Normally we here at the TeenyManolo are so not about the Hallmark Holidays, but this is one we can all get behind (properly garbed in Play-Doh handler’s uniform of Hazmat suit, latex gloves, drop cloths, and a fine coating of baby powder).

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is National Play-Doh Day. I think you already know how to celebrate it, don’t you?

Play-doh was created in 1955 by Joseph McVicker of Kutol Chemicals in Cincinnati, Ohio. It hit the market in 1956, and has been a popular play toy ever since. It was created because McVicker’s sister-in-law wanted a safe, clay-like product for her nursery school children to use. Noah and Joseph McVicker received U.S. Patent No. 3,167,440 for Play-Doh.

Hasbro Toys, the current makers of Play-doh, say it a little differently. From their website, they state: “The story of PLAY-DOH modeling compound begins in 1956 when scientists at Rainbow Crafts, a Cincinnati soap and cleaning compound company, stumbled upon a new use for the unique dough-like cleaning product. The company realized this product’s potential as a child’s modeling compound; and thus, the original, reusable PLAY-DOH compound was born.”

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