We played kick the can after dinner until it was pretty much dark. Oh, and we used to burn leaves. 
Did anyone else play “Light as a Feather”?
Waiting for the fall issue of TV Guide to see what the new tv shows would be. Summertime was a time for reruns.
Red Rover, Red Rover and Mother May I
The board game Masterpiece, my early introduction to art history.
My brother had one of those wood burning kits. Our neighbors had one of those rock tumbling gizmos.
Marathon candy bars and Charleston Chews (freeze 'em then crack 'em up)
Soupy Sales, being able to buy cigarettes for my father, Columbia Record Club
having my ear glued to the radio.
Bicentennial quarters
Bellbottom pants
Cousin Brucie.
I had my mother’s old Bakelite dial radio - back in the days of AM only - and would listen to the one pop station late at night. It was one big deal when we could pull in WLS (Chicago) at night. (I was outside Phila.)
I’m sure some of us remember when transistor radios were the latest thing.
The memory wheels are churning:
LiteBrite
Spirograph
Colorforms
mood rings
Dr. Scholls wooden sandals
Sea Monkeys
The original Planet of the Apes movies (we used to play Planet of the Apes in the yard dividing up into apes vs humans. haha. I wish I had a movie of us running around as apes.)
Rock em sock em robots (I still remember that tv commercial)
Donny and Marie (Osmond) Show
Carol Burnett Show
MASH
My parents watching the evening news during the Vietnam War and not realizing until years later why they seemed a bit intense and serious at that time of day.
Walter Cronkite would end the news with the number of US soldiers killed in Vietnam that day…
Remember MIA bracelets? I really wanted one… my mother wouldn’t give me the money.
I also remember the very first episode of All in the Family. I was scandalized.
Touring the Freedom Train that went around the country in 1976 with exhibits from the Smithsonian.
What – love for creepy crawlers but nothing for incredible edibles? And I’m not talking about those edible fruit arrangements you can buy now. I mean the edible creepy crawlers from the '60s.
Yes. I had a POW/MIA bracelet.
More serious stuff:
Duck and cover cold war drills at school (how would this have helped in the event of a nuclear attack?)
Lining up in the school gym for inoculations/vaccinations
Dropping our eight bikes on the ground at a friend’s house and playing in the back yard…whiffle ball, tag football, acorn fights etc. Building a tree house in the woods. Playing ice hockey on a pond. Basketball pickup games were usually the skins vs the shirts. First team to score 100 baskets got to play again against a different team.
We memorized everything about our favorite sports team…college attended, height, weight, age, hometown, and stats.
Bass Weejuns
" Rock Em Sock Em Robots, Fascination, Stratego, Little Kiddles, Silly Putty, Gumby and some crazy ass soap in the shape of a bear (?) that grew hair. "
That crazy ass soap was called Fuzzy Wuzzy soap and it had a prize in the middle ! That was fun
The girls had their dresses measured while sitting down. If they were too high above the knees the girl would be sent home. Teachers threw erasers at students. You stood in line and waited to register for every college course.
Caps.
Yes Caps! I remember the smokey smell when they went off.
Maxi coats, Huckapoo shirts and shoes called “Candies.”
Anyone remember “sizzler” dresses? They were very short and I think may have had a matching pair of underwear/shorts for underneath. My mother would not let me have one. :-L
Smock tops
Peasant blouses
Just using the word blouse and slacks
embroidered jeans
saddle shoes