Back to School in the 1990s + Kids Makeover!

BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK! We teach our kids what it was like to go back to school in the 1990s-- complete with a backpack unboxing and makeover! #90s #backtoschool #unboxing
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[@dbordsen1]

You guys forgot about those really thick pens that have like 20 colors and you just pick what color you want by pressing down that tab at the top! Also, style trend (if you were REALLY cool): anything Tommy Hilfiger, especially the jeans!

[@Brewer8481]

Omh, yes.

[@MeridithAnne78]

I still use on of those multi colored pens daily!

[@storytimewithnessa8509]

Definitely still have one 😂

[@claudiaweimar5577]

Daniel Bordsen I still use the multi-colored pens.

[@amandaburger2506]

OMG, yeah! And you'd always try to push all the buttons down at once even though it never worked!

[@erikagrimm1217]

I was a kid in the 90s and loved the butterfly hair clips where the wings were on springs and you would bounce around to make the wings flutter.

[@desirae5259]

I had a ton of those lol

[@mangot589]

I still use those🤔😉. They’re STILL great for putting up your bangs🤷‍♀️. Still way cuter than a headband.

[@willowgraphics]

“Our neighbors are gonna think we’re real weird” “That ship has sailed”

[@jessicagallagher1861]

So true lol

[@annegreenwood3624]

wow the things we wore in the 90’s😳yet was a great era when life was simple and you didn’t need a device to get you through life

[@Mushroom321-]

yes!! there was a time of "Lisa Frank " too! 🤣

[@mtio2807]

And no school shooters

[@erinstanger416]

M Tio Yes there were school shooters in the 90’s. The most infamous on was at Columbine High School.

[@justanaprilzepher1795]

My oldest daughter dressed “Preppy” in the ‘90s, and my youngest daughter dressed “Grunge” and skateboarded everywhere.

[@gmanandhislady]

Lola's 90s outfit is giving me major deja Vu vibes of myself, circa 1998. I was in fourth grade and that outfit looks exactly what I would have worn to school on picture day, even down to the butterfly clips. The 90s were the best! I'm so glad I got to be a 90s kid!

[@cyndihartley7232]

Same

[@thecheetahchica]

“Answer me with authority!” “SORT OF!!!” 🤣

[@llamasandpenguinsforever7325]

I’m a 2000s kid and all the other kids these days are all weird when learning about stuff from the 80s and 90s but honestly I don’t think those things are weird they’re just from another decade!

[@krisgraves7018]

What about slap bracelets, aqua net hair spray ( hair never went anywhere. Even in a tornado. ). Best video ever! Oh so .any good memories. Some of my friends still have their caboodle which are vintage now. That's sad! 90's was the best. Really, I'm glad I grew up then and not now

[@cristinarnold]

💙 I graduated in '99 and I swear I wore white v necks and JNCO jeans almost everyday in highscool, and I had that exact necklace 😂 but I'm still obsessed with scrunchies. And on my 13 bday my dad bought me my own clear phone and line!! He hid it under my bed and kept calling it till I figured it out. And Trapper Keepers!! Picking it out was the best part of going back to school. You guys are on point. Lola looks like me in middle school! I wish I knew how to put a picture here!!! Love this!!🤗💜

[@angeldemusique1115]

I'm having major flashbacks-I was in elementary school in the 90s and remember the scrunchies, dresses over tshirts and Lisa Frank. I would always have Lisa Frank stickers.

[@MelB868]

I was in elementary, middle and high school in the 90’s.

[@shellyray2416]

I had my daughter in 1994 but I had most of these in highschool in the later 80's. Oh my goodness am I THAT OLD!!!! YIKES🙀👵🏻 Those troll pencils I could play with for hours in class! Lol I remember smelly pens before the markers. Oh and the clicker pens that had 4 colors in one pen. They still make those I think. But all my notes to friends were in rainbow of colors.🌈 How about Keds... I still love a solid white pair of Keds... I'm loving these extra videos!!

[@rubickqube]

My daughter is a HUGE fan now of that see-through phone. Pretty sure I'm going to have to buy her one for Christmas now 😆

[@kebert2thumbsup]

Do people even HAVE home phone lines anymore? We disconnected ours years ago! 😂

[@jessicagoughnour8855]

My 16 year old daughter is a huge fan of 80s and 90s😂...when I say I had something such as the scrunchies when I was in school she is like whoa😂

[@TheSes31]

I love her 90s flashback outfit! I used to rock that look even into college!

