More Info on Silly Putty

( A lot ) More Information on Silly Putty

Ok, so I've done the history of silly putty, but some eggs are still left unturned. What's happening to silly putty in the present, you may ask. Because you want to know. You know you want to! So read my blog. (Now. Because I told you to.)

The sales of Silly Putty are incredible. By 1987, Silly Putty was selling over 2 million eggs every year! Oh and get this, since 1950, over 300 million eggs of Silly Putty have been sold. That's about 4,500 tons!
Finding how many different types of Silly Putty there really are was difficult, but after discovering the official Silly Putty website, it was a piece of cake.(or Silly Putty) Of course, you have your original Silly Putty. You know, the pinkish colored stuff in the red eggs. (see picture of red eggs) Then, you've got the classic bright-colored Silly Putty. That comes in orange, bright yellow, pink, and bright green. (see picture of orange eggs) Silly Putty also features holiday packs, like the Christmas pack, (which I believe Taylor has) featuring a bright red and a dark green egg, or the Spring Pack, featuring an egg of pastel pink and an egg of pastel blue. Then, Silly Putty got technical. They added Glow in the Dark Silly Putty. (see picture) Glow in the Dark Silly Putty came in yellow, bright blue, pink, and bright green. Changeable Silly Putty came next-a temperature sensitive Silly Putty that changes colors from the warmth of your hand. Changeable Silly Putty is availible in an orange changing to yellow variety, a pink to purple variety, and a green to turquoise variety. In 2000, Silly Putty made the golden Silly Putty for the fiftieth anniversary. There are innumerable types of Silly Putty, but I think I've said enough on the subject for now.
Personally, I love to sculpt things with Silly Putty. I sculpt "Mr. Marshmellow" (see me for details) all the time and I love to slowly feed the Silly Putty through my fingers to make it into one long strand. It's also fun to poke the ends of pencil and pen caps into the Silly Putty to make cool designs. I have no real preference to the color of Silly Putty I use, but I like the bright colors better than the plain pinkish color.
Random cool facts!!!!!

• Silly Putty is often called, "the toy with one moving part."
• Silly Putty was taken up in space by the passengers of Apollo 8, and used to keep tools down during the time when they were in zero gravity.
• Each egg of Silly Putty contains about 13.3 grams of putty.
• After recent tests by yours truly, Mr. Baatz, I have proved that it is not safe to play with Silly Putty while driving.
• About 600 pounds of Silly Putty is produced each day.
• Many athletes squeeze Silly Putty to strengthen their grip.
• Silly Putty bounced into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2001.