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This game may have been invented in the late 1800’s…

This game was actually invented in the 1800’s. It is still popular in various forms today.

This toy was invented in 1914 by Chares Pejeau after he saw children playing with empty spools of thread, pencils, and sticks.

The idea of a Teddy bear became popular when a cartoonist portrayed President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear.

The first roller skates were invented in the 1700’s by John Joseph Merlin. It is said that he crashed into a mirror at a party while on skates; the popularity of roller skates was put on hold for a while.

The yo-yo has been around since ancient times. In 1866, it was patented and called the Whirlygig. Donald Duncan bought the company in the 1930’s and got a new patent under the name Y0-yo.

The Frisbee was invented by Walter Morrison in They were originally named “flying saucers”.

This is played with a ping pong ball. There are teams on each end of the table and the ball is set in the center. Each team tries to blow the ball off the other team’s side of the table.

This was played by dropping clothespins into an old glass milk bottle.

The Slinky was invented in 1945.

Invented in 1947.

This is another invention that has roots in ancient times. It was re-invented and became very popular in the 1950’s.

The skateboard was originally invented to capture the feeling of surfing.

This toy was invented in 1943 by James Wright, but was released to the public in 1950.

This was invented in 1953.

This toy was invented in 1952 by George Lerner. He began by making plastic face parts that could be pushed into fruit to make play toys.

Marbles have been used throughout history. Marbles increased in popularity in the 1950’s and especially in the 1960’s when Neil Armstrong compared the earth to a “Big Blue Marble”.

This game was invented in 1965.

These two characters were introduced on the Howdy Doody show in the 1950’s, but weren’t made into toys until 1965.

This building toy was invented in 1949 in Denmark. They were introduced in the U.S. in 1962.

In 1959, toy buyers were not interested in Barbie… But one year later, in 1960, this doll made it to the toy stores and sold like crazy.

In 1969, it was invented as a safe, indoor ball.

This card game was invented in 1971 by a barber.

This toy, invented in 1974 was fun, but very frustrating to people who couldn’t solve the puzzle.

This video game system was released in 1977.

These dolls were invented in 1983 by Xavier Roberts. Each doll was made with its own specific characteristics, a unique name, and even had a birth certificate.

Video games became much more popular during this decade.

Based on comic books, these cars transformed into robots.

The Supersoaker, a water gun with a pump. It was invented in 1982 and called the Power Drencher, but wasn’t perfected until 1990.

The Game Boy took video games to an entirely new level because it was portable and could be taken anywhere.

Small, portable, electronic pets that could be fed, trained and played with.

Pokemon was introduced as a game for the Gameboy in Its popularity resulted in the making of Pokemon cards which kids played and traded.

This game actually was introduced in Hawaii in the 1920’s. Milk delivery men would play the game with milk bottle caps. It was reintroduced in the 1990’s with manufactured Pogs or cardboard discs. The discs had designs and pictures on them and were collected.