[@deborahgreenwood9558]

The greatest thing about the see through phones, was if your ringer was off it would light up when it rang. Helped when me out many times when I wasn't supposed to be on the phone

[@Knight-of-Sarcasm]

A lot of these were 80's too. I wore a fanny pack that neon color (one pink, one green); I had begged mom for a Trapper Keeper but she wouldn't give it to me and we had the floofy hair pens/pencil toppers--but not Troll ones. We also had stickers. Ours were mostly scratch and sniff, but I adored those and even put them on the wooden name plaque I had on my desk my junior year of high school in Vocational Accounting/Computing from 84-86! :) The rugby was also popular in the 80's. :) It' neat to see how clothing changed from the 80's to the 90's. My own hair wasn't long enough for scrunchies until the mid-90's, grins. Mom kept it permed in the 80's (with natural curly hair so hello poodle!) but never a spiral perm like I really wanted. Thanks guys!

[@johnsonfamilyvidsvlogs3745]

Lola's outfit is my favorite, but they're both cute. I graduated in 88 and started having kids in the 90s. So my daughter was in grade school in the late 90s. It all comes and goes.

[@melissamiddleton1616]

"I feel like a toddler." 😂 Your kids crack me up.

[@hearsthewater]

I was in school in the 80's and Trapper Keepers were just starting to get popular, especially in my small town high school in Oklahoma. Here's the thing, though, they were only the solid colors - red, green, and blue - and they were considered contraband in my school. We were not allowed to use them. At all. If you were caught with one it was taken away from you and your parents got called. We were supposed to use binders like those ones with the denim looking covers. I never had a Trapper Keeper because my folks were "rule followers" when it came to school stuff.

[@kebert2thumbsup]

In the 90s when I got mine. 5☆ made solid coloured fabric ones that zipped. (Did they zip or am I misremembering?) Mine was blue. Still have the pencil case that would clip inside the binder!

[@lisawiley4040]

😂 this is great. I totally rocked those butterfly clips! And everything had to be lisa frank

[@mrsNmrs-iam]

We had those Pacheco pencils that would bend like crazy.

[@mangot589]

Can’t wait for their kids to do the same to their kids lol. “Back in the 2020’s! The floss!🤣

[@1PrayerWarrior4]

You forgot the Lisa Frank folders you could color!!! Those were the best. ❤️

[@ScousersWife]

Where is the banana clip? Bring the magic. I love your videos and your family!

[@billiebriggs7531]

The banana clip was more 80’s

[@romansnowlilly]

I had a see through phone I won when I was in second grade from selling wrapping paper. Loved that thing!!! Literally had all that stuff, Lisa frank, dare, troll pencil, butterfly clips were beautiful in my opinion. Haha. Loved growing up in the 90s

[@AuntieTay]

This is awesome!

[@stitch4515]

AuntieTay I know right! I also love your channel!

[@Kaden4]

@@stitch4515 u could say ikr not I know right

[@twinkletoes3591]

r u GeminiTays auntie?

[@xsiner]

where did you guys find all this stuff? I had the M.C. Hammer paints and some Reebok hightops with the pump on the tongue.

[@TarZan49]

When I was in school, back to school wasn't a Thing. It was binder paper...a new binder and some yellow pencils. And don't get me started about the dinosaurs.

[@Sarp01lock]

That’s still back to school though

[@jenniferlee2498]

This video was totally rad!!!! 😂 Though, I really feel you should have forced your kids to cut out paper bags as book covers for their school books!! That was my favorite part of the new year 😁 posted pic on FB of Me, my younger sister and Nana around '92/'93. Man, miss the 90's!!! Lol

[@tinabastarache2674]

omg please be joking sarcasm right? enjoy?! making book covers in 90's 3rd through 8th, were worse than math class in some ways for me hated having to go food store ask for stack of brown paper bags they were free but still and getting lots of tape.. having to measure like trying wrap gifts. which to this day i stink at as i waste paper by accident i end up too much or too little when cutting and so hard me cut straight paper should come with lines. and had to be replaced like twice a year.sharpies and stickers to decorate. when i got to high school i used the special non residue see through stick on book covers no cloth ones until after i graduated which was 2001.

[@amyrubins4277]

Sorry to spoil your fun, but the paper bag book covers goes way back to ancient times, the 70's.

