CPK Boxes – Pictures of

A pictorial overview of many of the boxes used by Coleco and a few by Hasbro, Play Along, and TRU. I’ve also included the Anniversary kid boxes.

Coleco Boxes (1983 – 1989)
Anniversary Boxes
Boxes by other companies
Jesmar Boxes (link is to another post)
Additional References

Coleco

Coleco used the yellow and green cellophane-windowed box with dark green insert from 1983-1986. The 1984 and 1985 boxes have rose—red banners on the front; in 1986 the banner says “Official”. The box colours changed in 1987 to aqua and yellow with an aqua liner.

Encyclopedia of Cabbage Patch Kids, Ref #2, p. 12

Reminder:
There are ‘Canadian’ versions of each box if the doll was sold in Canada. Canada requires that all text is in both French and English. Pictures are included below for some of them.

Bald, #5, blue eyed boy wearing a brown elephant roper outfit in a yellow and green Canadian CPK 1985 box.
1983 – Canadian Box
Bald, blue eyed boy wearing blue cord outfit in a yellow and green CPK 1983 box.
1983 Box
Empty yellow and green CPK 1984 box.
1984 Box – Canadian
1985 Box
Lemon shag haired boy wearing a red velveteen boys twin outfit with bowtie in a yellow and green CPK 1986 box.
1986 Box
Girl CPK with red braids and blue eyes wearing pink and white striped track suit and holding a red crayon in a yellow and green CPK 1986 box.
1986 Box with crayon sticker
Girl CPK with brown hair and brown eyes wearing a green and white gingham sun suit with white hat and holding a red crayon in a yellow and green CPK 1986 box.
1986 Box with handhold sticker
Red haired single poodle ponytail girl with a retainer, wearing a rainbow striped dress in a yellow and aqua 1987 CPK box.
1987 – 1989 Box
AA Bean Butt Baby wearing a teal sweater and overalls outfit with hat and a paci laying down in a 1986 Babies Box.
1986 Babies Box
Beany Butt Baby (BBB) in a blue and pink outfit with balloons on it, laying down in a 1986 Babies Box.
1987 + Babies Box
CPK cornsilk girl with auburn ringlets and wearing a blue country dress, holding a yellow brush. She is standing in a 1986 cornsilk box with an armoire on the side.
1986 Cornsilk Box
CPK AA cornsilk girl with Black hair in a ponytail and wearing a light green dress, holding a pink brush. She is standing in a 1987 cornsilk box.
1987 + Cornsilk Box
Green eyes girl with red pigtails wearing a brown and black long fur coat and ear muffs, standing in a yellow and navy blue CPK box, Canadian.
1984/85 Contour Kids Box
Dark haired Splashing Baby boy wearing a white robe with blue trim. He is standing in a yellow box with blue water features on the front.
1987 Splashin’ Kids Box
Talking CPK with long brown curly hair and wearing a purple dress with white silk pinafore on top and standing in a Yellow and green box with gold trim. Her cup is at her feet.
1987 Talking Kid Box
White blonde Growing hair kid with blue eyes wearing a white dress with pastel flowers and a pink waist ribbon. She is standing in a yellow and d pink CPK box for Growing Hair kids.
1988 Growing Hair Kids Box
Wheat haired, brown eyed toddler girl wearing a white romper with pink hearts and trim, standing in a yellow and purple Canadian toddler CPK box.
1988-89 Coleco Toddler, Canadian
Wheat haired, brown eyed toddler girl, wearing red and yellow dinosaur overalls, standing in a yellow and purple toddler CPK box.
1988-89 Coleco Toddler Box
Brown haired, blue eyed toddler girl wearing a yellow, purple and white romper with a second set of shoes handing off her arm,standing in a yellow and purple Hasbro toddler CPK box.
1989-91 Hasbro Toddler Box
Brown haired, brown eyed boy standing in a blue and yellow Designer Line box, wearing a red, yellow and blue tracksuit.
1989 Designer Line Kid Box
Empty yellow and green CPK 1984 preemie box, Canadian.
1984 Preemie Box – Canadian
Preemie with yellow looped tuft wearing a pink gown and white vest with matching hat, sitting in a yellow and green CPK 1984 preemie box.
1984 Preemie Box
Preemie with yellow looped tuft wearing a blue gown and blue blanket wrap, sitting in a yellow and green CPK 1985 preemie box.
1985 Preemie Box
Blue eyed, preemie with yellow shag tuft and wearing a white pair of teddy bear PJ's with pink prim and standing in a purple and yellow 1987 CPK preemie box.
1987 Preemie Box

Pink koosa with brown ad white dress and collar sitting in a yellow and brown brown Koosa box.
Two cardboard shipping boxes one larger than the other, with green printing.
Early 80s Mail order boxes

There are many additional specialty boxes that I haven’t shown here. (eg. Astronaut) For those boxes, please use the keyword search and visit those individual blog posts, if already written. In addition, I believe that there are additional mail-order boxes, but these are the only two I have.

Anniversary Boxes

Anniversary CPK Information

Brown haired, brown eyed girl wearing a red and white gingham yoke dress in a yellow and green 15th anniversary box by Mattel.
15th Anniversary
20th Anniversary
Brown haired, brown eyed girl wearing a blue ducky dress dress in a white and silver 25th anniversary box by Play Along.
25th Anniversary
Lemon blonde ponytail haired, blue eyed girl wearing purple overalls in a yellow and green 30th anniversary box by Wicked Cool Toys.
30th Anniversary
Blonde cornsilk girl standing in a box that has green cabbage leaves at the bottom and yellow at the top. She is freckled and has green eyes.
35th Anniversary

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‘Boxes’ by other Companies

These are limited to what I happen to have.

Brown shag haired, blue eyed boy wearing a brown windbreaker and striped brown shirt in a yellow and green box by Play Along.
Play Along Regular kid
AA brown haired, brown eyed Baby girl wearing a purple one pieces and pink and white bib with pink paci, in a yellow and green Babies box by Play Along.
Play Along Baby
Brown cornsilk haired, brown eyed girl wearing a blue dress with pink trim and a second outfit on the side of the box, in a yellow and green Cornsilk box by Play Along.
Play Along Cornsilk kid
Black super curly haired girl with brown eyes sitting on a cabbage leaf. She is wearing a purple and white PJ set, purple slippers and holding her stuffed teddy bear. She's a Toy's R'us Kid.
1st gen TRU kid on cabbage leaf
Auburn tuft haired girl with brown eyes laying in a woven basket and holding a bottle. She is wearing a pink dress and little booties. She's a Toy's R'us Baby.
TRU Baby in basket

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I will continue to update this page as appropriate.

Additional References

  1. Collector information, identification – My Cabbage Patch Kids

2. Fundamentals of Cabbage Patch Kids, Ref #3

  • Boxes 1983 – 1985: p. 48-52
  • Crayon kids: p. 111
  • Boxes 1986: p. 123 – 124
  • Handhold kids: p. 124
  • Cornsilk Boxes: p.154
  • Preemie Boxes: p. 180, 193
  • Babies Boxes: p. 197

Special Thanks to Minnesota Rebel for inspiring this post. I hadn’t initially planned to do it.