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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Written by Ashtyn Evans - Visit Website
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Ashtyn lives in her home state of Michigan with her life partner, Dominick, her 14 year old son, and her baby, the Shih-Tzu, Oliver Twist. Ashtyn is in college, going for a degree in Psychology. She plans to get her Ph.D and work as a therapist in the field of human sexuality. Ashtyn is an experienced and talented chef. She also excels at writing and has worked as a professional writer for the past five years. Ashtyn enjoys spending time with her son and four year old nephew, watching movies, listening to music, and writing works of fiction.
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I remember how everyone was trying to get one. They were almost impossible to find. Some people paid alot of money for one because their child wanted one and they couldn’t find one in the store. The were very popular.
Yes, I remember cabbage patch kids dolls. I remembered that i wanted one more than anything, I wanted no particular one, I just wanted one and x-mas was just around the corner. I remember waking up and seeing my presents and I was so happy because, I knew my mother was gonna get me one! So I started openinng gifts based upon the size. I finally get to the last gift, I knew it just had to be my cabbage patch kid doll, and when I opened it I couldnt believe my eyes, A BOOTLEG CABBAGE PATCH KID DOLL! Can u believe that, I couldnt, I was very disappointed, I cried! My mother said she would get me one the next year, and that they sold out of the cabbage patch kids, and that she didnt just want to nothing! But to me it was nothing, something that someone sewn together! Couldnt wait til the next year, and I did get one then, actually I got 2.
The Cabbage Patch Doll frenzy wasn’t lost in our relatively small neck of the woods,either. In 1984, my daughter was 6 years old, and she wished for one of those dolls with every innocent bone in her body. Despite my attempts, it was a wish I was unable to satisfy. I purchased a home-made knock-off,praying she would be too young to notice. The look on her face said it all… I felt like a traitor, and counterfeit mother…so much so,that I became embittered toward the dolls themselves-and refused to acknowledge them from that day forward! Today my daughter is 30years old,and although,well past the doll stage,I think,it would mean so much to her to know, how deep her disappointment cut me. I would present it to her as a special keepsake, that she may someday pass to a daughter of her own…
I remember a crafting craze at the same time as women tried making replica dolls..but, oh my daughter and nieces knew..they wanted the real ones…the ones with matching hair and eyes to them. I remember women fighting over them, I think they were $25, a LOT at the time. You were cool if you had one.and you were a dork if you had a replica.
I remember in the 80’s where there were fight when there was a new shipment of dolls that arrived at a store. My cousin who was in her 40’s received a doll that her husband had bartered for so she could have one for Christmas. I remember her saying they were so ugly they were cute. I remember the doll hospital where you could go in Georgia and adopt a doll.
Skiffywife
ahhh I still have my cabbage patch kid. I remeber when i got it. It had to look like me. I gave my mom a letter before christmas it said cabbage patch kid blonde hair, brown eyes and a pink dress. It took her forever she later told me , but she finally got it. I was so happy now i see my daughter play with it, even though she has 4 cabbage patch kids of her own my old one is her favorite
OH my fondest memory is searching high and low to find a Cabbage Patch doll for my 6 year old daughter Lacie and the smile on her face when she finally got her doll. Her name was Nan and she has red hair. Now I have 2 grand daughters and I would love to share with them the pleasure of loving a Cabbage Patch doll like their mom had.
I loved Cabbage Patch dolls when I was little. My baby’s name was Ramsey. I took him everywhere I went!
my memory of cabbage patch dolls is being a kid and watching the news and seeing all these people beating each other to get one of the dolls for x-mas . even then i knew they were going to be a great legend.
I remember the dolls having adoption papers and what a treat it was to have one. As I remember Cabbage Patch Dolls had the biggest media coverage as a fad in the eighties. thank you for the contest
Visiting the Cabbage Patch Hospital in Cleveland,GA with my daughter. We adopted an original baby!
I so wanted a set of Cabbage Patch twins but my folks could not find a set. So I got a boy Cabbage Patch instead that Christmas - my son (who is almost twenty) still has him!
It was about 1982 and I was about 5 years old. Well I wanted a Cabbage Patch Doll so my mom went late at night to try and get me one. Well since it was very popular, they sold out real fast. So one night as I lay in bed my mom gave me a doll that she had made to look like a Cabbage Patch. I have gotten real Cabbage Patch Dolls over the years but that one I have always treasured. 25 years later and I still have that Doll.
