To hate playdough??

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I haven't had it in the house for years, but we just moved house 6 days ago and the children needed some occupation that wasn't attached to a screen . I spied a play dough kit in Aldi and thought they would enjoy it.

Oh, they DO. It was a successful purchase from their point of view but I am going crazy. The colours are all mixed into a muddy brown! There are tiny balls of it underfoot! They don't put it away properly without my constant nagging! We end up throwing a bit of it in the bin every time they are done playing because it gets covered in crumbs. The carpets have thus far survived, but only because of draconian rules. The whole thing has stressed me out.

And I will dig this thread up in a few years when I again think we haven't had it in a while and therefore they must feel deprived. As far as I'm concerned, it should only be found in nurseries and playgroups!

Never, ever buy Play Doh Plus. It is even more evil than the standard stuff.

My dd gets one colour to play with at a time. Play doh is her most played with Christmas present this year. I only got her 1 Tub for a £1

Hate the stuff. The feel and the smell of it makes me feel sick. DD begged for some for Christmas but got kinetic sand instead, which I can cope with.
Play doh should be reserved for grandma's house and schools/nursery/playgroup.

I love it, but DD is very careful. I hide it when her cousins visit though. Spent a lovely hour or so making play doh my little ponies yesterday.

Play doh plus is the devil's work. Runny, sticky nastiness that won't mold and gets stuck in the little machines.

The ice cream set is fab! My 3 year old has no problems using it. You're supposed to use the playdoh plus in the squeezy bit, it's softer, and regular playdoh for making the shapes. Though ours is all mixed up, half regular and half plus is an ok texture for both.

I like it. My DDs can play with it for hours. But we have wooden floors so no carpet to ruin.

Yanbu. Play dough and the sand pit their grandparents got them in the back garden. I always end up with sand all over the livingroom/kitchen floors and it drives me nuts but they love it and spend hours playing so it stays. X 😊

I feel a bit sad about not letting DD mix the colours, I can hear myself being annoying while she is playing! Maybe I should just let her get on with it.

Ours is not allowed out of the kitchen. When it's truly turned grey I'll be attempting to make my own.

My children love it. We don't have carpets downstairs so it just gets brushed up. I don't care if the colours get mixed up.

However, it our play doh is NEVER EVER is played with by other children or my children are not allowed to play with communal ones in ie. toddler group.

It's a great medium for storing worm eggs as the stuff pulls it easily from under children's fingernails - and spreads easily to other children's hands.

Dd2 caught it this way and passed it to me....

I have just banned it in my house after having to try to remove it from all up my stair carpet when DS trod it everywhere.

Bloody fluorescent orange everywhere and I cannot get it all out. I was fuming as I said about 100000 times to be careful and not drop any of it anywhere.

He can play with it at nursery from now on!