[@thelawsonfamily4544]

Omg, anything plaid, stripes, or with vests were so big back then. Doc Martin's, platforms, scrunchies, side pony, the Rachel hair cut, bangs, clips, bright colored eye make up, chokers, jnco jeans, windbreakers, straight cut high waisted jeans. What were we thinking. Lisa Frank was to die for as well as trapper keepers! Thanks for the memories!!!!

[@olliedayze]

"What do you think the brown one sounds like? Poop?" Penn quote of the day.

[@nancyhowell4505]

Almost got through one episode without that gross and overused subject. 😖😝

[@annaliz1981]

My mom wouldn’t buy me a Trapper Kepper. I would decorate my clear white binder with pictures of my friends.

[@leilanij2567]

Those were pretty expensive. Yeah I’d put stickers and photos on mine too!!

[@rochellecrews2800]

fun flashback on the clothes!! - but I gotta say a bunch of the stuff inside the backpack was from the 80s, I graduated 1990 and used a bunch of that stuff in jr high.

[@theyeagers3088]

Love it. Totally accurate. I have wore the butterfly 🦋 clips just like that. Lol 😊 Aww the 90s.

[@Lovelife11105]

Omg thank you for this I remember having all of this stuff when I was in kid in the 90’s

[@staceygordon6540]

Lola: "our neighbors are gonna think we're weird" Penn: "that ship has sailed" 😂😂😂

[@Lucy556]

Oh my god, I had Lola's exact outfit! 35, from the UK

[@kevinfan726]

I was a 70s kid and I had a trapper keeper and Lisa Frank stuff! it must have made a comeback in the 90s.

[@mattclarkeit]

We had JNCO jeans (for the guys anyway), pogs, and I loved my zip up trapper keeper. Lol. So much fun!

[@lifethisside5712]

I loved pogs! My older brother even made me a super cool slammer in shop class

[@jackson5116]

That was more mid to late 90's, these two seemed to focus on 1990 top 1992 stuff

[@darceymy1]

I love how Kim is like “Isn’t cool?? Raaaaaaaaa!!!!! Oh and Lolas face priceless!!!!😅😂🤣

[@md071112]

This brought me back to my younger days. Shopping for back to school was something I certainly looked forward each year. 😁

[@patandbrandi]

Pogs, teen beat, game boy, tamagotchi

[@ScousersWife]

Hacky Sack! We had those when I was in school late 80s. We would hurry up and eat lunch so we could hack, dude! Nice volley, Penn! 😀

[@BenVaserlan]

Frixion pens came out in 2006. The erasable ink was different. Usually in fountain pen form and the eraser was like a white highlighter. It was difficult to write over the erased ink as the new ink would also tend to disappear. Water soluble ink.

[@staceygordon6540]

Y'all are on point in every way!! The see through phone and trapper keeper took me straight back to my middle school years!! 😂

[@mergurburger]

I totally remember all of these! :) Brings back lots of memories. I loved the trolls back then. And that is totally how I would do my hair everyday! Scrunchies were rarely for my hair. Only the wrist. haha!

[@tinabastarache2674]

they were great for wearing on wrist for like gym class get all sweaty quick pull back pony. then removal back on wrist none went missing.

[@daniellemitchell1406]

I remember all of those things. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from the 90s. But I remember I had those thick sole shoes the spice girls wore. I also had a pair of those pants with the strap that went under your foot which was annoying when you walked. I remember always taking styling gel and scrunching your hair when it was wet to get a wavy natural curl.

[@melissacullison8724]

And don't forget about tight rolled jeans 🤣

[@tinabastarache2674]

stirrup leggings too. my mom used think they were fly i hated with passion i didn't like how felt on bottom of my feet when walking

[@sams9678]

I had a thick, squishy Lisa Frank binder/folder thing and I thought it was the coolest 😎 Let’s bring them back🦄✨

[@AM-qr4ys]

You guys nailed it with the 90s back to school. It brought back fun memories - thank you for posting this! By the way your daughters reaction to the troll pen was great. And I laughed bc we did do the troll spin too funny! I love your family. So cute

[@cshamber]

"That ship has sailed!" hahahaha

[@sassypants7536]

The triggering flashbacks are just piling on, thanks guys! I totally rocked Lola's look 😂

[@graynano8695]

Who else had a "teen line" in their own room? I remember thinking I was hot stuff when I bought my own answering machine for my own bedroom phone line 🤣🤣🤣

[@JoelSapp]

needed a cd walkman

[@kebert2thumbsup]

I still have mine from the 00s

[@stephaniedraper4464]

This video is straight up magic. Hahaha. I love it!