My Daughter was born in 1981 so we were in the middle of the the Cabbage Patch days. We had/have many but the first one will always be with us and a part of our lives. Her name is Claudia Sabina. I tried every way possible to get one but kept missing out. A friend of mine worked at a Service Merchandise store and finally Claudia was added to our family.
My daughter had a cabbage patch doll when she was small. My son was learning to spell. He took a black marker and wrote butt face on the dolls face. My daughter was horrified.
Oh wow, I had 3 Cabbage Patch dolls (still have 2 of them at my parents house). I remember the craze like it was yesterday - people fighting over them, store shelves cleared off within minutes of them being put out. I even sent in the birth certificate to change the name on 2 of my dolls. One looked like the top picture on this blog, one had red hair and a pacifier and my last one was bald. I had all kinds of accessories too like diapers, lots of homemade outfits, and a carrier for one of them.
My daughter was working at a store that stocked Cabbage Patch dolls. There was such a rush on them, that is was really hard to get your hands on a doll at that time. I have three of the original dolls here at the house and we love them dealy.
My mom waited in line for more than 2 hours at the toy store to get one for me for my birthday!! I still have her!
I remember waiting in line at the store with my parents because I simply had to have one along with everyone else.
My kids were born in 1972 and 1975 and in the 80’s I go the each a cabbage patch doll and we still have them to this day and , I just think it would be great now to win a new one for Jennifers daughter, Mandy didn’t have and children.
ok the year was 1985 and I was on my way to an alternative club with friends..I had on a pair of fierce High heel combat books (don’t ask)…well the heel broke..it was 11pm …the only thing open was Kmart…I walked in to a big hoopla saying I had just won a cabbage patch doll…they were so hard to get at the time!
I worked in a Toys R Us the year Cabbage Patch dolls came out. the rush was so heavy, they made them a ticket item.
I had to stand in a booth, and take orders for the dolls, which were stacked nearly two stories high in the stockroom. I had Cabbage Patch nightmares. the funny part is that with access to absolutely ANY style she could want, my daughter just wanted “a bald baby boy”. she still has Kerry Jefferson.
They were having drawings at K-mart all day because of blue light specials and it being Christmas time. We all had a ticket. My ticket number was called and I was astounded! I was maybe 4 or 5 years old, and really didn’t know what was going on, but my mom said you won! Go get your prize. It turned out to be a cabbage patch doll. I remember naming her Susan. She has since been stolen, and I miss her to this day.
My memory of the cabbage dolls is where the Mom’s were fighting in stores to get one for their kids.
Oh, that brings back memories! Cabbage Patch dolls and Transformers were the must have Christmas gift back then.
Everybody wanted one and there stores would only get a few in at a time. You had to put your name on lists in just about every store and when they came in you’d get a call to come pick it up. It was crazy!!
My memory is of my husband getting up at 1 a.m. to stand in line at a toy store but to find a long with hundreds in it waiting for the doll. Of course, I didn’t get my cabbage patch doll.
I loved my Cabbage Patch doll. He came with the name Eric and here it is now 25 yrs later and I named my new son Eric!
I was about one year old when I got my first cabbage patch kid. she was one of the newborns and I was ecstatic. she was meant to be a christmas gift, but i found her early and was instantly in love. somehow my parents convinced me to give it back to them and wait until christmas, and when I got her christmas morning i was soo happy. I used to get sooo mad when someone would call her a doll and not a baby. she’s still the first thing i cuddle after a bad day!
I remember my daughter had to have one! She was 4 years old at that time. My husband and my father-in-law worked near Macys in Manhattan. When they found out the dolls were to be sold there, they made the mad rush to get one in a crazy crowd! They got 3 of them. One for my daughter and two for my Father-In Law who still has his dolls today! Once in a while he pulls them out to show everyone his Cabbage Patch babies who are still in the original packaging.
Gosh, 25 years! Where has the time gone?!?!
I was 13 years old and I wanted a Cabbage Patch for Christmas. Christmas morning, there she was, although I was less than enthralled with the “given name” of Ernestine!
I remember being teased by my teenaged daughter and her friends about my passion for these adorable little dolls. I repeatedly feel in love and had to have them. I still have many of them, maybe about 20. Still like new. Still in their boxes, never removed. And still as cute as ever.
I remmeber my sister playing with these dolls all the time. Grandma had a stash of them at her house too
I was in the fourth grade and remember a Cabbage Patch kid being my #1 choice on my Christmas list. At the time they were hard to come by, so much so that my mom sat me down and prepared me to not get one on Christmas as they were sold out everywhere she went.
