17 Amusing Adult Uses For Childhood Toys

While paying bills online, studying for midterms, or dealing with a crappy roommate, does your mind ever wander to how nice it was being a kid, when homework was the worst of your worries?

Too bad you had to grow up.  The carefree days of playing with rad toys in the backyard are long over.  Or are they?


Here are some tips on how your favorite retro toys can be utilized to make your life as a functioning adult a little bit more fun.


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Did hungry friends just descend upon your apartment?  Pantry empty?  No spare cash for pizza?  Whip up some Easy Bake brownies, a surefire crowd-pleaser.


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Don’t want to spend all your hard earned cash on a gym membership?  Bust out your old Skip-It and expend energy like a keyed-up third grader.


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Get another effin’ parking ticket?  Stick it to the man.  You deserve ALL THE MARBLES!  NO MARBLES FOR GOVERNMENT-HIPPO!

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Retro fashion is in and Hot Looks dolls are the veritable plastic embodiment of all kinds of edgy styles.

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Tending to one’s mental health is most important, lest you become some deranged hobo.  Tell Tenderheart Bear your woes; he’ll make you feel better.  After all, he cares.

monopoly_adultBe short on rent no more!  Monopoly is the best financial planning tool for the 20-something’s bank account.


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Squeeze the Gak.  Pull the Gak.  Channel your anxiety into the Gak.  Let it all go.  Let the Gak absorb it all.

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Got a living room full of drunk, bored people?  Pull out your old pogs.  Fact: Drunk people love slammin’ stuff.


pogo-hopper_adultGot a living room full of really drunk, bored people?  The Pogo Moon Hopper provides endless fun as all of your friends compete to see who can bounce the longest.  Be prepared to use some of that money you learned to save while playing Monopoly, though.  Trips to the ER aren’t cheap.


stretch-armstrong_adultImagine that Stretch Armstrong is voodoo doll of your ex.  See how far Mr. Armstrong can really stretch.


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After college, your brain begins to atrophy.  Stave off dementia with the puzzle game Bop It!


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Cars are cool, man.  Vroom-vroom.


furby_adult
Planting Furbies in odd places (your roommate’s underwear draw, beneath your roommate’s pillow) is a creepy prank that will make your roommate think twice about stealing your Pop Tarts.


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Nothing says “Don’t eat my Pop Tarts ever again, biatch!” like icy cold water spewing forth from the muzzle of a Super Soaker.

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Dating an “alternative” fellow?  He will love your coarse, poofy, hot-pink hairdo and your rhinestone bellybutton ring.

giga-pets-adultsCan’t keep a Giga Pet alive?  Hold off on the reproduction.

puppy-surprise_adult
Vicariously experience the joys of parenthood through a creepy pregnant plush dog toy!

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Kristen Bobst is a grade-A comedy writer, an unstoppable sock puppeteer, and the world's foremost whimsy aficionado. She certainly believes the meaning of life really is 42; and right now Kristen is really into The Carrie Diaries. Comediva. Where the funny girls are.

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