53 childhood crazes you're sure to remember

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Samantha Gildea

13:30, 16 SEP 2014
Updated14:17, 16 SEP 2014

Could you 'walk the dog' or go 'around the world' with your yo-yo?1 of 53
Candy bracelets and necklaces - finally, accessories you could eat!2 of 53
Did you have Spokey Dokeys on your bike? (Image: Dylan T Moore/Flickr)3 of 53
Top Trumps were a playtime favourite4 of 53
Push Pops were a hit at the corner shop (Image: istolethetv/Flickr)5 of 53
Bouncy balls were great fun - provided you avoided drains! (Image: Jinx/Flickr)6 of 53
Got, got, need - football stickers took over the playground in school7 of 53
Did you wear slapbands? Neon ones were always popular (Image: jyllish/Flickr)8 of 53
Hopscotch - all you needed was some chalk and the floor! (Image: DeanMcCoy/Flickr)9 of 53
One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war! (Image: Matthew Freeman/Flickr)10 of 53
Marbles - how big was your collection? (Image: KaCey97078/Flickr)11 of 53
Conkers were one of the best things about going back to school in autumn12 of 53
Micro Machines and Hot Wheels let you own your dream car...in minature, of course (Image: Richard West/Flickr)13 of 53
These paper fortune tellers could predict everything - your job, your husband, how many kids you were going to have... (Image: Sheila Sund/Flickr)14 of 53
Sky Dancers - probably the prettiest toy to take your eye out ever made15 of 53
How good were you at hula hooping? (Image: Tony Fischer/Flickr)16 of 53
Pogs took the UK by storm17 of 53
These slimy aliens apparently had babies, if you followed the instructions18 of 53
Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all...or at least get your hands on a super-rare Charizard shiny.19 of 53
"But Miss, if I don't feed my Tamagotchi right now it will die..."20 of 53
Troll dolls began in the 60s, then were huge again in the 1970s and 1990s (Image: Cali4beach/Flickr)21 of 53
Micro scooters gave kids a new way to get to school (Image: PA Photo/Handout.)22 of 53
The Spice Girls unleashed a wave of girl power in schoo playgrounds - and arguments over who would be Baby Spice (Image: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire)23 of 53
Light as a feather, stiff as a board...this trick was tried by many teens inspired by The Craft (Image: YouTube)24 of 53
Or if you were really brave, you'd try contact the dead with the help of a ouija board... (Image: jmawork/Flickr)25 of 53
Temporary tattoos - all the tattoo fun, without needles. And they came off. Bonus26 of 53
We were all going to get rich off our Beanie Baby collections - provided we left those all-important tags on27 of 53
If you had one of these, you were the envy of your classmates28 of 53
Remember The Rock? Stone Cold Steve Austin? WWF was the reason boys spent breaktime jumping on each other (Image: Xander Hieken/Flickr)29 of 53
Friendship bracelets were a way to seal your bond FOREVER (Image: Maia B/Flickr)30 of 53
Jacqueline Wilson books were a staple of every 1990s bookshelf (Image: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)31 of 53
Baby G Shock watches didn't withstand the test of time (geddit?)32 of 53
Which Impulse fragrance was your favourite?33 of 53
And more importantly - which Charlie colour were you?34 of 53
For the boys, it was all about calculator watches (Image: Self_Same_Self/Flickr)35 of 53
Watching someone try fizzing candy for the first time was always funny (Image: Stuart Webster/Flickr)36 of 53
Did Goosebumps books keep you awake at night?37 of 53
How big were your Hubba Bubba bubbles? (Image: Mike Mozart)38 of 53
Every character you could think of was modelled into a Pez dispenser (Image: Ruth Hartnup/Flickr)39 of 53
Furbies were great until you had to lock them in your wardrobe to force them to go to sleep40 of 53
Hello Kitty, goodbye pocket money41 of 53
Were you an expert paper aeroplane maker? (Image: Captn_Jack/Flickr)42 of 53
Mood rings claimed to know how you were feeling (Image: jyllish/Flickr)43 of 53
Could you crack Rubik's cube? (Image: Gabriela Pinto/Flickr)44 of 53
Barbie Girl was a school disco staple (Image: YouTube)45 of 53
The most irritating frog in the world - yet schoolkids loved to imitate it. ARGH (Image: Fiona Shaw/Flickr)46 of 53
High School Musical made a star of Zac Efron and enthralled pre-teen girls everywhere47 of 53
Bratz Dolls - like Barbie, with attitude48 of 53
Heelys - for when walking just isn't fast enough49 of 53
The Harlem Shake took the internet by storm last year (Image: Barbara Bresnahan/Flickr)50 of 53
And playgrounds were full of kids showing off their Gangnam Style51 of 53
Not even Disney predicted how big a kids' craze Frozen would become (Image: Disney/IMDB)52 of 53
And the latest craze to sweep the playground? It has to be loom bands53 of 53