[@leilamanchino]

I like Lola’s 90’s outfit!!! Edit: YES I UNDERSTOOD THE SAVED MY THE BELL REFERENCE i knew watching that show when i was like 7 would pay off hehe

[@heidicoker8460]

I love that your kids do these videos with you! My kid would give me the look and then turn around

[@bubzilla6137]

Ah yes, the fanny pack, the troll pencils, so many memories right now! Lol! The phone cord... Yes, a cord... On a phone... That was all we had- until cordless phones, but even those were only portable within a certain distance from the base. Love that see through phone though! We just had solid colored phones... Also, in the video, you talked about this giveaway. The problem is that you can't post pictures in the comments.... Anyway, that was an awesome walk down memory lane! I think I used to have the exact shirt that PC was wearing, lol! 🙂😂🤣

[@consumerwarrior1267]

Cell phones were horrible in the 1990s. You had to stay within a certain range to call anyone or receive a call. They were even lousy in the late 1990s.

[@lisawilson2339]

@@consumerwarrior1267 i agree

[@kingofnothing1433]

Back in the 1950s the two most popular things to have for a kid in school was a coon skin cap like Davy Crockett. Or a six shooter (a toy pistol) strapped to your hip like Roy Rogers or The lone ranger. Dressing up like Zorro was only popular during Halloween.

[@mtio2807]

Yikes......! Today I lost a childhood friend (covid related). So your video made me smile cry. Then at the end you say “cuz I love you guys”......and I froze. That’s my friend all through jr high. Msg received. Thank you ❤️

[@anitraduke3616]

Pen Charles My son had that exact shirt your wearing in this video. Love this one.

[@natalieb6193]

I had that clear phone in my room in the 1990’s when I was a teenager! My Dad was always screaming at me to get off of it, because none of his business calls were getting through. 😂

[@vanessarosepiano2214]

I actually have many of those things in my house that I actually use! I didn't know that scrunchies, butterfly clips, acid washed jeans and Mr. Sketch Markers were '90s fads! Guess I lived my late 2000s to 2017 childhood being outdated.... My favorite of them all is the fanny pack!!! It's a purse you wear around your waist, so you can't lose it! (Something I am good at) 😋

[@amandabaker4678]

Acid wash jeans was really more of an 80s fad, I don't remember wearing them at all in the 90s. Same with the neon shown in the fanny pack, that might have extended a bit into the 90s, but not a lot. Mr Sketch Markers were both an 80s and 90s thing! Fanny packs might not be the most flattering, but very practical - I haven't had one since I was a teen in the 90s - and I recently got a new one because I am tired of always forgetting my purse!

[@MeridithAnne78]

Loved the 90s! Awesome stuff!

[@delaniew5915]

If trapper keepers were famous in the 90's then my whole school looks like they're from the 90's because trapper keepers are REQUIRED at our school. By the way I love you channel and the video I watch the most of your guys is the song Where is my Phone because it's super funny especially the bloopers.

[@zealous121]

Okay. I need that Lisa Frank sticker book.

[@lamaryassin1583]

Penn is officially my favorite because he has a GRYFFINDOR QUIDDITCH shirt!!!!!

[@tinabastarache2674]

ahh my childhood born in 82. in elementary i mostly had character backapcks and lunchbox with thermos sets. like cabbage patch and my little pony 1st through 3rd. u forgot caboodles though as they well were back to school items my sis and i got one every few years for while. had one for all of my butterlfy clips and and scrunchies and elastics. also good for kid bracelets i think they still sell caboodles. mid 90's i was in middle school up graded from trapper keeper to five star brand zipper organizers. they were plain color but that what multicolor sharpies and gel pens were made for. just one question on the pens at the end i didn't know/think those were popular in the 90's. i only just heard about them like few years ago. i got a set of 5 pack color sticks earlier today and other day i got set 3 pack blue red and black click frixion pens. i like how can erase and not have to wipe away pieces of eraser. i know i swear never heard of them in 90's because stuck with blue and black papermate erasable pens required in 3rd to 5th grade for spelling and writing compositions in english class. oh those troll pencils i so miss those. had few and also had troll dolls my younger sis too. going to middle school in 90's also had tons of bath and body works body sprays,gel, and lotions and so great they had the purse size ones. i had a lot of lisa frank stuff too in elementary and middle school.also pencils i had a lot of Yikes! brand pencils couple of packs of all varieties colors. and even a cool sharpener and erasers. Scented markers yep of course also had scented crayolas too. when i got to high school lol still the 90's i used only mechanical pencils Bic or papermate brand. no organizers but five star brand folders and pencil pouches and notebooks. expensive brand but good quality.