On Christmas morning, I saved the biggest box for last, it was the size of a TV box. I never expected it was a cabbage patch kid, but to my surprise it was! Bridgette Galinda with light brown hair and a pink overalls….I still have the box, it’s in my parents attic to this day. The doll is worn beyond something I could call a “collector”. I was so excited…there is a picture of me with this huge smile, hugging Bridgette. My mom told me later that she had a frind whos mom worked at a retail store and was able to set aside 2 dolls for her when the shipment came in, a boy and a girl doll. My mom was so happy to have found the dolls and waited in line to pay when another mother behind her had said she had been looking all over for the Cabbbage Patch dolls for her daughter as a gift for Christmas but they were always sold out when she got to the store. My mom could relate and gave her the boy doll. My mom is so awesome!
My daughter had a red=headed cabbage patch doll. I remember the excitement when her doll received a birthday card on her first birthday. Many years later she moved to the home of a grandchild.
I had a doll named ‘Carrie Sabrina’- I thought it was a horrible name. That doll is long gone as she made good use of her escape from her original packaging.
I remember my daughters cabbage patch, “Malita Sally” I would love to win this for my granddaughter so she would have as much fun as her mommy did playing with it.
My oldest daughter was a great Chicago Bulls fan so as a teen she bought a Bulls sweater and cap for the Cabbage Patch doll she has for years and set it on her bed. Today she is a mom herself and that doll wearing the sweater and cap still sits on the bed in her guest room.
I remember my daughter loving her Sally! She still has her aftter all these years. I bought it before I was ever pregnant. I would love to have one put away for her daughter just like I had hers before I ever got her.
My daughters still have their Cabbage Patch dolls, now they each have daughters of their own. I would love to have one to give to one of the girls. We had every accersory that you could get your hands on too! They played with those dolls like they were their own children. To this day, their is one in the guest room in a stroller. Hard to believe it has been 25 years…..
I remember when that was all my daughter wanted for christmas. I did get her a cabbage patch bride doll when she got married. I would love to win this for her daughter
My daughter received one after she was born in December of
1983. She has never played with it and has kept it in the
original packaging. It brings back a lot of great memories.
I was six years old when the big CPK craze began. i wanted a girl, with blonde braids, and blue eyes, just like me. When I went to my grandparents home on Christmas eve that year, There she was. Later I found out that my grandfather had stood in line for 4 hours at a time at 3 different stores to finally find the exact one that I had asked for.
That made her even more special.
My favorite memory is the frantic search for a Cabbage Patch for my little sister’s birthday. My mom was hysterical!
Wow, you memory is really beautiful. Mine isn’t so beautiful, but funny in a bad way. I loved playing with my Cabbage Patch doll’s hair so I had undone her braids. When my cousin came to visit she didn’t want to undo her dolls braids, so I did it for her when she was in the bathroom. Looking back I feel both sad that I did that but I also laugh because it is kind of funny (but only kind-of).
When I was little, I thought that African American babies were so cute, and I wanted to adopt a real one when I got older. (By the way, my husband and I have adopted!) Cabbage Patch kids were just becoming all the rage, and I wanted one so badly, but never thought we would be able to afford one. One Christmas, my grandmom surprised me with an African American little boy Cabbage Patch dressed in a Philadelphia Phillies uniform…my favorite team! I still have the little guy all these years later and he reminds me of my desire to help children in need, and my sweet, sweet Grandmom!
My daughter was born in 1983 & my neice was one year older,of course we had to have Cabbage Patch Dolls for them. The search was on & thankfully grandma found two & paid an outrageous amount for them! What they loved even more was an album I found that had the song Lavender McDade on it. My daughter now wants to find a copy of that.
Since I only had one child, a boy, born on Nov. 1, I had two boy cabbage patch dolls! I looked high and low until I found two of them with his birthdate. Sadly, someone stole the two dolls, and I have never been able to replace them. I pray I can win one. Even if it does not have his date on it, it will be nice to have at least one again. Got my fingers crossed, that’s for sure.
