1973 Whitman/Happycraft Paint by Number Set

A 1973 Happycraft Paint By Number kit featuring Walt Disney Character Favorites. Manufactured by Whitman. Includes eight watercolors, a brush, mixing try, color guide, and eight 11" x 14" character pictures to paint--Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Peter Pan, and Snow White. For ages 4-8.

Snow White and Doc are pictured on the box cover.

1938 Snow White Paint & Crayon Set, Whitman No. 2187

This 1938 Snow White Paint and Crayon Set was made by Whitman Publishing Company. Stock no. 2187. The original box would have included a paint set, paintbrush, and crayons, plus 80 story pages to color (in four 20-page books).

Image via Heritage.

Hasbro 'Snow White' Paint-By-Number Kits

Hasbro produced several Disney paint-by-number sets including the following Snow White examples. This first group dates from the 1970s and was part of their Walt Disney Studio Classics collection. For ages 4 and up.

Six acrylic paints and two 8x10 panels. Box no. 3050 (3057 ASST).

Completed painting.

Nine acrylic paints and three panels. Box No. 3066 (3068 ASST).

 

Completed paintings.

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Prior to the watercolors, Hasbro issued a "Simple As ABC" series of oil paint-by-number kits. They date from the 1960s. Here's a look at a few completed panels.

Apparently, these next four panels were part of the oil-based sets too but were done with watercolors instead.

There was also a paint-by-number Oil Painting with Sculptured Frame series. The Snow White kit dates from circa 1967. Included eight oil paints, one 16x12 panel. and one frame.

Completed paintings via the paint by number museum.

Vintage Snow White Pyrography Set

A Snow White wood burning kit manufactured by Marks Brothers Company of Boston. "© 1938 Walt Disney Enterprises." The box cover depicts the dwarfs with etched wooden plaques and Dopey holding an electric etching pencil.

The kit included a catalog/instruction booklet, etching pencil, paint pallet, plus wooden plaques with images of the characters to be used for wood-burning and painting. The vertical pieces measure 3.5" x 5" x .125" thick. The horizontal is 7" x 5".

A finished plaque.

Images via toymaz + lwbx.

The electric pen burner is missing from the above set but an example is shown below in another kit produced by the Marks Brothers Company.

Images via abright1969.

Still another kit displays the metal tapping tools found in some sets

Images via hollyoffspring.

1938 Non-Disney Snow White "Coloring Set"

This Snow White Coloring Set was manufactured in New York by J. Pressman & Co. Inc. While not a Disney item, it was likely issued in 1938 to capitalized on the general release of the film. The illustration of Snow White on the box cover does bare a resemblance to Disney's version, including puffed shoulders on her dress.

The set includes water color paints with a wood palette, two metal bowls for water, Crayons, and four heavier stock cards (with images of the dwarfs and their cottage). Box is 14.5" x 9.5". Manufacturer no. 4227.

Images via gimbler.

In the 1938 wholesale catalog for L. Gould & Co. of Chicago, several other Snow White crayon and painting "outfits" are listed. Again, they are not licensed by Disney, yet the illustration of the princess is definitely patterned after their version.

Image via gdawg.

Vintage Dopey "Paint Box"

A Dopey metal paint tin for kids. Made in England. Dates from circa 1938. Measures approximately 6.5" x 4.5".

The original paint cube tray is long gone from this one.

Additional image via Hakes.

See more Snow White "Paint Box" sets in an earlier Archive entry.