Top 10 Toys from the 1960s
An iconic toy to this day, the Easy Bake Oven set the standard for teaching kids to play with appliances without adult supervision. Burnt fingers, spilled cake batter and tiny hands fueled by a homemade sugar rush made it a favored Christmas gift for years.
While small, half-baked cakes were served to Chatty Cathy on plastic tea sets, budding engineers forged empires out of Legos and cries of “You sunk my battleship” mingled with Christmas carols in the background. And the Game of Operation taught kids everywhere how to remove body parts with just a pair of tweezers.
I feel bad though…I never told Ken that G.I. Joe spent most of his off-time with Barbie in her Tonka Camper. But, I think on some level he always knew.
Travel back in time with vintage toy commercials and see how popular 1960s Christmas gifts got their start.
