Play-Doh is so much fun. My mom was (probably still is) a no messy toys sort of person. I know I had some Play-Doh growing up, but opportunities to use it were few and far between.
Personally, I don't find it that hard to clean up, and if I find some Play-Doh in the carpet three days later, no big deal.
Growing up I always wanted the haircut Play-Doh set. I don't know if they still make it, but there was a big head, and you cranked "hair" out of the top and cut it. I think there was also a dentist one that looked really cool.
When I was given the opportunity to receive and review the Play-Doh Burger Builder with my son, I was so excited. The box came in a Play-Doh backpack, which we donated to my son's daycare's school supply drive.
We have had so much fun making burgers, fries, chips, and toppings with this.
My son says the best parts are the handles that you crank down to press the burger, tomato, pickle, lettuce and onion shapes. His overall opinion of the toy? "It's awesome!" There is also a little contraption that is used to crank out chips. The chips kind of fly out, so you have to watch where you direct it.
There are two templates full of little shapes that can be used to squirt out fries, spaghetti, carrot shavings...Whatever your imagination comes up with!
We have been trying really hard to keep the colors from getting mixed, so we can continue making realistic looking creations. We plan to get out some of our other Play-Doh that's all mixed up so we can make some really funky looking creations.
My only concern at all with this toy is that the larger handle, used to press out fries, seems like it's made of a fairly thin plastic, and I am interested to see how it withstands lots of the harder pushes needed to crank out the fries.
Overall? We are absolutely thrilled with this toy. My son has plans to use it with a friend who is coming over tonight! He said I can be the person who orders the food. :-)
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Their ice cream factory is fun too!
We had plenty of play-doh and modeling clay, but none of the specific activity-related accessories. Similarly, I had Barbies, but never the dream house, the car, etc. Poor little me--forced to use my imagination. Mostly I didn't mind--my Barbies couldn't drive, but they rode all over the place on a toy horse of my brother's. Hee.
This is why I'm so glad we have a nice basement that we can use as a playroom. It has carpet but we don't care that much about it, and it can always be cleaned. Our kids can play with whatever toys they want down there, no matter how messy. Maybe we'll put down mats or something, but it's the perfect space for a child to get creative without worrying about making a mess.
Liz - It looks fun! The little ice cream cones are so cute!
Lizgwiz - My Barbie collection was the same way - no extras. I get it, though...For the cost of the car, they could buy me 2 Barbies. Probably the better choice.
Jess - We have a basement playroom, too. That's where the big toys are - Train table, kitchen... We play Play-Doh at the dining room table. I put my sewing cutting mat on the table, so we don't have to worry about damage to the table.
I still love to play with play-doh and have always let my kids play with it and the other messy stuff too. You're only a kid once, you know:)
Ah, play-doh. It always ends up brown if you want to make something cool. That's why my mother tried making it at home. Just wasn't the same.
Shannon - Actually, I might be a kid twice, since I love playing Play-Doh with my son. :-)
Noelle - My son's preschool class gave out some Play-Doh recipes, but I never tried to make it.
My kids are going to miss out on Play-Doh...I can't stand the smell of it! The stuff looks cute but i just can't do it.
Play-Doh is fun, but my son would always mix the colors and/or forget the lids and it would get hard. I suppose we'll buy more as Sissy gets older - we still have our sons plastic play doh accessories, so she should have fun!
I always wanted the barbershop Play-Doh set, too! My mom also had a thing about no messy toys, but somehow Play-Doh was OK. Not sure why we never got the barbershop, though. Dang; now I feel deprived. ;-)
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