# A "girlhood box" for a 1970s girlhood. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505 "2017-07-04T20:42:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![winneee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e4f/32.png) [@winneee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winneee)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/41 "2017-07-06T01:25:17Z")
Love’s Baby Soft perfume? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/42 "2017-07-06T02:23:06Z")
I totally agree with the Love’s Baby Soft suggestions. It was the definitive scent. She needs a Raggedy Ann doll. And a copy of [Gnomes](https://www.amazon.com/Gnomes-Wil-Huygen/dp/0810909650/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499306794&sr=1-1&keywords=gnomes) Also, [The Preppy Handbook](https://www.amazon.com/Official-Preppy-Handbook-Lisa-Birnbach/dp/0894801406/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499306847&sr=1-1&keywords=the+preppy+handbook) Posters of [Leif Garre](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jPmgJDQfKhM/S9PvL04lVzI/AAAAAAAACw4/plJ1I2Nz7m0/s1600/Leif+Garrett+-+Feel+The+Need.jpg)t and [Sean Cassidy](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTI4NzAwNjM2MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzUwNDM2._V1_UX214_CR0,0,214,317_AL_.jpg) Bring a bunch of yarn and teach her to make pompons and dreamcatchers. Give her some cheerleading pom poms and teach her a cheer A baton to twirl and a hoola hoop. Watch “Benji” “Pippi Longstocking” and “Flashdance.” And drink lots of [Fresca](https://www.amazon.com/Fresca-Drink-Fluid-Ounce-Pack/dp/B01M1HA3ZU/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1499307756&sr=8-1&keywords=fresca) ETA: You guys are absolutely THE BEST !!! ---
**Author:** ![Lightlystarched](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/43 "2017-07-06T03:06:09Z")
Loves Baby Soft for sure. Lip Smackers in Dr. Pepper flavor The Valley Girl Song fur sure, like totally, oh my god. Get the original Jane Fonda workout and do that. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/44 "2017-07-06T03:20:10Z")
Leif garret and Shawn Cassidy were not the guys a girl born in '72 would like. They were done by the time we were interested. Think more of MTV era. Have a Pepsi/Coke challenge. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/45 "2017-07-06T04:03:50Z")
Let her be prom queen. A tiara, a sash, a huge tacky corsage. The group can do her makeup, hair, and nails before the coronation. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/46 "2017-07-06T06:34:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > For the full experience, you have to re-create the sixth-grade girls-only health class presentation on impending puberty, complete with audiovisual aids. Oh hell yes. I also second the nail polish idea, and maybe a [How to apply '70s makeup](http://hair-and-makeup-artist.com/womens-1970s-makeup/) session, complete with cheap drug store makeup. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/47 "2017-07-06T13:48:08Z")
My first thought was a copy of “Our Bodies, Ourselves”. The girls I knew were mostly teens in the 70s but I remember that as being a fairly common title, at least among the more liberal set. ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/48 "2017-07-07T05:19:48Z")
A Trapper Keeper. Bonus points if it’s Lisa Frank, but I think those go for big bucks on ebay. Also, I think Hello Kitty was big in some circles. An autograph book, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/49 "2017-07-07T17:07:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Along with My Little Pony, appropriate girl toys for a 1972er would include Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Care Bears. I was born in early 80s, and there were my young child years. And I know several others here also said they were '80s things. So I looked them up to see when they came out. So according to the great and venerable Wikipedia: Rainbow Brite - Media franchise introduced in **1983**. Cartoon premiered in **1985**. Strawberry Shortcake - First doll released in **1979**. TV specials **1980-1985**. Cabbage Patch Kids - original copyright registered in **1978 as “The Little People”** - name change to **“Cabbage Patch Kids” 1982**. Height of popularity **1984**. Care Bears - Greetings cards introduced in **1981**. Plush bears in **1983**. Movies and cartoon made in the **1983-1987** time period. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505/50 "2017-07-07T18:10:29Z")
I was born in 1971. There are some great suggestions in this thread already, to which my contribution is **[Sun In](https://www.amazon.com/Hair-Lightener-Original-Ounce-Pack/dp/B00JPCNL6Y/)** (but only if it still turns brown hair red/orange). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-girlhood-box-for-a-1970s-girlhood/790505.md?page=2)