It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since Cabbage Patch Kids first were sold. Any child of the 80s knows how important Cabbage Patch Kids were. Who knew that when Xavier ended up exploring in that Cabbage Patch what he found would mean so much to the kids in the world. Kids would get their Cabbage Patch Kids and savor the birth certificate that each one came with. These were not only toys, but they were like actual kids. The children (it’s hard to believe we’re all adults now) would put them to bed and care for them like they were real kids. And now our babies have grown up!
The good news is that the makers of Cabbage Patch Kids are celebrating by offering 25th Anniversary Cabbage Patch Kids. This new version looks just like the original and will certainly be as important to this generation of children as they were to us.
The amazing folks from Cabbage Patch wanted to help LI Kids and the millions of fans of Cabbage Patch celebrate the coming of these new Kids. To do this they have graciously given us two adorable Cabbage Patch Kids to giveaway! We will be giving these out in July before you can buy them in the stores! That will give all of the 80s kids that loved these, a chance to win them for their kids or even for themselves (though now that you’re older you should try to share!)
To win all you have to do is let us know one of your favorite memories concerning Cabbage Patch Kids. Please make sure that you leave a memory because comments like “Make me a winner” and “I want to win” will be deleted. If you don’t leave us a fond Cabbage Patch Kid memory we will assume that you do not want to win.
To give you an idea of what we are looking for, I will leave you a fond memory of mine.
The Christmas of 1984 I was six years old and all I wanted for Christmas that year was a new International French Cabbage Patch Kid. I was learning to speak French in 1st grade and I was obsessed with all things French. The doll was brunette, which was my hair color, and wore a pretty red silk and black lace dress. Unfortunately, we did not have a lot of money so I did not expect to get it that year. My brother, who is nine years older than me had other plans though.
He saved up money from his paper route and on Christmas Eve he excused himself from the family festivities to head down to Thompkin’s Hardware, which was a block away from home. He took his paper money that he had been saving for weeks and came home with the French Cabbage Patch Kid that I had been wanting! He had them put it in a brown box, since they weren’t able to wrap it there and he gave it to me right then. I can still remember the excitement I felt. It’s been over 23 years since that Christmas and it’s the one gift I think I will never forget!
We hope that you will add in your memories of your old Cabbage Patch Kids so that you have a chance to win an Anniversary Kid for yourself before they hit the store shelves.
LI Kids is proud to be giving away two 25th Anniversary Cabbage Patch Kids to two lucky winners that leave us their Cabbage Patch memories. To enter, all you need to do is leave us a comment with your best memory of Cabbage Patch Kids. Please be sure to only leave one. Comments are moderated to avoid spam, so it will not show up right away. If you do not see your comment within a day then by all means leave another one. Otherwise, do not worry as we accept comments several times a day.
To enter you need to be 18 years of age and a resident of the US. If you have won a contest within the last 30 days you are not eligible. Winners will be announced here. If we do not hear from you within 3 weeks from the date the winners are announced you forfeit your prize and we will select another winner. Prizes will be shipped within 45 days from the day you win.
We will choose a winner for this the week of July 28, 2008. This means that you have until July 27, 2008 at 11:59 PM EST to enter the contest.
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Ashtyn is in her early 30s. She is a mother, writer, college student, and music lover. Ashtyn has had a successful career as a writer since 2003. She turned to blogging in 2005. Ashtyn attends Wright State where she is getting a degree in Psychology. She has extensive knowledge in SEO and Social Media Development.
My daughter was very small for her age. I remember buying her a Cabbage Patch doll. Taking her to the playground, I sat on the swing with her. I held her and she held the doll. This was such a bonding moment. I never realized in years this would be a memory that pops up whenever I look at my grown daughter.
His name is Kelsey Hugo. Cutest little bald guy you should ever hope to love. I still have him..well, he lives at my Mom’s house. I took him everywhere..including college! His birthday is October 1st. The first couple of years, we had birthday parties for Kelsey. My mom even baked a cake.
Got him for Christmas. And, yes, he still smells good. How did they do that?
