Archie McPhee News Blog of Fun

What do you get when you mix Finger Hands with a fidget spinner? If you're comedian Jesse McLaren you get an infinite loop of high fives. Take a look at the video below for instructions on building your own endless supply of self congratulation!   Click here to buy Finger Hands!  

Last night the awesome Adam Savage posted a picture (by tweetsauce) of himself wearing our Finger Hands with an entirely appropriate E.E. Cummings quote from the poem somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond, "nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands." Of course, the best celebrity Finger Hands picture of all time is "Weird Al" Yankovic advertising his...

One of the things we miss about getting most of our orders through the mail, back when we more of a catalog company, is the way customers used to decorate their envelopes. People didn’t just put a stamp on them and send them out, these folks spent some serious time and effort. While I was going through a box in our...

We were pleased as punch when The Presidents of the United States of America found inspiration in our Finger Monsters for an amazing song that captures their awesomeness perfectly. (Buy the song here) Not only that, but the incredibly talented Chris Bellew came to our Seattle Archie McPhee store to perform his Caspar Babypants song Googly Eyes. We like to...

We love Kit Cameo and her snowflakes! Her delicate paper snowflakes are so intricate it's almost unreal. We commissioned her to make an Archie McPhee snowflake and it turned out way beyond our expectations. As you can see, it features Classic Disguise Glasses, the Unicorn Mask, the Horse Mask and the Inflatable Unicorn Horn for Cats. It's especially amazing that...

S.S. Adams, now owned by Magic Makers, was the original American novelty company. For their 100th anniversary, they released a pictorial history of their products called, Life of the Party. Kirk Demarais, the author, agreed to answer a few of our questions. Kirk is not just an author, he’s also an ace designer and the blog-master of Secret Fun Blog. When...