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15 Things You Miss About Growing Up A 90s Kid

The best trends and crazes of every true 90s kid childhood.

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15 Things You Miss About Growing Up A 90s Kid

If you were lucky enough to grow up in the 1990s, you know what a time it was to be alive. You may have forgotten all the great things that made your childhood so special. Here are 15 of some of the greatest 90s trends you may have crazed!

1. Nintendo 64

If you weren’t playing Mario cart, Mario party, or super smash bros in your bean bag or inflatable chair, you were doing life wrong.

2. Spice Girls

Let's be honest, if you say you haven’t jammed out in the shower or sang karaoke to “Wannabe”, you’re not just lying to everybody but to yourself, too.

3. Lisa Frank

Lisa Frank school supplies was a must have for any girl, most especially, unique rainbow folders, ranging from unicorn to puppy designs. Now, you’ll be surprised if you can get your hand on a printed folder that isn’t of a new boy band or artist.

4. Dunkaroos, Kid Cuisines, Push Up Pops, and so on...


They were the ultimate snacks we will forever miss. Well maybe not so much the Kid Cuisine, but they sure did look cool and appetizing to a 7 year old.

5. Lip Smackers

Similar to the Lay’s slogan “Betcha can’t eat just one”, no girl could simply have only one lip smackers. A collection was necessary, whether candy, soda, or dessert flavored.

6. Shrinky Dinks & Easy Bake Ovens

Pleasantly surprised, our parents let us use mini ovens to make food, and heating machines, to shrink plastic at such young ages, but hey, those unconventional toys sure kept us busy!

7. Squishy Plastic Tube Things!

They had absolutely no purpose, yet they could mesmerize us for hours! Oh how the tides have turned.

8. Scrunchies, butterfly clips, hard fabric headbands, & bandanas

If you think your boring hair is on fleek now, take a glance at your throwback photos. Can't beat the wild up do's, featuring sparkly butterfly clips and crazy crimped hair!

9. Blockbuster Video


Oh, the convenience of taking a trip to blockbuster, to pick out family movies, video games and baby bottle pops ... for once, Netflix has never seemed so boring.

10. Game Boy


Whether plain gray or classic purple, tetris, donkey kong, and pokemon games, served as unlimited fun.

11. Tamagotchi

Mom wouldn’t let you get that puppy you wanted. Deal, settled for a tamagotchi and probably gave it more attention then you would a real pet.

12. Mash

We may have just been predicting our future based on how long the spiral we drew was, but no one was happy when they predicted to be shacked up, driving a garbage truck and having 36 kids.

13. Beanie Babies


The Beanie Baby craze was one for the books. Even McDonald's joined the bandwagon by hooking us up with the free happy meal beanie baby toys.

14. AOL Instant Messenger


Instant messaging your friends and crushes was all fun and games until they left your initials out of their profile. No worries, you would have probably just left an, away message along the lines of ...

15. See-through phones

Not gonna lie, I definitely tried to steal my sisters see-through corded phone to call my best friend's home phone, so we could decide if our next dance we'd make up, would be to a, Christina Aguilera or Avril Lavigne song.

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