It was a half-hour before closing on Christmas Eve at a local toy store and unbelievably they were stocking their shelves with the illusive Cabbage Patch Doll! You may not remember, but as the hottest toy of the season they were impossible to get anywhere. Our daughter, almost three-years old at the time, tightly held Santa’s gift to her all day long. When asked, she reluctantly shared her treasure with her Uncle. Teasing her, he took out a pen and pretended to sign the back of the doll. It took a long time for her to forgive him for writing on her doll! Trying to distract her from her Uncle’s antics, we asked her what the doll’s last name was and, of course, expected her to say our last name. Instead she was appalled that we didn’t know that the doll’s full name was, Kristen Ginger BREAD! She and Kristen Ginger Bread were inseparable. They had a doll clinic at the local hospital. She and Kristen Ginger Bread had their picture featured in the local newspaper. Beth was wearing a paper nurse’s cap and stethoscope giving her beloved doll a checkup. Everyone was a Cabbage Patch Kid at that time, since everyone’s parents got them from a cabbage patch!
I wanted one of these dolls so bad when I was a little girl, just like everyone else. They were all the rage and people were standing in line for hours for these dolls. Being a divorced, single mom of three kids, my mom was not about to stand in line for hours on end to make my dream come true. Who could blame her? But, due to the dolls popularity, they are still around and years later, my mom fulfilled my wish by actually getting me a cabbage patch doll. I still have that doll and passed it on to my daughter. I thought the birth certificate was the neatest part!
I remember the first time I saw the Cabbage Patch doll in the store I was pregnant with my daughter Victoria. I thought that they were different than any doll I had seen before but they were cute. It wasn’t long after that the public went Cabbage Patch crazy and the dolls were flying off the shelves.
Now it’s 25 years later and I am a grandma of a little girl and for her first Christmas in ’07 I bought her a Cabbage Patch, the Silver Edition. It’s it nice to see that some things remain for a new generation to enjoy.
I always loved Cabbage patch dolls, when I finally received one after months of beggin, I found out my mom had stood in line outside in the rain for hours to get one, I felt so bad about that but it meant even more know what she went through to get it for me!
My grandfather bought my sister and me our first Cabbage Patch dolls in 1984. We were visiting our granparents in New York for Christmas, and he stood in line at the store in the freezing cold in a crowd of clawing people all wanting to get there hands on must-have toy of the year for their kids. His tenacity paid off–he scored two dolls that day and made our Christmas the best ever. He died the next year from lung cancer, which makes my memory of my first Cabbage Patch even more special since my grandfather was sick when he waited in that line. Years later when I moved to Atlanta, one of the first things I did was drag my husnad to the Cabbage Patch Land in Cleveland, GA to watch the newborns get picked in the “hospital.” I had such a good time reliving my Cabbage Patch memories that day!
my son who is 26 had one named Lance Darren. His sister who is now 30 had one but I don’t remebe her name.
My daughter was three when the earthquake hit. Her Cabbage Patch Doll was trapped under a bookcase on the second floor. She screamed like a person was trapped. My husband had to rescue her even though we were still having major after shocks. Georgette still has a major place of honoe in her room. I would love to win this for her.
I remember playing with cabbage patch dolls when I was younger. I use to comb their hair and change their clothes. Although their old and beat up looking, I still have them, and I”m ready to pass them on to my kids.
Just remembering that my mother, grandmother, aunts, and every other relative stood in long lines and had such a hard time finding them. So we were so thrilled when we opened one on christmas morning.
When I was younger, I remember not having a cabbage patch doll when all my friends did. Finally, we went on a trip to Georgia and stopped by the place where cabbage patch kids are “born”…Everyone was shouting out names when a new baby popped out the patch! At the store there, I finally got one! I was super happy I got one there and felt mine was extra special…
My niece would love this doll.
I remember it was impossible to get one in the 1980′s. They sold out in the stores as soon as they arrived . I like a lot of parents tried to get one anywhere but couldn’t. Great marketing to spike demand for sales but a disaster for all of the disappointed children.
I remember the anguish of being a mother and trying to find a Cabbage Patch doll for my daughter for Christmas. I lived in a small town about an hour away from a big city. I spent days and weeks trying to get one of the dolls. I had my name on lists all over the city. I finally got a call that one of the stores would have them held on a certain day at a certain time. I battled the rush hour/holiday traffic for my one shot at making my daughter’s Christmas merry. When I got there, they actually gave me a choice of the one I wanted — and they even had a set of blue-eyed blonde boy/girl twins. I bought them on the spot! You should have seen her face when she opened up the brother/sister duo!!! Priceless!!!
