Magnetic Poetry Original Kit (Tin) - Creative Word Play for Fridge, Office & Home Decor - Perfect Gift for Writers & Poets
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Dave Kapell, founder of Magnetic Poetry, was suffering from writer's block while trying to compose song lyrics. To overcome this problem, he wrote down interesting words on pieces of paper and rearranged them, looking for inspiration. What he hadn't figured into this experiment was his allergies. One good sneeze and any progress was sent flying across the room. Dave decided to glue the words to pieces of magnets and stick them to a pizza tin. Then he got hungry and the now magnetized words made their way to the refrigerator door. Before too long, Dave wasn't the only one rearranging his would-be song lyrics. When friends came over, Dave noticed they started to move the magnets around, amusing themselves by writing the first magnetic poems. After seeing his friends having fun, Dave thought he might be able to sell his word kits at a local craft fair. He made up 100 kits and set up shop at Calhoun Square, a mall in the Uptown area of Minneapolis. All 100 kits were gone after 3 hours. That night, he recruited as many friends as pizza and beer could draw and made up more kits--all of which sold as rapidly the next day. From these beginnings, Magnetic Poetry has now sold over three million word kits, over one billion word tiles--growing from the Original Kit to a kid's line of kits, to foreign language kits, to Voice/theme kits. The Magnetic Poetry Essentials - Everything You Need to Be Your Kitchen's Finest Scribe Our Original and Poet kits are our flagship products, the ones that started it all back in 1993. They contain everything you need to almost effortlessly come up with astonishing “poetry,” even if you’ve never written an original verse in your life! The Original was on Seinfeld’s fridge, and Madonna used The Poet to compose her song “Candy Perfume Girl.” These ones do it all, and are perfect for those new to the world of fridge poetry. Use them to compose ever-evolving love poems, surreal insults, bizarre insights, naughty reposts, and all manner of random and hilarious messages to all that visit… and add their own changes to your works-in-progress! Other fun uses for Magnetic Poetry Include: Passing along quirky love notes, or even weirder insults, and having ongoing conversations on the fridge. The conversation never ends! Inventing new slang. Entertaining your friends while you mix drinks, or keeping that one friend who gets knocked out of poker early busy. Allowing guests to leave personalized messages for you (whether it's in the vein of "thanks!" or "sorry about the couch." Keeping a running diary near the fridge of poems and musings created. It's fun to go back and revisit the creative things that you and your family or friends have come up with. Magnetic Poetry Themed Kits - The Bard, Beards, Squirrels, Movies, and More! We make over 100 different themed kits based on everything from famous authors, to favorite hobbies, to the latest, strangest internet memes. All work great on their own, but really shine as supplements to The Original and The Poet kits, or when combined with each other (for instance, give your intellectual, fuzzy-lipped friend our Mustache Poet and the Shakespeare Kit, and enjoy the hilarious Elizabethan jabs at his ‘stache that emerge)! All of our sets are made right here in the USA, and our entire line (including our comprehensive, teacher-approved Children’s line) is available. We even make a line of desktop metal easel boards for stainless steel fridge owners (magnets, sadly, don’t stick to most stainless), teachers, or for those just wanting to play away from the fridge. Magnetic poets have also been known to install their work on cookie sheets, file cabinets, locker doors, and all other manner of other flat steel surfaces. Magnetic Poetry also works well with magnetic paint… create a poetry wall in your kids' room (or your own). We hope you enjoy Magnetic Poetry as much as we do! Please check out everything we have to offer, and may the muse of the magnets be with you! More From Magnetic Poetry - Foreign Language Kits, Kids' Kits, and Little Boxes of Words We have created a selection of foreign language kits, including Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and more! They are perfect for native speakers, or anyone learning a new language. These kits are fully compatible with English language kits, allowing you to compose multi language letters or poems! The kits in our Kids line were specially created for children. Ignite your child's love of language and wordplay - qualities crucial for success in a lifetime of reading, writing and general learning - and introduce them to having fun with words. Our kids' kits can be used with our "adult" line. As your child grows you can expand their vocabulary with 100s of other kits. We also make dozens of little boxes of themed words, including one for each sign of the Zodiac. Like a booster shot of vocabulary, you'll get an added dose of whatever theme you need to finish your fridge masterpeice. They also contain enough words to stand on their own, and they make great stocking stuffers.
