| 2A can of...Well, nobody's really sure what | | | | drawing of this cute little boy had him |
| Play-Doh is as its composition is a very | | | | wearing a smock and a beret. Later on the |
| closely guarded secret. As a matter of fact, | | | | beret was replaced by a backwards baseball |
| Play-Doh was originally invented to be a | | | | cap. The mascot was put on every single can |
| wallpaper cleaner and even has a patent for | | | | of Play-Doh that was sold and became as well |
| this use. The patent number is U.S. Patent | | | | known as the toy itself.Also in 1960 the |
| 3,167,440. It was granted to Noah McVicker | | | | first Play-Doh accessory was created. This |
| and Joseph McVicker. Ultimately, these two | | | | was the extremely popular Play-Doh Fun |
| men realized that they could make more money | | | | Factory. The Fun Factory was basically a |
| selling this stuff as a toy than as a | | | | device that you pushed the Play-Doh through |
| wallpaper cleaner. So in 1956 they created | | | | to make all kinds of different shapes such as |
| Rainbow Crafts to sell their new product.The | | | | stars, circles and squares. You could chop |
| thing that most people liked about Play-Doh | | | | up these shapes and serve them as food to the |
| was that it was non toxic. You could | | | | kid's dolls. But the Fun Factory wasn't the |
| actually eat this stuff and not get sick. | | | | end of the Play-Doh accessories.Play-Doh next |
| The salty taste may not be very appealing but | | | | came out with the Fuzzy Pumper Barber and |
| it was certainly not going to kill you. And | | | | Beauty Shop. After that they came out with |
| believe it or not, kids did try to eat this | | | | Dr, Drill N Fill. These were all plastic |
| stuff. Drove their parents absolutely up a | | | | molds. The barber shop was rather unique for |
| wall.Play-Doh was one of the first toys to | | | | its time. The Play-Doh was pushed through |
| make its way into schools and daycare | | | | this plastic head that made it look like |
| centers. It was a simple enough toy that | | | | hair. You then took these plastic scissors |
| kids could play with and not need a lot of | | | | to cut the hair and style it. Very clever |
| supervision and was versatile enough that you | | | | stuff for the 60s.Eventually, Play-Doh was |
| were limited only by your imagination as to | | | | taken over by Hasbro and they came out with a |
| what you could actually do with the stuff, | | | | ton of food preparation machines as that was |
| which basically came in can and in a variety | | | | where things seemed to be going at the time. |
| of colors. Since all the colors were still | | | | Everybody wanted to cook. Around this time |
| made of the same substance, you could mix | | | | you also saw things like Suzy Bake Oven and |
| them together with no problem. Of course | | | | Creepy Crawlers food molds.But with all the |
| after doing this it was hard to get each | | | | fancy accessories, most kids are just happy |
| color back into its own can.The year 1960 was | | | | to take the stuff out of the can and run |
| a very big year for Play-Doh because this was | | | | their hands through it.Sometimes, simple is |
| the year that the company came up with its | | | | the best. |
| first mascot, Play-Doh Pete. The original | | | | |