Yesterday all activity* came to a grinding halt when a group of BuzzFeed employees were presented with a box full of CHILDHOOD DREAMS.
*A very small amount of activity.
Reactions ranged from "omg that SMELL!" to "fuck I'm so bad at art fuck."
But one thing was constant: These professional, office-job-having grown-ups were absolutely transfixed in the face of the near-mystical element.
One editor made an Illuminati symbol.
One drew inspiration from the very internet we swim in.
By James Grebey.
By James Grebey.
Some made Pokémon.
Koffing by James Grebey, Pikachu and high-as-heck Snorlax by Ann-Marie Alcántara.
While others made Adventure Time characters.
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Lumpy Space Princess by Julia Pugachevsky, Princess Bubblegum by Conz Preti, Jake by James Grebey who clearly went to town on this whole thing.
There was a Play-Doh piñata.
By Jessica Lima.
And a Starbucks cup.
By Alexis Nedd, in a seamless display of childhood-meets-adulthood.
And a pizza angel.
By Erin Chack duhhhh.
Some folks showed an innate grasp of the medium.
Like Tashween Ali, noted rock star and apparent Play-Doh enthusiast.
Others...less so.
This is Sonic the Hedgehog (obviously) as rendered by Joe Bernstein.
Some turned abstract.
"This is a pendant or something I guess" by Hillary Reinsberg.
While others conjured up past favorites.
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Ugly Doll by Jessica Lima.
But only one editor used Play-Doh the way God and our childhoods intended.
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Emmy Favilla, supreme creator of copy guides and ~ART~ alike.
National Play-Doh Day is, apparently, happening on Sept. 16.
If you are inspired to create masterpieces of your own (or happen to have [hopefully photographic] relics from yr past), add 'em in the comments.