Thank you for the opportunity to win!
I remember waiting at Kmart hoping that my mom’s number would be called so that I could get one. Thinking about that makes me laugh!
I remember wanted one so bad for Christmas and not just anyone, it had to share my birthday and have the same color hair as I have. When I got one Christmas morning, I was so excited! I can not believe that they have been around for 25 years!
Well, my first Cabbage Patch Kid memory is very vague, but I do remember somewhat. When I was 3, my appendix ruptured and I had to have emergency surgery. They had to keep me in the hospital almost a week because I was so young and at a high risk of infection. So to keep me company, my mom bought me a Cabbage Patch doll that looked just like me. I remember sleeping with her and telling her how nice it would be when we could go home. My mom still has “Sandy”, and now my daughters play with her
We bought alot of cabbage patch dolls for my daughters and I made alot of look a likes . My mom has one I made with rolling eyes and a chocheted outfit she will hand down to my youngest daughter.
my mom bought me 2 the day they came out!!I was the happiest little girl!
I remember getting my first cabbage patch doll after my Mom searched forever. I was never so thrilled with a gift in my life. It reminds me of how much my Mom always wanted me to be happy and how she went out of her way for me.
I remember waking up on Christmas morning when I was five and looking out my bedroom door to see what was under the tree. When I saw that yellow and green box I was so happy and I took off running toward it. What my mom remembers from that morning was that I was so excited and I ran to my Cabbage Patch kid, but I also started running to give her a hug, but I stopped before I got to her. Apparently, she was crushed. I do not remember this, but I really wish I had given her a hug because now I feel guilty about it.
Oh, how I remember! My daughter wanted one sooooo bad. Christmas was coming and her birthday was January 7th. I hunted and hunted to no avail. Finally, about 5 days before her birthday, I bought a pattern and made a cloth doll. she liked it but it was no cabbage patch!! How many lines did I stand in? How many early mornings? Wow.
Nikki was ten that year, very grown up for her age. She never ask for a cabbage patch doll and it was years before I knew what really happened that Christmas. Jared was two and he looked like a little Cabbage Patch Doll himself. I tried so hard to find one for him. I know he was a boy, but he loved his stuffed animals so much, I knew he would love a little doll that looked like him. I couldn’t find one and I was so disappointed. A friend told me to order one from Sears and even though it wouldn’t come before Christmas, I would get it as soon as their stock was replenished. To everyones surprised it came, the ladies at the store said they had dozens on backorder, they couldn’t believe it came. On Christmas morning Jared loved the Cabbage Patch Doll, it had a little bald head and he would try to chew on it, he carried it around for months. I still have it, tucked away with all his childhood memorabilia. Nikki never said a word, never showed a sign of disappointment, but years later I found out the real story. Her girlfriend had overheard her mother and me talking on the phone, she found out that I had gotten a Cabbage Patch Doll. The girls assummed it was for Nikki and she was thrilled. She never asked for a doll because she believed she was getting one. She was grown before I found out and even though she says she has gotten over it, I know that it really hurt her. I told her last year I would buy her one for Christmas this year. I don’t think it would make up for the disappointment she felt that morning, but I hope it lets her know how much I love her and would love to go back to that Christmas and see her face when she opened her Cabbage Patch Doll.
I remember getting a hand-me-down one from my cousin. It was one of the best days of my childhood.
I will never forget taking my (now 26 year old) daughter and my Down’s Syndrome sister to the Cabbage Patch Hospital in Georgia. I still have the photos and they still have the dolls. My daughter was 9 year old so that was 17 years ago. Wow!!
I still have my step daughters red haired cabbage patch doll; I remember how hard we looked an found one at K-Mart shoved back in the hardware section. Luck or the draw!!!!!! It was the very one she anted. Many Thanks SW
I remember walking over the Christmas tree after church on Christmas eve and seeing a gift for myself and one for my younger sister. We both got to open one present before we went to bed. Low and behold we each had gotten a Cabbage Patch doll. We went to bed excited as can be thinking that Santa couldn’t top this. We’ll low and behold Santa brought each of us another Cabbage Patch doll the next day. I still think of getting those dolls every time I see them now in the store as an adult! Years later, mom told us what she had to go through to get those dolls. If only ebay had been around then, it would have been a lot easier!
