How Was Silly Putty Invented?

Did you ever play with Silly Putty when you were a kid? Did you know it’s been around for 70 years? Did you know it was accidentally invented during World War II? Well you do now!

James Wright accidentally invented this silly substance in an attempt to make cheap rubber for the United States of America during the Second World War. However, when it was rejected by American army bosses, he found it to be an amusing toy for children and marketed it as Silly Putty.

Find out more about one of the most loved toys in our latest Great Big Story.

00:00 Silly Putty is born
00:35 What is Silly Putty?
01:35 Why is Silly Putty so fun?

#SillyPutty #Toys #Fun

[emperorfaiz]

Huge props for that PowerPuff Girls intro parody.

[thehyperscientist]

Didn't know Silly Putty was around for THAT long! It's still a bit strange to think that some of the greatest and most iconic things we have today came from much less cheerful origins 😅

[newshefan]

Lol I was just talking about the PPG opening to a kid this week

[Dark-prjj]

Vids like this make me realize how much i missed this channel

[tnt]

In Spain we had slime and play dough, but I think it's the first time I hear about Silly Putty. I asked a few other European friends and very few knew about it

[Blarnix]

I’m so happy that Great Big Story is back.

[Unstoppableplayzilovemyfamily]

Cant wait to watch them again after so long who else thought they stop uploading.

[JMRayner]

Absolutely adore this GBS! Wholesome, fun and BORIC ACID <3

[rridderbusch]

Silly Putty no longer lifts colored images from newspapers. They changed the ink.

[Atraira]

you have the highest production value trailers for videos that dont exist lmao

I always end up on this channel expecting 20 min vidocs because of its name

[prussianmaple]

this video was made with so much love HAHHAHA♥️♥️

[limun]

This is why I love great big story it tells great stories

[TPLS]

This is the side of GBS I missed so much over the years. Especially the food videos etc.

[OfficialBad]

wow i love how you go to across the world to see what the world has🌎

[LEgGOdt]

0:00-0:34 those who starts humming the full song as it plays, then your childhood was the best.

Y'all shound do a video on the origins of Playdoe and what it was originally used for before it became a toy.

[jhsounds]

inb4 this Silly Putty actor gets spun off into his own channel.

[sillymansillyman]

Wow - great video. I love all things silly!

[theotherohlourdespadua]

I only become familiar with Silly Putty after reading a children's literature book tmwhose theme is about inventions. And that was in 2007..

[VCorbi]

I had one, but in my country wasn't popular at all.

[Boundyeezy]

waoah???, did they start this masterpiece again??