Art and craft toys Art and craft toys Creepy Crawlers were made by the Mattel company and later by the Toymax company. They were a variation on the toy Incredible Edibles in which a plastic like gel was squeezed from a tube onto a metal form. The form was then placed in an oven heated by an electric light bulb and allowed to bake. The form was then removed from the oven allowed to cool and the plastic bugs were then peeled out and the excess bits trimmed. The primary difference between Incredible Edibles and Creepy Crawlers was that Incredible Edibles were supposedly food, although those who tasted them may not always have requested seconds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Creepy Crawlers"
The decoder pen, yes-no pen, yes-know pen or magic pen book is a combination of decoder pen or marker specially designed to reveal invisible ink-encoded pictures or writing, in the form of answers to questions or hidden parts of pictures, with specially created children's books with hidden words and pictures. They were most popular in the 1970s, but continue to be sold at gift shops. Often they were in the form of trivia games, which enabled the player to guess before revealing the answer. Brands of books for use with decoder pens include Yes & Know, and Surprize Ink. ...more on Wikipedia about "Decoder pen"
Etch-A-Sketch is a toy invented in 1959 by Frenchman Arthur Granjean that was introduced commercially by the Ohio Art Company in 1960. Granjean originally called it "The Magic Screen". ...more on Wikipedia about "Etch-A-Sketch"
Incredible Edibles was a toy sold by Mattel in the 1960s. This toy consisted of cicular metal molds into which gooble de-goop,a candy like gel, was squeezed. The form was then placed in a small oven. The gel then baked into a rubbery but edible soft candy in the shape of worms and insects. A later set (Kooky Kakes) was made to bake small cakes and decorate them with arms, legs, and faces. Gooble De-Goop and cake mixes could be purchased on blister cards as well as a few additional mold sets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Incredible Edibles"
Magna Doodle is a children's magnetic drawing toy, comprised of a magnetic drawing board, a pen, and a few magnet shapes. Over forty million have been sold to date, and they are still popular with children today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Magna Doodle"
Play-Doh is a commercial plastic modeling compound similar in texture to bread dough that has been sold as a children's toy around the world for a half century. Its exact makeup is a secret, but is primarily a mixture of wheat flour, water, deodorized kerosene or another petroleum distillate (which provides the smooth texture), salt, a drying agent such as borax (which deters mold), an alum-based hardening agent, and colorings and perfume. ...more on Wikipedia about "Play-Doh"
Shrinky Dinks are an arts and crafts toy for children invented in 1973 by Betty Morris from Wisconsin and later marketed by the colouring book giant, Colorforms. They start out as thin, flexible plastic sheets that can be coloured with pencils and cut into shapes. When heated in the oven, the plastic shrinks into a much smaller, thicker, and more rigid form, while retaining the colored design. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shrinky Dinks" www.shortopedia.com - forget the rest.
Spirograph is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc., for a geometric drawing toy, which produces mathematical curves of the variety technically known as hypotrochoids. The word has also been applied to a variety of software applications that display similar curves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spirograph"
A stencil is a cartoon, number, letter, illustration, typographical symbol, or any other shape or image in cut-out form (it can be cut out of paper, cardboard, metal or other material). Stencils are used to create sharp-edged paintings of the desired image, by applying paint on the surface with the cut-out, leaving a painting of that shape on the underlying surface. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stencil"
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