I’m starting this thread for all the random childhood memories that pop into your head out of nowhere and make you smile. No rules — just post whatever hits you.

Wall ball and kick ball

Hackey sacks

Epic tetherball battles on the playground

Nylon necklaces for the deep end and shallow end at the YMCA

Teddy Grahams, Gushers, fruit rollups

Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas

Pizza Inn buffet

Blockbuster movie nights

Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball, Madden, and NBA Jam on Super Nintendo

Jurassic Park jawbreakers

Field days

Exhilarama in Cary and Putt Putt on Capital Blvd.

Grand Slam USA

NC State Fair

Rice Krispy treats

Pete & Pete, Doug, Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, Mr. Wizard, and Are You Afraid of the Dark? on Nickelodeon

Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?

Saved By the Bell and California Dreams

TGIF on ABC

Home Alone

Free Willy

The Lion King

Aladdin

Ghostbusters and TMNT

Prizes in breakfast cereal

Goosebumps books

School book fairs

Happy Meals toy

Disney Adventures kids magazine

The Simpsons

Late childhood: Sex in the 90s, Road Rules, My So Called Life, Daria, The Grind, Beavis & Butthead, and The Real World on MTV

4/16/2026 5:45:52 PM

damn

4/16/2026 5:57:51 PM

Monday night wars- raw vs nitro, nwo etc

Baseball cards

Fishing

Nascar

Pulp fiction

Goldeneye for n64

4/16/2026 5:58:36 PM

Walkman / Discman

Ren & Stumpy

Thundercats

He-Man

Family Matters

In Living Color

NY Undercover

Blue Razzberry Blowpops

Pop Rocks

Blockbuster Video

Contra

Bad Dudes

Battle Toads

Street Fighter

Tekken

Killer Instinct

Rec. League Basketball

Super Soakers

4/16/2026 8:38:30 PM

Monday nights. Homework, dinner, Scout meeting..... RUN HOME, turn on TV, catch the start of WCW Nitro. Immediately flip to RAW when that starts. Prev Channel, Prev Channel, Prev Channel, Prev Channel, Prev Channel, Prev Channel, Prev Channel, Prev Channel, Jim Ross plays me off to sleep at the closing moments. Literally heaven

I had to save money to buy the 19" Orion TV for my bedroom. And I actually wore out that button and it stopped working. That was a major crisis for me at the time

4/16/2026 10:37:46 PM

getting a Rad Dog instead of a Trapper Keeper

hundreds/thousands of useless basketball cards collected

recording music on tape - CD music or guitar music

ummm Geocities?

boy scout camp and my D somehow getting swollen 2 years in a row (some allergic reaction to something)

green ketchup

Blues Clues applesauce (a lot of these were like high school things lolz)

Ecto Cooler

Surge

crows, ghosts, the midnight coast

the Milky Way of FUCKIN shooting stars

4/16/2026 11:02:55 PM

Mankind vs The Undertaker vs Kane, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Raven and his Flock, gothic Sting, Razor Ramon, Doink the Clown

PlayDoh

Mortal Kombat

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books

Sports Illustrated magazine

Being fascinated/disturbed by the OJ Simpson trial, the Unabomber, Desert Storm, the Oklahoma City bombing, Kurt Cobain’s suicide, etc.

Where's Waldo?

The Sandlot

Game Boy and Game Gear

Playing Oregon Trail and SimCity at school

Fireballs and Nuclear Warheads candy

Yo-yos and Pogs 

Scratch and sniff stickers

Slap bracelets

Animal crackers

Trading baseball cards

Chess club after school

ACC basketball tournament Friday watch parties at school

Yo! MTV Raps

Bobby's World and Life with Louie

Adam's Family and Munsters re-runs

You Can't Say that on Television, Clarissa Explains It All, Eurek's Castle, Rugrats, Nickelodeon slime, Rocko's Modern Life

Mr. Roger's Neighborhood

Capture the Flag and Assassin, dodgeball

Rainbow tent at recess

Detroit Lions football on Thanksgiving Day

'90s Woodstock

Hook movie (Peter Pan)

Royal Ambassadors at church, church basketball league, Camp Carraway

Tiny Tunes and Animaniacs

Pink mouthwash at school

Bouncy balls, gum balls, and sticky hands in 25 cent machines

Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Goo Goo Dolls, and Green Day

Carolina Mudcats and Durham Bulls games

4/17/2026 12:43:59 PM

Quote :

"UFOs A RIVER FLOWS PLANT A LITTLE SEED, AND NATURE GROWS"

pure motherFUCKIN' magic!

4/17/2026 3:14:06 PM

Batman cartoon on FOX

Power Rangers and Pokémon (was more hooked on wrestling when these became popular)

Major League, A League of Their Own, and Field of Dreams

Billy Graham Crusade at Walnut Creek

Hot Pockets

Thumbs up, seven up

Standing on the wall as a punishment

Eating ice cream out of mini baseball helmets

Raleigh Christmas parade

Trick or Treating

Spring fling

Vacation Bible School

Easter egg hunts

Pocket knives

Toys 'R Us

Testing video games in stores like Sears and Walmart

[Edited on April 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM. Reason : "I'm a Toys 'R Us kid, I don't wanna grow up"]

4/18/2026 8:12:11 PM

Pop-Tarts and Eggos

Boys' Life magazine (Scouts)

School water fountains

Camping in the backyard

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

4/22/2026 2:08:41 PM

Quote :

"Testing video games in stores like Sears and Walmart"

Good one!

4/22/2026 2:11:15 PM

4/22/2026 9:32:02 PM

Lollipops at the bank drive thru and cartoon bandaids and Dum Dums at the pediatrician

Thumb and pencil wars

Tag, hide and seek

Flicking off soda can tabs

Sling shots, cap guns, dart guns, Nerf guns, water guns

Launching “hornets” with rubber bands

Giving ourselves “tattoo” scabs with erasers

Kicking field goals with triangular folded paper

Playing soccer with a waded up paper ball and our fingers on the desk

School milk in cartons and pouches

Smiley face pancakes at IHOP

Grape and cherry Kool-Aid in plastic bottles

Making “worms” with straws, paper, and a drop of soda

Temporary tattoos

Fake poop

Sheet cakes and ice cream at birthdays

Making farting noises with our armpits

Girls/boys have “cooties”

Packs of nabs

Vanilla wafers

Panning for gold

Oreos and milk

S’mores

Fox tail balls

4/23/2026 10:47:51 AM

Dissecting owl pellets and frogs

Chickenpox

Chicken noodle soup on sick days

Sunburns

4/23/2026 10:51:56 AM