The first ever cabbage patch doll was made in 1976 by the original creator, Xavier Roberts, he was a 21-year-old art student with a love of sculpting, he created the first doll with a sewing technique called "needle moulding" which is an old German technique used in the 1800's, this was the very first cabbage patch doll ever created
In 1978, one of Xavier's dolls won first prize at an art show in Osceola, the doll's name was Dexter, Xavier also started hand delivering his dolls, the "adoption fee" was 40$, way less for one these days! Even Xavier's parents adopted a doll, this is Dexter
In 1981, Xavier was on the cover of Atlanta Weekly with his dolls and a caption that read "Making babies made him famous!" this is the cover he was on
By the end of 1983, almost 3 million dolls were sold! But the demand hadn't been reached yet, Although they became the most successful new doll introduction in history which got them featured on the Newsweek, this is the cover
In 1985, Cabbage patch kids joined the young astronaut's program and a doll named Christopher Xavier was the first cabbage patch doll to explore outer space as a passenger on the U.S. Space Shuttle, this is the photo
In 1992 the cabbage patch kids were the mascots for the U.S. team at the 1992 Olympics and some cabbage patch kids stayed in a child's hospital apart of the Friends For Life project. Here are the cabbage patch kids at the Olympics
In 2000, Cabbage patch kids got their very own stamp which went on sale in January of 2000, Here's the stamp
In 2005 Cabbage patch kids were selected to go into the 2005 Toy of the year awards, they were finalists in the girl toy of the year but unfortunately, they lost, here's a picture
On May 3rd 2007, Babyland General Hospital toystore was opened, it was known as the "birthplace" of all cabbage patch kids. The Hospital is 70,000 square feet, here is the building
In 2018 the cabbage patch kids and the little people are celebrating 40 years of bissnuess.
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