I remember my sisiter getting a Cabbage Patch doll for Christmas and I really wanted to play with her and I did, when my sister was gone.
wow i would love to try to win one for my little girl i rember way back when the verry frist cabagepach kids came out it got so crazy that well thay came out with flower pach kids and well even then . i’m happy to say i was a owner of both cabage paach and flower pach kid and well i even had a bunnybee,furskin,and so on. any how i hope i win this thanks
i remember when i got my first cabbage patch doll unfortunately it was the same year i “discovered” there was no santa i was only 5 years old and i was at my aunts house and santa always left us presents there i was so excited that he left me a cabbage patch since my 2 older cousins had some and they never let me play with theres
when it was my cousins turn to open their gifts from santa …they had each gotten a cabbage patch doll mug which they thought was sooo awesome they rubbed it in that santa had brought them to them…however even at 5 i remember my mom and my aunt judy buying them from the neighbor lady who ran a small store out of her house
so in the middle of all the excitement i yell out santa didnt bring that i saw mom and aunt judy buying that at shirleys house my moms jaw about hit the floor
not only did i ruin my own belief of santa but my 2 cousins belief as well……..but we still beleived in the easter bunny and tooth fairy for a few more years lol
now some people may think this isnt a fond memory but my family and i still laugh about this to this day
my doll is long gone having passed it down to 2 little sisters but i still have a birth certificate that came with it
I remember my Cabbage Patch doll dearly…her name was Carlotta Elsie and she had blonde hair and blue eyes…one of the hardest dolls to find. My mom waited in line for hours and hours in the parking lot of the toy store to get it for me after I cried when my grandmother promised me one and then gave me a “homemade” cabbage patch doll made out of pantyhose! It was the ugliest thing I had ever seen…but all was forgotten when I received Carlotta on Christmas morning. I cherished that doll for years and years and wish I still had it to hand down to my 21 month old daughter.
I’m 25 myself so I had quite a few cabbage patch dolls being a child of the 80’s. My favorite memory was when I got the cabbage patch doll with the hair curler. The hair was basically made out of wire so it’s hair would stay in place when you used the plastic curler. It was so cool. Cabbage patch dolls are the best!
All my girlfriends each had their own, and everyone had a doll to match the hair color of themselves. They pushed their cabbage dolls in coaches up to my house, where I (the natural leader) designated where our “homes” were, our careers, and who’s the “baby’s father” was (seriously.) I was so mean and bratty that a new neighbor showed up with a teddybear as her baby doll and I WOULD NOT let her play. “Wheres YOUR cabbage patch doll?!?” Please if I win, I promise to teach my own daughter the value of acceptance someday. Promise.
The doll in the picture looks like my first Cabbage Patch doll “Deloria Andrea” from 1986. I would love to win this to pass on to the next generation!
Wow..memories! I worked at a retail store and I remember the crowds and the bribes…I was even offered $200 to get one for a friend’s daughter. I couldnt, for we were told it would mean our jobs if we bought one before the customers could. Another employee did just that and I remember her crying when they ‘let her go’. I was able to find one at another store for my mother, her namesake “Audrey” is still in the original box, as new as the day I bought it. I did buy a boy and a girl to represent my husband and I (we were newlyweds in 1984) and gave them to our daughter when she was born in 1989.She still has them, along with the pet,Kooska (I think its supposed to be a cat). Memories….
I remember trying to find a Cabbage Patch Doll for my Christmas 25 years ago, to no avail. She would be so surprised if I won yhis for her now! Such a cooool prize! I would luv to win!
ma told me there was no way to get one but her sister found to in n.y. and sent me one all the way to maine just in time for christmas what a great surprise
i remember waiting in line for 7 hours to get one for my daughter
I will never forget my 7th Birthday. I was recovering from major surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and I was feeling very sad that I was not having a party with my friends at home. My nurse found out that it was my birthday and planned a birthday party for me in the children’s play area. All the children patients on my floor were invited. The mom’s of the patients all got together and bought me a Cabbage Patch Kid doll. I was so happy. I still have my doll 23 years later along with the memories of my special birthday in the hospital.
Thanks!
My daughter was never one to play with dolls. She was more of a tomboy, but she made an exception for her Cabbage Patch Doll. Her name was Lara. Well one time we took Lara with us on vacation to Las Vegas and somehow she got left behind. We figure she must have hit a slot machine and was living in one of those penthouses at Ceasars….
My car broke down when I was coming home from work with two wonderful dolls for my two girls………I was more upset about the dolls in my trunk than getting mugged with my broken down car!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember the craze and how hard it was to get one! I had to go out of town to get my little girl one and now she’s almost 33!!!
I had an 8 year old daughter and a 6 year old son when they first came out. Every time there was a rumor