And so Play-Doh was born. The wallpaper cleaner was repackaged in 1956 and sold to Cincinnati-area schools under the name Rainbow Crafts Co. But at first, Play-Doh didn’t come in a rainbow of ...

FARGO — Play-Doh has entertained children for more than 60 years, but did you know the colorful dough started out as wallpaper cleaner? Monday, Sept. 16, is National Play-Doh Day, a day to ...

Play-Doh has sold more than 3 billion cans since its debut as a child’s toy in 1956. Courtesy of The Strong, Rochester, New York The handwriting was on the wallpaper for Kutol. Founded in 1912 i ...

The putty that became Play-Doh was originally a wallpaper cleaner and fell out of ... Joe saw nursery school children using the putty as a craft material, and took this idea and ran with it ...

The kids' toy Play-Doh modeling compound fairly belongs in ... and silicone oil was originally manufactured as a cleaning substance for wallpaper. (The dough-like cleaner was rolled against ...

In 2003, the Toy Industry Association named Play-Doh as one of the 100 most memorable ... developed a compound to clean wallpaper called "Kutol." Demand for the product diminished in the 1950s ...

Play-Doh has been charming kids since the 1950s — but believe it or not, the modeling compound (no, it’s not technically clay) was originally invented as a way to clean soot off wallpaper.

Play-Doh was first invented in the 1930s. Picture: Supplied After discovering some teachers were turning to the product for children to play with, the founders realised it had potential in a very ...