Cooky Cucumber is no kook.

Cooky Cucumber is no kook. She’s on a skateboard, but her friend Katie Carrot on the balance board… well, we can’t vouch for her. Actually, these gals may not even know each other, I think Mr Potato Head is playing the field a little bit. “Hey baby, nobody said we were exclusive!” 2025 Update: At the time of the original post there weren’t many images of this anywhere. Today there are all kinds of images available, so I’ve updated some of the low res pics. It’s funny because if you do an image search a lot of them are from this original post.

These Cooky Cucumber and Katie Carrot boxes circa 1966 are courtesy of MrPotatohead.net, a site dedicated to all things nostalgic about Mr Potato Head. When he was invented in the 50’s, it was just a collection of plastic parts that you were supposed to stick into actual potatoes. It wasn’t until 1964 that he started to ship fully plastic and self contained.

Katie Carrot – Australian packaging for Cooky Cucumber. Notice the kangaroo? Hey! Why do Australian’s get 10 extra pieces? This version is a lot harder to find.

Thanks again to Dennis at MrPotatohead.net. Check out his totally obsessive collection and view this frightening image.

I’ve seen a lot pics of the contents of the boxes and none them show a skateboard, so that must have been a serving suggestion. Nowadays the box would have to come with a disclaimer. This pick is from an item that sold from Angie Goods on Etsy.

Katie Carrot and her balance board. Photo from Mr Darby’s Antiques.