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11 Toys You Had If You Grew Up In The 2000s

I'll forever play Webkinz games

Natalie Evans
Feb 27, 2017
Lander University
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11 Toys You Had If You Grew Up In The 2000s
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My childhood was spent in hours and hours of dressing up, putting on shows, cooking with my kitchen set, or playing school with my stuff animals. Other times it was spent playing with toys or begging my mom to buy something. These are a few of my favorite things from my childhood in the 2000s.

1. Polly Pockets

I'd have the whole living room covered in a Polly Pocket town. They'd go from the mall to an amusement park, or even a pool.

2. Webkinz

My favorite part was decorating their rooms and playing against people in games. We'll pretend I didn't have like 30...

3. Barbies

"I'm a barbie girl in a barbie world." It took me and my sister longer to see who would use which one and have which outfits than to actually play. Let's also not forget about the barbie limo!

4. Nintendo DS

My poor Nintendo dogs are probably dead...

5. ZooPals

"ZooPals, ZooPals, the plates that make eating fun!" It was always a sad day when your mom wouldn't get them for you.

6. Heelys


I always wanted a pair of these as a child, but I never got them.

7. Doodle Bear

And having your bag that unfolded to a mat. This bag carried the bear and markers, which is seriously one of the best inventions ever. Plus all you had to do was put it in the washer and it was like brand new.

8. Silly Bandz

Bags and bags of them. Plus as soon as I got new ones, I was at my friend's house trading!

9. LeapPad

What better way to learn to read! It has evolved into the new LeapPad we now see.

10. Easy Bake Oven

The food actually didn't taste that bad. But it would have been a lot quicker to just cook in a normal oven, but it definitely wasn't as cool!

11. Lite-Brite


This probably was one of my favorite things to use. I remember just sitting there poking holes in paper to see the awesome picture I'd have at the end.

Now that you can see what I grew up with, maybe you'll be inspired to find it, buy it, and play with the most awesome toys out there. Some nostalgia was brought to me after talking to my friends about these and writing this, that I actually went to a few stores looking for them, and unfortunately, many of them are no longer sold. But thankfully we have internet and can order online! These new toys have nothing on the old!

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