[@oliviaharris5704]

I love the 90s theme.😂😂.

[@CalleKuczk]

I went to school in the 1990s and some of the things in this video brought back great memories.

[@leilanij2567]

Yes!! I had that phone and that dress! I loved that the ringer could turn off and just light up for secret silent calls. Trapper keeper too yes! But those were expensive so don’t think I got it more than once. But lots of scrunchies was and still is a must have!

[@christysdeals4u]

lisa frank everything!!! folders, stickers, notebooks.. hahaha

[@el3389]

Awe man Lisa Frank!? Yes!

[@desirae5259]

hahaha I feel like those dresses with the shirts under them have come back lol I used to love those!!! You forgot the large wedge tennis shoes!! lol

[@SweetestAngel82]

Teen of the 90s here!

[@LadyJane975]

What a phenomenal video. I grew up in the 80's and graduated in '93. What amazing memories.

[@Susan.I]

I’m glad I was in high school in the ‘80’s!

[@nissi360]

The revival of the bumbag & scrunchies upsets me... I actually bought a bumbag for my daughter for her birthday last week... I am ashamed #coolparentfail

[@tinytotsrebornnursery1438]

I remember tie died shirts the leggings with stirrups on the feet the Hanna clips wearing two different color socks that was long with real stretchy elastic in them the slap brackets trolls brackets made out of different colored strings the clear clip boards with paint markers written and drawings on them and so much more I could add....

[@itsmejae78]

Where did you find all of that? I've been looking for some of those items for a nostalgia box. The butterfly clips, troll pencils, Lisa Frank anything and the erasable pens. I love your videos. Thank you for sharing all your amazing fun with us.

[@blugreen123]

Trapper Keepers! Lisa Frank everything and Jnco jeans. 😂

[@KatherineTheGreat501]

The sniff test on the brown marker. 🤣

[@user-nw9mz3vu3s]

Hey you guys..do remember the minnie backpacks?? (1997)They were small & you just stuffed everything in them. It had a small, zipper compartment on the front.. :) still have mine, it has an I❤ Mickey & Minnie all-over print on it..& it's colorful..🇨🇦 🍁 😊👋

[@peaceandquiet1983]

Good times, then & now. Awe!

[@Robin-ly6vi]

Oh! Right in the nostalgia feels!

[@andreayelden5755]

Lola rocked her style so awesome! I'm your biggest fan

[@glimmeringgachablue8907]

I like the trapper keeper

[@trevormangus7832]

The absolute best fashion pants for women in the 90s had to be hands-down Rocky Mountains jeans no back pockets, high waisted if you know you know

[@hannah2496]

Good luck back at school !!!

[@Penelope222]

My 90s staples: Two tiny strands of hair, one on each side, held at the back with a butterfly clip. Middle part. Hypercolor shirt, just the front tucked into jean shorts. Masseur sandals - did you guys have those in the USA? They were a bit like adidas slides crossed with Birkenstock’s, but less cool than either. They were torture devices disguised as massages for your feet, with little nodules all over. If you couldn’t hack the massage ones, they also came in cork soles but you weren’t as cool.

[@RNDanaGay]

I changed my profile pic to my kids in the early 90’s. That’s the only way I could add a picture. Love the video.

[@RNTraveler]

Love it. I totally wore Lola’s outfit!

[@crystalb3998]

LA Gear was the bomb! With the 900 laces. Don’t forget that!

[@dcdahlin]

I can't believe I'm just watching this. I'm so very proud. #greatparenting.

[@allisonnash1639]

Love your videos. Penn is such a fun guy. Keep it up.

[@tinabenoit5041]

Love this video as always!!!

[@trevorheck]

Lola is easily several inches taller than Kim!!! AWESOME!!!

[@LadyJane975]

Thank you for bringing back the memories. I was in 10th to 12th year in '90 to '93.

[@stefs3460]

🤣 awww that's so cute! I miss the 90s

[@CumulusSkies]

I *loved* my Trapper Keepers! Oh the memories...