Rolling in Dough … Play-Doh, That Is!
Chloe, age 10, is the first of the eight invited guests to arrive at Grandma Henke’s Slumber Party and she is enticed by the two unopened packages sitting on the kitchen table. These Play-Doh Movie Snacks and Fun Factory were sent to me by Sarah Reynolds who works for a public relations firm. (I couldn’t do them as soon as they arrived because of Lynn’s knee replacement surgeries.) I bought 7 regular sized cans of Play-Doh to make sure there was plenty to go around for our large group. Our assignment was to play ourselves silly and then let Sarah know what we think. Our testers range from ages 2 1/2 to 15 1/2.
I didn’t do any explaining, just told the kids to “go at it”. I half expected the older girls to spend their time helping the younger ones, but they quickly migrated to one end of the table and set up their own work stations.
The middle group picked up different pieces from the kits, quickly figured out how to start producing, and then proceeded to help the youngest two who are ages 2 1/2 and 4.
Steele is the only grandson who lives in Utah but he wasn’t intimidated by the girls and was eager to show Abby how to use the Fun Factory to make different shaped ropes.
Little hands are so precious! Abby needed help holding the popcorn maker in place but loved cutting it with the plastic knife and separating the popcorn.
Ande, age 2 1/2 pinched her finger making a rope but once the quickest medicine in the world was applied she was happily back to business.
One fudge banana split, complete with cherry served up by Kati, Grace, & Kerra …
One Triple Combo served up by Faith
Two free lancers = one healthy serving of cauli-flower and one special blue dog
I couldn’t have been more surprised than to find that these two Play-Doh sets along with the extra containers I purchased, kept eight grandchildren with totally different interests and skill levels entertained for an hour and a half. As you can see, they had a great time using their imaginations and the tools at hand. The small children, ages 4 and under, needed assistance with the plastic molds. I think the older ones enjoyed having an excuse to play with it. It was great to see the imaginations soar. Little Ande loved the “cutting knife” (it wasn’t sharp) and probably had the most fun cutting up pretend vegetables and noodles for her “soup”. I was also pleased that the Play-Doh was easy to clean up. I will be taking these up to Washington with us in three weeks to let the grandchildren up there have fun with it while we are camped at the beach. Grandparents, I think you would be happy with this addition to your toy closets! Did you know Play-Doh has been around since 1956? I was nine years old the first time I played with it at school.
OhhI want to come!! I love play dough!
I’m old enough to remember when there was no Play-Doh, when we played with modeling clay, which had to be warmed in your hands before it could be modeled. It was smeary and sticky. Play-Doh is a huge improvement.
You Go Grandma Henke.. Oh my goodness, I so want and need one of each of them.. Bj and Jon loved playdoh when they was kids and that would be one fun family night with teenagers .. Love you tons
Loved the pictures! It was so fun to see the ficio and hear their voices too. Sounds like the night was a winner!
Looks like a great gift–for the kids, and for Mommies who need a little down time. I’ll keep in mind as I think kids of all ages would love it.
Who needs electronics? It is good at times to get back to good old fun!!!