Creative Factor is the platform where your inventive concepts meet industry professionals. Whether you're an inventor, designer, artist, or play professional with a groundbreaking idea, the Creative Factor program offers an interactive and engaging blend of learning, pitching, and networking opportunities.
Creative Factor Inventor Day
At Creative Factor’s Inventor Day, selected innovators step into the spotlight, presenting their products, concepts, or ideas to top toy and youth entertainment professionals and manufacturing partners. Approved toy manufacturers – which have included Crayola, Exploding Kittens, Hasbro, Jazwares, Just Play, Melissa & Doug, Ravensburger/ThinkFun, Spin Master, and more – attend to hear these pitches and explore potential new products and playthings.
Applications for Inventor Day open Fall 2026. Fill out the Industry Innovators Interest Form to be among the first to know when they do.
For questions about Creative Factor Inventor Day or participation, please contact Shannon Swindle.
Experienced Inventors & Designers
Join us for access to a host of members-only benefits such as networking, discounts, exclusive resources, and assistance with industry advocacy. Join The Toy Association today.
Aspiring Inventors & Designers
The newly updated eighth edition of the Toy Inventor & Designer Guide is a free, step-by-step roadmap for bringing a toy idea to market. Developed with the United Inventors Association (UIA) Toy Hub, it walks through every stage of the invention process: evaluating and protecting your concept, pitching to prospective manufacturing partners, licensing, manufacturing, and promotion. Download the free guide.
Welcoming the Next Generation
The Toy Association serves on the United Inventors Association’s Toy Industry Advisory Board and supports the toy design departments of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles through scholarship grants and student membership.
To learn more about joining The Toy Association, contact Bernadette Boyle.
For inquiries or questions about Toy Association’s inventor education and activity, Shannon Swindle.