Play-Doh
Sign in to savePlay-Doh, also known as Play-Dough, is a modeling compound for young children to make arts and crafts projects. The product was first manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s. Play-Doh was then reworked and marketed to Cincinnati schools in the mid-1950s. Play-Doh was demonstrated at an educational convention in 1956 and prominent department stores opened retail accounts.
Key facts
- Toy.name
- Play-Doh
- Toy.image
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- Toy.caption
- A container of green Play-Doh
- Toy.slogan
- Fun to play with, not to eat
- Toy.type
- Modelling clay
- Toy.inventor
- Kay Zufall Brian Joseph McVickerBill Rhodenbaugh
- Toy.country
- United States
- Toy.company
- Kutol (1955)Rainbow Crafts (1956–1971)Kenner (1971–1991) Hasbro (since 1991)
- Toy.from
- 1956
- Toy.to
- present
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Play-Doh, also known as Play-Dough, is a modeling compound for young children to make arts and crafts projects. The product was first manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s. Play-Doh was then reworked and marketed to Cincinnati schools in the mid-1950s. Play-Doh was demonstrated at an educational convention in 1956 and prominent department stores opened retail accounts.
Advertisements promoting Play-Doh on influential children's television shows in 1957 furthered the product's sales. Since its launch on the toy market in the mid-1950s, Play-Doh has generated a considerable amount of ancillary merchandise such as the Fun Factory.