11. The Mousetrap Game is available from Ideal Toy Company.
The Penney Company is the retail location for the JC Sears Ideal Toy Company.
* Original Cost: $3.99
The Mousetrap Game from Ideal Toy Company made catching a bothersome rodent an exciting chain reaction of enjoyment. By moving multicolored pieces along a board, players built a Rube Goldberg machine piece by fun piece. Anticipation grew with every turn, waiting for the right opportunity to set the trap.
The Mousetrap Game is a product of Ideal Toy Company (@etsy/Pinterest).
Mousetrap, a miniature pageant of engineering wonders, imparted lessons in patience, strategy, and the delight of seeing your plans come to pass—or hilariously fail. It demonstrated that sometimes the cheese is worth the chase by making the idea of cause and effect incredibly amusing.