The original Stretch Armstrong was filled with boiled corn syrup to achieve its unique stretchability.

“For decades, there has been this assumption that children played and adults didn’t. That’s rubbish.” 

Mattel originally sold picture frames before making their mark in the toy industry.

“The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends.”

Silly Putty was invented by accident, the result of a failed experiment undertaken during World War II to develop a synthetic alternative to rubber.

“If you want to be creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity and invention that characterizes children before they are deformed by adult society.”

Happy holidays and best wishes for a wonderful new year.

The game Operation was invented in 1962 by John Spinello, while he was an industrial design student at the University of Illinois. 

“Play is the royal road to childhood happiness and adult brilliance.”

Walt Disney’s first animation studio was called Laugh-O-Gram.

“That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up.”

“Culture arises and unfolds in and as play.”