Shaker Maker is a toy for creating your own figures. The steps are simple and quick: mix their special Magic Mix powder with ordinary water into the provided Shaker, then pour into the two-piece moulds. Your character can be removed after about five minutes and will have already started to set. Once fully hardened after a few days, the character can be painted.
The original toy was licensed by the Ideal company. The earliest advertising I’ve found so far is 1972. As well as Ideal’s People, Animals, and Birds, other sets included Disney, Batman, Superheroes, Buck Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and the Flintstones.
UK. Ideal Toy Catalogue. 1972.
UK. Ideal Toy Catalogue. 1972.
Shaker Magique – France.
France. PIf Gadget. 1979.
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
Can u still buy the mix or make it yourself
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Amazon were selling refill packs up until recently, and Hamley’s of UK were selling kits. It’s possible you could buy plaster from a hardware shop and mix it yourself… though results might differ from Shaker Maker’s own formula?
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Loved these as a kid.
They were brilliant and had hours of fun making them.
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Hi Rob, thanks for stopping by. As a kid I had some of the Disney sets. Very interesting and creative toys I remember. Would love to get hold of some ads for the Batman and Buck Rogers sets one day.
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Wow! Another one that I forgot about. I had this when I was a child. Oh the memories!
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