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9 Toy Crazes You Totally Had In The 2000's

I absolutely needed all of these.

Kelsey Rogers
May 01, 2017
Susquehanna University
1130
9 Toy Crazes You Totally Had In The 2000's
Edutopia

I don't know what it is about elementary school, but seeing someone have something that you don't sends you into an immediate frenzy. Nothing says peer pressure like feeling as if nothing is right in the world until you rush to Walmart after school and get this thing that everyone else has and you don't. Here are a few of the things that you made your parents spend a ridiculous amount of money on (sorry).

1. Silly Bandz

The shapes and colors were ENDLESS. A rainbow unicorn? I'll trade you two dolphins and the letter A.

2. Tech Decks

I don't really know why these made us feel edgy, but watch me flip one over my desk.

3. Zhu Zhu Pets

I bet you any money that these were eventually banned from your school, but they were still adorable nonetheless.

4. Webkinz

The more you had, the more you were considered an elite on the playground. I used to put my sibling's pets on my account just so I could feel like I had more.

5. ..these things

Nobody knew what they were called and only like one person in the entire class knew how to get them started.

6. Heely's

Walking through the mall with your parents wasn't cool. Let me roll to Aeropostale in peace.

7. Gel Bracelets

We all know that one girl in class that every single color up her arm. You know what that meant...

8. Razor Scooters

And if you were really extra, you could decorate them yourself with those glitter gel markers.

9. Coolmath4kids

I mean, we all know what we really went on to play because everything else was blocked.


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