DD’s friends have absolutely destroyed my carpet.

Can’t you just be happy that they were having fun and being creative, OP? 😀
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I confiscate these things all the time in class, they are a menace.

But, the liquid is water soluble.... I tested this after one burst in my desk draw. A good carpet cleaner and detergent should work.

What a fine example of emotional regulation and proportionate reaction that would set for children.

I would never have cream carpet in my home.
Accident’s happen. If you are expecting a parent to pay, then all of the parents should contribute as all the children were playing with them, it happened to pop on one.
I wouldn’t shout at them either. The stain will fade.

Agree. We have four teens in this house and if a 12 year old turned on the waterworks with me after a fuck up, they'd be given short shrift.

I don't think I would be expecting the other parents to pay but I would be in a brutally bad mood about it.

You knew they had them but left them to it. Why didn't you tell them to go in the kitchen where it would easily be cleaned up? Who has cream carpet in the hall anyway especially not with kids?

Ace bleach is good for stuff like this. Get the one for colours though not whites.

OP, you clearly knew that these toys can break and spout horrible stuff so you should have insisted the kids played outside. I know you said you asked them to and they said it was too hot, but as the parent it was on you to insist.

By all means be annoyed with the kids but be more annoyed with yourself for not properly parenting the situation.

OP, I am sorry but YABU. You had the chance to remove the squishies and didn't. You were the adult in charge and had responsibility over what they were doing. You should have removed them.

When DD was growing up she would go round to friends houses who all had different rules , no slime, no playdough, no shoes in house etc. All you had to do was take them off them and return when they went home.

As so many PP have said, just claim off the house insurance.

Accidents happen when you have kids. I still have blue stains on my carpet from painting or playdough.

No she hasn’t. You’ll see if you actually read her posts.

you seem to be implying that the friends were entirely to blame and your DD had no part in it. Why on earth would you expect other parents to pay for your carpet cleaning?! Hire a Rug Doctor. Surely as parents we expect accidents happen from time to time?

They are 12yo. You were the supervising adult who let this happen. It’s got nothing to do with the other kids parents, it’s your responsibility.

I agree with what many people have said. I would have been horrified if my daughter had caused damage to someone else’s property but I have to agree that you are largely to blame for allowing the girls to play with toys like this indoors. And I think your reaction was totally over the top. This will be all over the school by now and your poor daughter will get a really hard time when she goes to school tomorrow about her psycho mum.

It was an avoidable accident and my dc would be in trouble for letting it happen on their watch.

Sorry, this is on you. It was your dd and her friends, so you and your dd are the accountable one here. You knew they were playing with them. I suspect one burst by accident?

Not being horrible but they are at your house and you weren’t watching so I wouldn’t really feel it was my fault as a parent of another child to replace your carpet. I would apologise and make my child apologise but they were under your care and you saw what they were doing and let them continue so I feel like the blame falls on you here. This is what house insurance is for…

With the help of that persons child

If i was one of the parents, I'd be mortified that my child had damaged someone else's home.

Lesson learned the hard way, OP. Next time, put a firmer boundary in place.

This is entirely your fault, it was an accident and I wouldn't even have sent them home. They tried to clean it up.

If I were the other parents I would be thinking you completely overreacted.

Exactly. You anticipated the issue. Lesson learned OP

This was your fault and your daughter’s fault as much as her friends. You saw that their play was too rough relative to the jeopardy and you went and watched eastenders. They’re kids. You’re an adult. Your daughter didn’t stop the continued rough play.

You absolutely cannot expect them to pay for the carpet. You should have parented.

This - this happened on your watch you should have taken the toys off them. There was literally nothing those parents could have done to prevent this when they werent there, this one is on you
And frankly expensive cream carpets are a silly impractical choice in a house with children. As a pp said you have sent them outside with it.

You had the opportunity to take the things off them especially as you were aware the mess they could make and now you sent them home and expect ££ from their parents?
Exactly how to ruin friendship's.

so first off you now message all the parents and say that you assume that by now they know why the girls were sent home and that tomorrow you will get a quote for cleaning the carpet and you will let them know how much they will owe you

and then when you get the price you divide it by the number of girls involved (including yours)

And in future you remember that this was partly your fault for not making them go outside with the toys, or taking them off them.

ETA if you are lucky some of the parents at least will cough up. (also where i live, not UK, parents have 3rd party insurance for their children for things like this)

There is no chance they have told their parents what actually happened. If their parents asked them they likely gave them some vague rubbish about you having to go on an emergency errand or something.