Fresh cans, playsets and squishy new compounds — every one picked by the people who make the dough.

Since the first can

A wallpaper cleaner, a teacher's idea and a smell that made it into the trademark books. This is how a can of dough became a part of growing up.

  1. 1930s

    It starts on the wall

    Kutol Products in Cincinnati makes a soft putty for cleaning soot off wallpaper. Homes heated by coal need it every winter.

  2. 1950s

    A teacher has an idea

    With cleaner heating, wallpaper cleaner isn't needed so much. A nursery school teacher uses the putty for crafts, and the McVicker family reworks it as a toy for kids.

  3. 1956

    Play-Doh goes on sale

    The first cans of Play-Doh reach toy shelves. There is one color: off-white.

  4. 1957

    Red, yellow and blue

    Three bright colors join the original, and the can starts to look the way you remember it.

  5. 1991

    Joining Hasbro

    Play-Doh becomes part of Hasbro, and the playsets grow — from the Fun Factory press to whole kitchens.

  6. 2018

    A smell, officially

    The Play-Doh scent is registered as a trademark: sweet, slightly musky and vanilla-like, with a hint of cherry and salted wheat dough.

  7. Today

    Still popping lids

    Classic cans sit next to Kitchen Creations, character sets, Blooms bouquet kits, scented slime and air dry clay. This site gathers the current range in one place.

Everything we make still starts the same way: a can, a lid, a pop. Browse every shelf or say hello on Knock on the lid.