Sea Monkeys, Mood Rings, Men on the Moon, Black Lights and Hippies...

[David In Indy]

I think my sister had a pair of those earth shoes Fran. I sure do remember seeing that box too!

[David In Indy]

Remember the clackers?

I had several pairs of clackers. One of them even glowed in the dark! Sometimes they would get away from me and crack me upside my head. 

It hurt too.

[dot-matrix]

Remember the Wheel-O David?



And Silly Putty, they had a glow in the dark version too



and Slinky...mine was always sprung or tangled because Teddy would grab it and stetch it.   he was such a brat back then




I had a Big Jim and camper too David and a Blonde G.I. Joe.  My Barbie thought they were both way sexier than boring old Ken...       We also had Colorforms, Super Balls, that kooky soap that grew hair called "Fuzzy Wuzzy"

[David In Indy]

I sure do remember all those things Dottie!! I especially remember the Silly Putty because I was always putting it in my mouth. I don't know why I did it. It didn't taste very good. I'd stick it in my mouth and chew it like gum.

I was always eating things I shouldn't... Silly Putty, Play Doh, school paste, finger paint, my mom's lipstick...

.... the list goes on and on.

I also remember a big ball with a handle on it. I'd sit on it and bounce around the basement! I forget what those things were called. Mine was blue I think.

[ifyoucantfixit]

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[Fran]

I also remember a big ball with a handle on it. I'd sit on it and bounce around the basement! I forget what those things were called. Mine was blue I think.

David, do you mean one of these:

I think they were called Hoppity Hops.

[David In Indy]

David, do you mean one of these:

I think they were called Hoppity Hops.

Yup!

Mine looked like the blue one the girl is bouncing on. I never bounced on mine outside. I only used it in the basement. It could really bounce high too. Or at least it seemed like it was very high.

Thanks Fran!!

[LauraGigs]

I LOVED the 70s.  So I'm loving this thread, yall!

Anyway . . .
Wallpaper like this  (more late 70s, I guess)

[LauraGigs]

[LauraGigs]

Afros (on black and white people)

The "Bump" (my older sis would practice it to "Jive Talkin" by the Bee Gees)

Rotary phones (if you had a "push-button" phone, you were on the edge of technology)

Feminism was called "Womens Lib"

Orange or Olive-green carpeting/furniture

Station wagons with the wood-grain exterior strip

Vans with groovy painting on the sides

Striped socks

Socks with fitted toes (like gloves for your feet)

Big hoop earrings

Making the 2-fingered peace sign

"SHORT-shorts"

Percussive wah-wah pedal guitar  "wacka-WOW wacka-wacka-WOW . . . "

Drive-thru banking with the plastic canisters (no ATMs yet)

"I'd like to buy the world a Coke, and keep it company . . . "

Women's hair in a bun (held by a piece of leather & a stick) with a big curlicue hanging down each side of her face