#slumber party barbie

[barbielore]

Sleep is one of the fundamental things we need to survive as humans, and so of course, it has been adequately represented in the Barbie line.

In a manner of speaking.

The first foray into this did not age particularly well. Why yes, I am talking again about 1965's Slumber Party set, aka the "Don't Eat" diet book.

But Mattel was not to be dissuaded from representing such a fundamental part of the human experience (sleep) and the teen experience specifically (slumber parties and sleepovers). Subsequent releases have included things such as 1993's Bedtime Barbie.

She was the first Barbie to have the soft, cuddleable body to take Barbie to bed with you, then reused in 1994's Slumber Party Barbie, who also came in a tote bag to be dragged along to real life slumber parties.

Other examples include 1999's Pajama Fun Barbie.

Who came with, of all things, a Magic 8 Ball. (Sorry, sorry. A Magic Date Ball.)

More modern releases have come in the form of the Cutie Reveals set and Barbie Rewind, both of which had a slumber party themed release.

Techn

This Barbie has cute pyjamas and a TV with an inbuilt VCR!

And for the Cutie Reveals, I really must say this one does deliver the absolute most on coziness.

So goodnight and sleep tight, Barbie!

(This post was written in honour of @oswednesday for their recent birthday!)

[caesarclowningaround]

[aye-of-newt]

fuck oppenheimer the real double feature is barbie/1995 bbc miniseries pride and prejudice

[girlygirlwebdiary]

Slumber party goals 👼🏼💅⭐️

[darlingpassion]

Merry Christmas! ^^ I'm hoping you're asleep now so you see this when you wake up- but if not Merry Early Christmas! XD

Obviously you deserve F/O imagines too ^^ This year has been a big one, getting your license and a car and everything, and I'm so proud of you! Merry Christmas ^^

~

Imagine spending a cosy Christmas with Tiffany in her trailer <3 You two sit down in front of a little portable heater and a little satellite TV and watch Its a Wonderful Life on free-to-air, your thick-tights-covered legs tangled up together escaping the cold. She makes hot chocolates (with some coffee in them. I remember you like coffee? Forget it if I'm wrong XD) absolutely heaping with fluffy mini marshmallows (And whipped cream, which she brings with her to the TV ^^ 'Splurged for us and got the good, thick stuff! Cuz ya deserve it, sweetface! Merry Christmas, babydoll') and you order in pizza or Chinese food! Its not a traditional Christmas but its you two, and warm feelings, and absolutely no Chucky XD

Imagine spending your first Christmas away from your family, on Captain Silver's ship with your mate, Scroop. You're feeling a little forlorn, missing seeing your grandparents during the season, and he doesn't get it (They don't have such festivities where he comes from- nor such attachments to blood relatives. Just mates.), he might even tease you a little-- BUT, when he learns about the mistletoe tradition he's suddenly very interested~ XD 'So any time that you step under this weed, we have to kiss?~ Hmmmm... '

Imagine spending a fun Christmas in Pleasant Valley with Harper. They have a whole festival for Christmas, and you and him help decorate together. He holds the ladder carefully while you climb up to decorate their giant tree in the centre of town and holds you hand when you're getting down like a gentleman. He lets you set a santa hat on his head (He doesn't quite understand the significance but he sure thinks you're cute), his hands on your waist and a handsome bemused smirk on his face, and keeps it on. He brings your gloves and keeps them in his back pocket until you need them whenever you forget. He uses tinsel to wrap around you waist and draw you closer to him... 'Now Miss Sarah, when're you gonna pay some attention to me, and not that dang tree, huh?... bet they can handle the rest a' this without us, right?'

Imagine spending a quiet Christmas in the store alone with Audrey II. You're humming your favourite Christmas song and putting up some pretty lights while nibbling on christmas cookies (Shortbread with dusted sugar, gingersnaps, sugar cookies with red and green frosting- whatever you like best ^^) and they're watching you with the most rivited, pleased smirk on their big grotesque plant-face. Like this adorable lil bud is all mine!??- hell yes. How'd a shrub like me get so damn lucky? Eventually they have to disturb the peace and wrap a vine around you, guiding you towards his pot and telling you how goddamn cute you are. How sweet. How delicious. How perfect. He's gonna make your christmas the best you ever had- but first he's gonna need to kiss ya on that pretty face ^^

Imagine spending your Christmas asleep in your bed by 6.30, eager to spend it with your rockabilly babe. He's waiting for you, high off the christmas buzz (And his version of eggnog. And the fact that you're here now. And he's own constant buzz), reindeer antler headband on his head and humming a Christmas carol (You can tell he's been rocking out to carols all day long). He immediately catches you and, starting to sing out the lyrics to Baby Its Cold Outside in his own rock & roll style, dances with you a little- dipping you at the end. Of course he had to serenade you, singing to you possibly one of the creepiest Christmas love songs, but it makes you laugh and thats all he was lookin for (; Throughout the rest of the night you get caught by the mistletoe in his pocket multiple times (Your lips start to feel tingly but you're not complaining XD) and drink eggnog you can taste clear as day on his tongue.

