Just like Harry didn't get You pregnant, right?... Miss ThingMaker? You just bought the plasti- goop.

Thingmaker/Creepy Crawlers, was made by Mattel, beginning in 1964. The toy consists of a series of metal molds of creatures, into which is poured a liquid substance called “Plasti-Goop”, which comes in assorted colors. These are a few accessory kits. #HorrorCommunity

Am I the only one who remembers the Mattel ThingMaker commercial where the kids are sitting around the table making things and one kids says “I made a mustache” and the other kid says “and I put dots on it”? Can’t find the commercial. But I did find the plate.

Gen X? Try being a Boomer. I had a Mattel Creepy Crawlers set with Plastigoop and the Thingmaker. You don't know pain until you've had boiling hot plastic fused to your skin!

🎄 1960s Christmas Toys: The Golden (and Slightly Dangerous) Era That viral reel nails it — Christmas morning in the 1960s was next-level! Kids ripped open boxes filled with toys that encouraged creativity, adventure… and occasionally a trip to the ER. Here are some of the ones featured or heavily associated with that era’s wish lists: • Creepy Crawlers / Thingmaker — Mix goop, cook it on a hot plate, and make your own rubber bugs and monsters. Pure mad-scientist fun. • Klackers — Two heavy acrylic balls on strings. Swing them until they clack like crazy (and occasionally smack you in the face). • Lawn Darts (Jarts) — Giant metal-tipped darts you threw at targets in the yard. What could go wrong? • Model Rockets — Build them, fuel them, and launch them into the sky. Real fireworks-level excitement. • Easy-Bake Oven — Tiny cakes with a light bulb. Every aspiring chef’s dream. • Chatty Cathy — Pull the string and she talked back! • Etch A Sketch, Slinky, Troll Dolls, and wind-up cars rounded out the chaos. These toys captured the space-age optimism and hands-on play of the decade. No plastic safety wrappers everywhere — just imagination, noise, and memories. Which one did you (or your parents) have under the tree? Or which 60s toy do you still can’t believe was sold to kids? Drop your stories below 👇 #1960sToys #RetroChristmas #VintageToys

I had a THINGMAKER!!! It was the greatest. [:)

Thingmaker! Mom's, entertain the kids for hours with hot plates that are a few degrees hotter than the sun. Don't mind the screams, just run some tepid water over the 3rd degree burns and sit them back down at the table for hours more fun!

Had ‘em, and a lot worse! Ask me about my ThingMaker, and my Zero-M Blaster… Back when toys came with consequences!

Eeeks! Thingmaker, with plastigoop. My fave.

After the Thingmaker came Incredible Edibles which were cooked the same way but they added flavoring to the plastic goop so we would eat the little toxic gummies 🤨 1st gen soft contacts, we made our own saline from distilled water & boiled the contact case in an unsafe cooker

Weird and Dangerous Toys Creepy Crawlers ThingMaker made by Mattel in 1964 and into the 1970s Mattel’s ThingMaker let kids pour “Plastigoop” into metal molds and cook them on a heating plate that reached nearly 400 degrees. Burns and toxic fumes were common concerns. It was eventually discontinued in the 1970s when new regulations banned toys that used high heat. Sealed sets go for $300 ; loose sets $75–$150. #vintagetoys #dangeroustoys #weirdtoys #toysfromthepast #nostalgia #collectibletoys

Did you have Creepy Crawlers? I had flower power. It wasn’t called Thingmaker. It was full of strong fumes, was the plasticgoop toxic? We survived. Do you have scars from the heating unit? I left mine on all night and day, it’s a miracle it didn’t catch fire. 🔥

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The toys I missed out on as a Gen X kid bc my mom thought they'd be too messy ... Baby Alive, Easy Bake Oven (we can use our own oven when "I" feel like supervising a baking session she'd say), Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, Creepy Crawlers Thingmaker, the original slime that came in a little garbage can, and a Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine. I wanted all of these so bad as a kid. Were your parents against mess making toys too? I got to play with some of them at my cousin's house. Her parents were less strict.

Thingmaker, also called Creepy Crawlers, is an activity toy made by Mattel, beginning in 1964. The toy consists of a series of die-cast metal molds into which is poured a liquid chemical substance, which comes in assorted colours. #HorrorCommunity #SpookyScarySunday

The Creepy Crawly Thingmaker! That thing heated to 1000 degrees and if you touched one of your creations too soon it melted your hand like lava 😂

Throwback to 2014 and the first time my words appeared in a book. Not one of mine, but a nostalgic look back at toys of the 50s, 60s and 70s. I’d written about the Thingmaker on my site in 2011 and the book’s authors asked if they could print it.

I had the edible kind..and I still do edible but not the bug kind.. Incredible Edibles (1967) : A Thingmaker that made edible pieces. It used a special goop called "Gobble De-goop" which was placed in molds and cooked like regular Plasti-Goop.

Although I had a great time with the Thingmaker, the fumes from the burning plastics were extremely toxic. The good ol' days 😂