Even Ellen DeGeneres has a Cabbage Patch doll look-alike Credit: Cabbage Patch Kids
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Cabbage Patch dolls debuted on the big screen Credit: Cabbage Patch KidsĬabbage Patch Kid Carlyn Jocasta joined Jennifer Garner in the movie "13 Going On 30." Every Cabbage Patch Kid has two names Credit: Cabbage Patch KidsĪrtist and entrepreneur Xavier Roberts' hand-made Little People were given two names, according to southern tradition. The 'Kids' make a comeback Credit: Cabbage Patch KidsĬabbage Patch Kid Bruce Ashley, who was featured in The Wall Street Journal on August 21, 1981, was reintroduced at the BabyLand General Hospital Archives in 2014, during the 36th annual Appalachian Christmas celebration. Celebrity kids love the dolls Credit: Cabbage Patch KidsĬelebrities, they're just like us! Pictured here, Suri Cruz takes her Cabbage Patch Kid doll with her around town. Cabbage Patch Kids were inspired by some celebrities Credit: Cabbage Patch KidsĪl Roker from NBC's "Today" show was surprised when he received this delivery from the Cabbage Patch. More than 250,000 people visit BabyLand each year Credit: Cabbage Patch KidsīabyLand General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia, celebrates the holidays, from the lighting of BabyLand for Christmas to an egg hunt featuring 30,000 eggs - all of which were found in just 82 seconds in 2015. postage stamp, representing an icon of the 1980s in the "Celebrate the Century" stamp program. In 2001, Cabbage Patch Kids were elected by popular vote to adorn a U.S. The 'Kids' made it on a stamp Credit: Cabbage Patch Kids Olympic Team in 1992 for the Barcelona Games. Olympic mascots Credit: Cabbage Patch KidsĬabbage Patch Kids became the first-ever mascots of the U.S. Two weeks later it explored an area of the planet scientists named the Cabbage Patch.Ĭabbage Patch Kids were U.S. What's more, on July 4, 1997, the Mars Sojourner, an exploratory, six-wheeled robot with infrared vision, was the first mechanical visitor to land on Mars. He now lives at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington. In 1985, Christopher Xavier became the first Cabbage Patch Kid to fly aboard a U.S. Here, one 'Kid' was featured on the cover of Newsweek.Ī Cabbage Patch Kid went to space Credit: Cabbage Patch Kids By the end of 1983, almost three million of the Cabbage Patch Kids were adopted. Roberts' "adoptable babies" were featured in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday Magazine, Atlanta Week and more. In 1981, Newsweek features a new cover model Credit: Cabbage Patch Kids The Kids go on record as the most successful new doll in the history of the toy industry. 25, 1983, who waited three hours in the rain to pick up the rare Cabbage Patch dolls. In fact, pictured here are shoppers at the Toys 'R Us in Commack on Nov. The "deliveries" of the Cabbage Patch Kids couldn't keep up with demand. Customers wait hours to pick up one Cabbage Patch doll per person Credit: Newsday / Dick Yarwood Pictured here are two of the original 'Kids,' Otis Lawton (1982) and Delila Lorinda (1983). In 1982, their name is changed to Cabbage Patch Kids. Located in Cleveland, Georgia, BabyLand General Hospital is where Cabbage Patch Kids are "born." It is also one of Georgia's top tourist attractions and is featured on Travel Channel's "Top 10 Toylands."Ĭabbage Patch Kids originally had a different name Credit: Cabbage Patch KidsĬabbage Patch Kids were originally named Little People, adoptable dolls with birth certificates. Along with five friends, he renovates his factory, the Neal Clinic, and opens BabyLand General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia.Ĭabbage Patch Kids are born at BabyLand General Hospital Credit: Cabbage Patch Kids In 1978, Roberts wins a first-place ribbon for "Dexter" (pictured) at the Osceola Craft Show in Florida. Xavier Roberts wins first place for 'Dexter' in 1978 Credit: Cabbage Patch Kidsįor a $40 "adoption" fee, consumers provided homes for the soft-sculpted babies.
The resulting "babies" are a combination of his interest in sculpture and the quilting skills passed down for generations in the Appalachian Mountains. In 1976, 21-year-old Xavier Roberts discovers a German technique of fabric sculpture, which dates back to the early 1800s. Cabbage Patch Kids were born in 1976 Credit: Cabbage Patch Kids Here, we uncover fun facts and secrets you might not know about Cabbage Patch Kids. presidents each had a Cabbage Patch Kid look-alike made especially for them. In fact, more than 130 million Cabbage Patch dolls were "born" in the past 32 years, averaging to one "birth" every 6.8 seconds.Ĭelebrities from Ellen DeGeneres and the "Today" show's Al Roker to U.S. In 1976, 21-year-old Xavier Roberts creates the hand-stitched, "adoptable" dolls, which came with their own birth certificates. In the early 1980s, the toy industry gave birth to a new doll: the Cabbage Patch Kid.