Again- Merry Christmas! I hope you have a wonderful relaxing time! ^^

RAHHHHHH I got too obsessed with the Killer Patrol AU last night I completely forgot to answer these!!!

AND I AM STILL DYING OVER THEM!!!

BRO I STILL CAN'T PROPERLY TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE THESE!!!

Harper calling me by name, I gotta say, was what got to me the most XD like- watching my F/O's obsessively is one thing. Thinking about interacting with them is one thing. But them saying my n a m e??? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'm internally screaming just thinking about it!!! And Harper wrapping tinsel around me?? Pulling me close?? Needing my attention?? wwsdggdfghtdrer7hewwshjhgrwdgyedftrdd4!!!!

And- And Tiffany calling me Babydoll??? AUDREY pulling me close and calling me delicious!?!? SCROOP WANTING KISSES!?!? PARTYING WITH RUSS!?!!? OH MY GODDDDDD!!!!!!!!

God I wish I could snuggke this prompts and hold them to my heart!! Thank you so much for this Christmas gift! ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜

[juniperhillpatient]

always be ready to humble yourself. saw a post of a ship I personally dislike & thought “ugh they don’t even interact outside of a few combat scenes just why” & instantly had to remind myself what I ship & calm down

[aresinheart]

80′s Slumber Party, Barbie Rewind

The totally tubular Barbie Rewind™ doll series continues with the 80s, commemorating our fave pop-culture looks from the decade. Featuring a slumber party theme, nostalgic details and an over-the-top look, this series is instantly collectible.

[daydreaming-in-daisies]

Party Time 🎉⭐️💕

[dykeza]

Stole this from someone on twt

[dweebstatus4ages]

💜😊

[barbielore]

So, this is a post that came out of researching a claim I kept seeing and thought... surely this isn't real. Right?

In the early 1960s - some resources say 1963, others 1965 - the Slumber Party set was released by Mattel.

This looks like a piece from another time now. In fact, a lot of people thought it looked like a piece from another time then. Even in 1965 people thought there were problems with this.

The problem isn't that Barbie likes to put on a pink robe and enjoy time with her friends. Barbie can wear pink pyjamas if she wants to. The problem begins with the bathroom scales - they read only 110 pounds. While I'm sure there are slim adult women, ones reading this even, that are 110 pounds or fewer, this is noticeably underweight for Barbie's canonical 5'9" height. Certainly not the weight of someone who needs to be perusing a "How to Lose Weight" book of any kind.

Even worse though when you consider the diet advice allegedly offered in this book.

I'm sure you can see how when I saw this, I thought... that's too on the nose even for old-timey Mattel. Surely this wasn't real. Right?

Well, if it wasn't real, it's an urban legend that is corroborated by many different pictures of the same text, so either it is true or it's an extremely elaborate hoax.

Furthermore, the diet book seems to have originally been released as part of a different Barbie playset - Barbie Baby-Sits!

This set makes me think the controversial Slumber Party Barbie was 1965, as this set containing the original book was 1963.

This set contained not just the weight loss book but two others- How to get a raise, and how to travel.

No word on what the other two books said - some sources say they were blank. It is very possible they were, or that whatever they said was so innocuous it is now lost to time.

Maybe Mattel was going for a joke, like a hilariously inappropriate brief piece of text. Maybe they thought people would obviously see that it was silly.

It is not silly. It is not a joke. Starvation is not something to recommend people to do to lose weight, even sarcastically.

Barbie is more likely a symptom than a cause of a society that idealises thinness but this a pretty hefty mark against her in that discussion.

[bug-babie]

i had this set as a kid! &lt;3

[o-winterqueen-o]

just got back from barbie and it was so fun! my family and i all went "dressed up" as barbies and had a good time! the movie was not at all what i was thinking it was going to be but it fit together very well!! 💖✨💖✨💖✨💖

[lynelovespopculture]

[barbie-pride-flags]

Lesbian pride flag color picked from Teresa Fashionistas Slumber Party BHVO9

[danimoonfire]