21 How It’s Made GIFs Bound To Blow Your Mind

Published January 30, 2014
Updated September 25, 2025

We benefit from and enjoy the following products on a regular basis, and yet we seldom see the engineering-heavy processes that bring our beloved material goods to our supermarket shelves. Realized in GIF form, your favorite items assume a new–and perhaps less appealing–identity.

How It’s Made: Ice Cream Sandwiches

Ice Cream Sandwiches

How It’s Made: Bundles Of Hay

Bundling Hay

How It’s Made: Hot Dogs

Hot Dogs

Hot Dogs Conveyor

How It’s Made: A One-Take Old Spice Commercial

Old Spice Commercial

How It’s Made: Highway Barriers

Highway Barrier

How It’s Made: Chains

Chains

How It’s Made: Pre-Sharpened Pencils

Pencil Sharpening

How It’s Made: Springs

Springs

How It’s Made: Camouflage Helmets

Camouflage Helmet

How It’s Made: Chain Link Fences

Chain Link Fence

How It’s Made: Condoms

Condoms

How It’s Made: Stop Motion Films

Stop Motion Film

How It’s Made: Crayons

Crayons

How It’s Made: Krispy Kreme Donuts

Krispy Kreme Donuts

How It’s Made: Pringles

Pringles

How It’s Made: Balloons

Balloons

Balloons Belt

How It’s Made: Toothpicks

Toothpicks

How It’s Made: Fortune Cookies

Fortune Cookies

How It’s Made: Forks

Forks

How It’s Made: Pretzels

Pretzels Dough

Pretzels Tied

How It’s Made: Jawbreaker Candies

Jawbreaker Candy

All GIFs above come from Huffington Post and Imgur.


And if you enjoyed these how it’s made GIFs, be sure to see our posts on maps that explain the world and our collection of interesting facts.

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All That's Interesting
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Savannah Cox
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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.