7 Visions of the Future Sculpted in Play-Doh

Play-Doh, the wallpaper cleaning material-turned-sculpting compound, turns 60 today. To celebrate, the brand asked parents from around the world to share their kids’ predictions for what the future holds via social media. Some kids predicted dinosaurs would make a comeback; others thought we’d take a rocket to Mars; and still others thought the future would be rife with robots. The brand's official sculptor then brought those visions to life using nothing but Play-Doh, a process which took more than 40 hours to complete and required 200-plus cans of the compound. You can see the sculpts—and timelapse video of them being created—exclusively below, then share your own predictions for the future on social media using #PLAYDOH60 and #WORLDPLAYDOHDAY.

1. HUMANS AND ALIENS BECOME BEST FRIENDS

With the discovery of new Goldilocks planets—so named because they're "just right" for hosting life—happening all the time, this prediction seems likely to become a reality. As for what our future alien besties might look like, scientists have a few theories of their own (green tentacled monster sadly isn't one of them). Check out all the detail that went into creating this sculpt:

2. FASHION WILL BE FIERCER THAN EVER

Pretty much everyone—from The Strand magazine in 1893 to the British Pathé in 1939—has gotten in on the fashion prediction game. Thanks to the rise of wearables (which can track your fitness, measure your emotions like a mood ring, analyze your carbon footprint, and maybe one day even fly), it's safe to say future fashion will be more high-tech than ever before—so we'll probably be seeing something like this sculpt on tomorrow's hover-runways.

3. FOOTWEAR WILL FLY

Probably predicted by a kid wearing Heelys. (May we suggest said kid enroll in this sneaker design academy to make this a reality?) In the timelapse video of this sculpt, you can see how Play-Doh's artist painstakingly feathered layers of the compound to create those incredible wings:

4. EVERY FAMILY OWNS A PET UNICORN

Scientists recently announced that unicorns were real, and roamed the earth 29,000 years ago. Sadly, that animal was not as adorable as this sculpt—it was actually more of a furry rhino than what we typically think of as a unicorn. But we're holding out hope that scientists can make this prediction happen.

5. STOVES DO THE COOKING FOR YOU

Any talk of stoves that cook so you don't have to inevitably brings to mind Ray Bradbury. Of course, this stove is much cuter than anything Bradbury wrote about.

6. YOU CAN TRAVEL BACK IN TIME

We can only guess that this prediction was made by a kid obsessed with Back to the Future. (Ever wonder how Doc Brown and Marty got to be such good friends? We have the answer.)

7. HOUSES ARE IN THE SKY, AND CARS CAN FLY

We're constructing taller buildings every year, and we could have self-driving flying cars by 2018. What we're saying is, this vision of the future is happening sooner rather than later—and we're ready to live like the Jetsons.

All images and videos courtesy of Play-Doh and Hasbro.