Rainbow_Crafts Knowpia

Rainbow Crafts, Inc.
Trade name	Rainbow Crafts
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Toys
Founded	1956; 68 years ago
Founder	Noah McVicker, Joseph McVicker
Defunct	1971; 53 years ago
Fate	Merged with Kenner in 1971
Successor	Kenner
Headquarters	United States
Products	Play-Doh
Parent	Independent (1956–1965); General Mills (1965–1971)

Rainbow Crafts, Inc. (traded as Rainbow Crafts) is a former toy manufacturing company created and operated by Noah McVicker and his nephew Joseph McVicker as a subsidiary of the midwestern soap company, Kutol Products.^[1]^[2] The company manufactured Play-Doh, a modeling compound for children.^[1]^[2] Rainbow Crafts operated under the McVickers from 1956 until 1965 when it was sold to General Mills with all rights to Play-Doh.^[1]^[2] In 1971, Rainbow Crafts and Kenner merged.

Hasbro currently manufactures Play-Doh today.

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^ ^a ^b ^c Walsh, Tim. Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them. Andrews McNeel Publishing, 2005.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ohio History Central: "Rainbow Crafts Company, Inc.." Retrieved 30 October 2008.

[Walsh-1] Walsh, Tim. Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them. Andrews McNeel Publishing, 2005.

[OhioCentral-2] Ohio History Central: "Rainbow Crafts Company, Inc.." Retrieved 30 October 2008.

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