I thought it would be fun to spend this week doing a series of these. I have a few done for other decades already but I wanted to fill in the blanks and put them all together to use as a scrapbooking resources. So welcome to Retro Week!
I already posted the 1940's and 1950's in this post (thanks to my Mom!) so I'm starting today off with the 1960's.
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layout featured in My Parents Were Awesome article on The Daily Digi
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The Sixties:
You can sing the theme to "Gilligan's Island."
You were a member of the Beatle's fan club.
You owned at least 20 Little Kiddle's
You ever told someone to "look it up in their Funk and Wagnalls".
You watched Captain Kangaroo.
You'd invade the kitchen for some "Shake-a-Puddin" with a Lick-a-Maid chaser.
You put playing cards in the spokes of your bike because it sounded cool.
You had a pixie haircut
You got up early on Saturday mornings to watch The Flintstones.
You drove your parents nuts singing all the songs from Mary Poppins.
You'd go to the dime store for taffy sheets, wax lips, candy cigarettes (and pretend to smoke them), Fire Sticks, Green Apple Sticks, Razzles, Sweet-Tarts and Chik-o-stiks.
You ever watched the Ed Sullivan Show with your parents.
You had "groovy" Tie dye shirts.
You ripped up your bell bottoms and sewed patches all over them
You thought the Monkees were a real group, and Davy Jones was dreamy...
You had a Bewitched lunch box.
You played Candyland.
You had a Jungle Gym.
You remember Sonny and Cher when they were together
You were bummed out that you were too young to go to Woodstock .
You had Pebbles and Bam Bam dolls, and Playdough, Hotwheels and Lincoln Logs.
You knew how to do "The Twist" and "The Pony".
You played Twister at parties.
You remember full service gas stations.
You played paper dolls, Betsy Mcall and read Highlights.
You tried to learn macrame.
The smell of Crayola crayons, school paste and Playdough takes you back in time...
You bought singles-45 rpm records
You remember Kurt Russell when he was in Disney movies.
All your friends had nicknames from "Peanuts".
Surfer culture- Frankie and Annette, the Beach Boys...
You drew smiley faces on all your notebooks and on your jeans.
You owned a Lava lamp and a troll doll.
You owned at least one black light poster.
You owned go-go boots.
You had a Superball and a Magic-8 ball and a Spirograph and a Mr. Potato Head (with his friend Cooky Cucumber).
Thanks to the Veggie Boards forum for this list
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Some other fun sites with information about the 1960's era
- Fashions from the 60's
- 1960s flashbacks - prices
- Greatest Rock and Roll songs from the 60's
- 1960s Wiki site