All of my friends had cabbage patch dolls in the 80s, but my family was so poor we didn’t even have a car. My mom wanted to get me one so bad, so she talked a neighbor who was really crafty into making a knock-off. It was a sad, sad knock-off and my brother pulled her head off after a few days because it was poorly hand-stitched. Only when I got older could I appreciate my mom trying to do the best she could to get me one. I LOVE THAT WOMAN!!
Yes, I remember my youngest daughter, wanted one so bad when she was little, but at that time when they first arrived in the stores around here, they would fly off the shelves, the minute they got them in stock. One day just before her 4th birthday, my sister called, she had gotten information they were getting some in a store about 30 miles from where I lived, so we got there as quick as we could, hoping to buy one. By the time we got there, they only had a couple left, but my daughter got her cabbage patch doll, for her birthday. She loved that doll, took it everywhere she went!
i remember i wanted cp doll so bad,but we did not have the money for one.i was only about six or seven i did not know we were poor.my grandmother was a great sower,so she made me one.it looked just like the real thing ,i never new the difference.i loved her so much.i was a teenager before i knew she was not the store brand.i later got a store doll,however it could never replace the first one.
Whenever I think of Cabbage Patch Kids I think of my grandmother who was always buying them for us. My grandmother loved them so much when she was alive. I remember how she looked so hard to get Cabbage Patch Kids Dolls for us for Christmas when they first came out and how she actually managed to get some for us. It seemed liked times were so much simpler and happier back then. And I really loved all the Cabbage Patch Kids Dolls I received over the years. They were designed so well.
I still love them from when I was a child.
I could not get a doll for my daughter at the time and I made her one!
I remember my best friend and I were in the early years of high school when we got “OUR BABIES♥” We went on a camping trip together and we had beds in our tent for our kids. We spent so much money on film for our digital cameras. We took pictures of them quite a bit that summer. My Cabbage Patch has been used by all three of my girls. It’s amazing that she still has a faint smell of that wounderful baby powder smell. I will always cherish the memories I have and all the new ones that my children have made with her.♥
My fondest moment is getting my “Rachel” cabbage patch kid at Christmas, when I was 7 years old. I never knew the trouble my mom went through, just to make sure I got one. I am now 33 and still have my Cabbage Patch Doll. But now my 3 year old daughter plays with it. I think it’s just great. And I tell her the story of how Grandma waited in line hours on end to get it. She already knows her Grandma is special. But I can’t help but look at that doll and think of how great my mom is.
One of the happiest day that I can remember was the day I adopted Kristina Rena. She had red hair and blue eyes. I took her to school when I was 10 years old (1984) and all my friends were excited. I allowed them to hold her while I ate lunch and swung on the swing set. On my way into the school after recess three little girls said to me what is a black girl like you doing with a white baby. I responded because I was chosen to love her and it doesn’t matter what color she or I am as long her we care for each other.
Thank you,
Patricia
After MUCH deliberation and discussion – our panel of judges has decided on the following winners.
First Prize: Michael Elliott
Second Prize: Allison T.
Thanks so much to all who entered. Michael and Allison have been emailed to claim their prizes!
I got my first cabbage patch kid when i was 5 she from was from 1982 i got her in 83 and i still have her now 25 yrs later nothing really wrong with her but her one foot needs to be fixed but it kida reminds me of my childhood. and the other day on tv when i saw they came out with the 25 yr anniversay i was so happy my 30th birthday is coming this thursay on the 4th and i aske dmy husband for the anniversary doll as a presant he thought i was nuts but i briught a tear to my eye when i saw they broiught them back i love my doll and we get to have a part next week.
I remember when my daughter was young and her school had a raffle for a cabbage patch doll. I bought some tickets and waited. Low and behold, we win!! When we picked up the doll, her name was the same as my daughters’, Jessica. She was thrilled, and called her Jessica #too.
thanks for a chance to win another.
i remember when i bought a Cabbage Patch to my little girl before her birthday arrives.. she was so excited and thrilled when i gave as a gift..she love it so much and at the christmas the same year i bought one more and she loved it and thank me now shes grown shes still fan of the Cabbage Patch doll and want thats why im here to try my luck