Product Features
The first and original! This is the kit that, since it came out in 1993, has launched a gajillion fridge door poems! Includes a gorgeous symphony of words including (of course) gorgeous, symphony, elaborate, time, soar, dream and many, many more! Magnetic Poetry is a pop culture phenomenon, and it keeps growing! PLEASE NOTE: Packaging may vary.
CONTAINS - Over 300 magnetic word tiles in a stylish, giftable 4.75 x 6 inch cardboard box (no longer includes tin). Tile height is 0.375 Inches, compatible with other Magnetic Poetry brand sets. With dozens of other themed kits the possibilities are endless. You can mix and match to create custom combinations, and custom gift ideas. Magnet words make a great dorm room accessory, or locker decoration. They're also a perfect gift for poetry lovers, or a gift for writers of any kind.
A FUN CREATIVE WRITING AID - Rearrange the words to write poems, messages to your roommates, or generative esoteric word art masterpieces whose meaning is lost even to you. Magnetic Poetry is both a creative writing aid, and just a really fun and limitless toy. They're not just fridge words, you can write an ode on your commode, an elegy on your doorknob, a haiku on your car hood, or a novelette on your omelette maker.
GREAT FOR TEACHERS - Magnetic Poetry is used in the classroom by English teachers, as well as ESL (English as a Second Language) educators. It is a perfect learning aid for anyone learning English, from children to adults. It helps students to expand their vocabulary, and learn syntax and sentence structure, all while being fun and creative. Teachers have told us that it is a fun educational manipulative, allowing students to play with language and improve their writing skills in the process.
MADE IN THE USA - Magnetic Poetry is the inventor of the magnetic word tile, and we're still a small US company that takes great pride in every set we make. Our sets are made in America, are nontoxic, and comply with all American and international safety guidelines and regulations. Please click on the Magnetic Poetry brand name above the title of this page to browse other sets, including themed sets, made by us. Read more about our company in the product description below.
Customer Reviews
These magnets provide a wide range of words to create beautiful and fun poems.Expected a tin, but came in a cardboard and plastic box.I bought this for the nostalgia and it’s amazing! There are more than enough words for the average fridge. The magnet quality is great and the words don’t peel off of it. Highly recommend for anybody’s fridge.Since I discovered this existed at least five years ago, I've always coveted it. Finally, I decided to treat myself for Christmas.What irks me, for $22 is that the magnets are super cheap and flimsy and the words are on a thin paper that sits on the magnet. A LOT of the words are smeared and most of the words have creases through them where the paper was not lined up properly when it adhered to the magnet. Had I paid $5, I totally would not be complaining about the quality. I guess I really wanted this for so long, that to get a damaged/defective/subpar set stunk.I had looked for a list of the words, but couldn't find one. So here is what I received (I am not going to type all the her/she/I/we/ly and other prepositions): * I will note, after typing them there are quite a few words that may be inappropriate for children/teens and you may want to remove those before allowing kids to use the set. Generally, I think it is a pretty decent start and probably would be improved by purchasing additional kits to enhance word