartbeat, but I definitely recall having one... memories unlocked!
these dolls originally invented by a women named Martha Nelson, who she was sewing them up and calling them her "doll babies" aka "little people", they started out as cloth faces and then Robert Xavier took her idea and made them originally he had a lady sew them up as well, but then he started having them made in a factory after copy right. This Martha should be given credit for our cpk craz!!!! oh my gosh yes they smell sooo good, like baby powder with like soft chocolate sent mixed in too is only way i can describe it.
Never was much into cabbage patch kids.
One of the neighbor had kids that look like the cabbage patch kid. They two of them look similar so I could not really tell them a part, similar to all these cabbage patch dolls.
One of my classmate in my Microbiology class look like a cabbage patch kids. Never was much into cabbage patch kids.
But it was interesting to see this video as it bring back old memory, like the one I just mentioned.
My mom still had 2 when I was a kid and I remember they creeped me out! Haha
that's cute
I have a cabbage patch kids to
I have cabbage patch kids too and hoping to get more but there hard to find in my area and if find one in thrift store they want a lot where I live in Florida
3 years later, there’s a new documentary. Have you seen it?
Oh wow! No we haven’t. What’s the name & where can we watch?
@@Our80sLife It’s called Billion Dollar Babies and it turns out it was only shown in select theaters two days ago. Sorry
My Mom made me and my sister homemade cabbage patch dolls. Haha! I have photos of them somewhere. I have no idea what happened to them. Wish I still had mine. I never had a real one.😭 Super cool you guys have the dolls and birth certificates.
Happiness and Sweet Tea Thanks Wendi! I hope maybe your dolls will turn up some day. I bet those were a real challenge to make, even for a skilled crafter. They were cute though. 😊
Me and my playmates played barbies i have fancy fashion, barbie...they have angel face and twirly curl barbies...💕
Awe cute pics them dancing an wow wham;]
T Wright You have a keen eye. I was also a huge fan of Wham!! 💕
I missed the hype of the original CPKs, but not the fun of playing with them. Family members who bought them as "investments" in the '80s gave them to us kids in the '90s. I ended up with 2 girls, plus a "baldie" I found secondhand. Since none of mine had their adoption papers, I named them Ruth, Mary, and George. Mary was my favorite due to her "mini me" haircut (a pony tail and bangs). She also has a tan complexion- unusual for toddler dolls of that era. My sister and I would buy used baby clothes for our CPKs and play all day. Sometimes, we'd come up with something really elaborate, like a playground or a dinner theater. My sister had a CPK and a similar doll that looked just like Beverly and Picard, so we played Star Trek a lot. Then came the Beanie Baby craze - Ooo boy! I called the mall every day for two weeks to find out when their shipment was coming in so I could buy Doby the Doberman (renamed Maria). George has gone on, but Ruth and Mary are still in my parents' basement, wearing the pink dresses my grandma crocheted for them over 25 years ago. I think I could find them pretty quickly if I wanted!
I love it!! My friends and I totally did that stuff too, except for playing Star Trek, LOL! We also dressed them in secondhand baby clothes and even carried them with us to the grocery store. Our favorite was creating little scenes, posing them, and taking pictures. So fun! The Beanie Baby craze started around the time our daughter was born, and my mom bought loads of those things for her. I can see why they were so popular, they're super cute! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories!
I have so many of course my first original was a Premie named Todd. I later got twins etc . Of course when I got older through eBay . Found bride and groom . They are rare . Paid almost three hundred. Lost first two bids but was highest at the last one . Nice collection.
Oh wow, I've never seen the bride and groom. Your collection sounds impressive! Thanks for stopping by our channel Stevie!
Thank you for your video, by any chance do you have a cabbages patch snack time???? Are they super rare? I found one brand new so i dont know whats their value
Thanks for watching! I don't have a Cabbage Patch Snacktime doll, but I think those are pretty valuable. I recommend checking out my friend's channel: Deez Cabbies, Dolls, and Toys ua-cam.com/channels/HPAIrft4YTWJSz7iC6Vq8g.html She has made some videos about those dolls and knows a lot about Cabbage Patch dolls.
Great video! 😊
Thanks so much Clarissa! 🥰
Watched this video a second time. This is soooofucking cute. My 80s obsession was He-Man and Jem.
LOL!! Thanks again Bernhard! I guess we never really outgrow our childhood obsessions because I'm still buying Cabbage Patch Kids at estate sales, and you have AWESOME He-Man and Jem collections!
Looking back to 1983 not even sure where I heard about them or why I wanted one. Maybe classmates at school or the news? My mother saw them in the store like a whole wall of them and thought they were ugly LOL. Then like the next day I told her I wanted one. She said you want that thing? Really? She went back and of course they were gone. So she called around to different stores and of course at that point they were sold out (I believe that was the fall of 1983). So we ordered one before Christmas through a catalog/mail order company Montgomery Wards. It finally came in late March or April the following spring. Only choice we had was boy or girl and white or black doll. They actually came in a brown cardboard box with Cabbage Patch Print on it. Not the pretty yellow one with cellophane window. Also missing on mine was the powder scent. I believe as they were making them fast at that point to try to keep up with demand. But I loved my doll and still have her and her box. I remember carrying her everywhere I went. We couldn't find like any Cabbage Patch official girl doll clothing so we went to a Carter's outlet and bought some real baby clothing. What was funny was other girls and mothers were there for the same reason. The original dolls had the black signature on the butt (which mine does). Then the years after were a different color signature. My second doll was Christmas 1984 I wanna say it had a dark green signature.
That Cabbage Patch craze back in 1983 was WIlD!! Glad you finally got one (even though you had to wait until the spring, wow!) I suppose it was a lesson in patience, right?! You also reminded me that I also used to shop for real baby clothes for my dolls, ha! Gotta miss the good old days!! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories!
Delta Jacoba? Stop making me laugh guys, I just had a hernia operation!
Oh dear, our apologies. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Those crazy names though, lol! 😂
I have 5 cabage patch dolls im getting another tommorow :)
Girlfriend is a 80's child she never had a cabbage patch kids doll she only had barbies but just a day ago she purchased a cabbage patch kids vintage 40th birthday collectors edition from her local big w store
Awesome!! Glad she finally got to "adopt" her first Cabbage Patch Kid. I hope it brings her happiness! I haven't bought any of the new ones... do they still smell like baby powder?
I did too my mother only got me one but I want a whole bunch of them. Cabbage patch kid name Roy he had glasses Yeah brown hair brown eyes Tan complexion
Nice! Thanks for stopping by our channel Terri!