play.fastplayheadlakehereshottinyboilrusthowpoleurgeawaywithwantwindsomehaveoverpinktimemeatwantmoonrockwillweremustripTVfingersordidgardentrudgethoughscreambeautytonguesummerwomanpicturelusciouslanguidshadowworshipsausagedeliriouschocolatediamondthousandapparatuselaboratesymphonytogetherpetalwhenswimsoarmoan*aboutaboveeggmadwaxasksaywaswhymysweetpeachwatchforestbreast*springpurplerecallfriendpleasemotherthroughsmoothfranticenormouslanguagegorgeousrepulsivebeneathwhispergoddessfromhavelesspant*lazybeatmistlust*bare*feethairlickrainsuitcoolmilksingshipachedreamwaterhoneydrunkneverthosedresscrushdrivelightsmellchantshinestormblueuglyafterstillonerawyettheywhonotputredsadbedeatskyboyliesunhotdaycryrunmanseausestopbutt*liketheirmenloveroselivelifegirlcanarmyousaidblowshowblacktherethesewhatgownsleepbitterpoundpuppyfiddleflufflatherjuicedeathmeansmearbloodheavespraydroolsweatIt's great. The only complaint I have is they are a little big for my whiteboard, haha. But my whiteboard is a little bigger than a square foot to begin with, so there's that. Anyways, Amanda only listed 186 out of the total 338 words, so I am posting a more complete version organized alphabetically.Also, the tin itself was quite a bit bigger than I thought it would be, but that's more of an observation than a complaint. Anyways, along with the list.&&IIIITVaaaaaaaaboutaboutaboveacheafterallalwaysamamananandandandandapparatusarearearmasasasaskatatatawaybarebebeatbeautybedbeneathbetterbitterblackbloodblowblueboilboybreastbutbutbutbutbuttbybycanchantchocolatecoolcouldcrushcrydddaydeathdeliriousdiamonddiddododoesn'tdreamdressdrivedrooldrunkeatededededeggelaborateenormouseresestfashionfastfeetfiddlefingerfluffforforestfranticfriendfromfromgardengirlgogoddessgorgeousgownhairhashavehaveheheheadheaveherherherehimhishishoneyhothowifinininingingingingingingisisisitititjuicelakelanguagelanguidlatherlazylessletlicklielifelightlikelikelikelivelovelusciouslustlylylymadmanmememeanmeatmenmessmilkmistmoanmonkeymoonmothermusicmustmymymyneednevernononotnotofofofofonononeorouroutoverpantpeachpetalpicturepinkplaypleasepolepoundpuppypurplepushputquickrrrainrawrecallredrepulsiverevealriprockroserunrustsssssssssssadsaidsausagesayscreamseaseeshadowshesheshineshipshotshowsingsitskinskysleepsmearsmellsmoothsosoarsomesordidsprayspringstillstopstormsuitsummersunsweatsweetswimsymphonythethethethethetheirtherethesetheytheythingthosethoughthousandthroughtimetinytotototogethertonguetrudgeuglyupurgeususewantwantwantwaswatchwaterwaxwewewerewhatwhenwhisperwhowhywillwindwithwithwomanwomenworshipyyyyetyouyouyouyouThese are super fun to have, not inappropriate so I can have them at work and other coworkers love to come by and make there own poems!Can be used for any type of expressionI used this at a school and thought I had culled out enough of the words that could be combined with others to make suggestive comments. Nope. Crafty teens, slang that I hadn't heard. The rating of 18 and up is right although it could be a bit higher.Note: scroll through Q&A to find a link to words it contains.Got these magnets as a funny Christmas gift to my flatmates and we have already filled our fridge with passive aggressive notes to each other, poetic nonsense, and even some NSFW content. The original edition has many useful words, as well as several rather uncommon words, and trying to put them all together to form sentences is quite a bit of fun. Definitely a good purchase, maybe next year i'll expand our fridge's vocabulary with one of the other editions. Banana for scale.Not in a tin, which is unfortunate. What a great selection of words, though! We love this set and my boys spend an inordinate amount of time now standing by the fridge constructing poems.A great starter set for the family, but of course more is better. I have a few sets going and the best way for me to organize was to buy metal baking pans and have them ganged up on there instead of sorting thru a bucket and hunting for the perfect word. Just remember to remove before making a cake!Loved these. Ordered one 'expansion' but I'll probably order another. Basically the entire top half of the fridge is covered. Anyone who walks by our fridge usually gets stuck putting a sentence or two togetherTook the words right out of my mind ..... Only complaint would be the photo representation shows that the kit is contained in a metal container but it came in box, not good for long term storage.
