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Article: Kool-Aid Play Dough (non-edible)
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- Courier News (Elgin, IL)
- Article date:
- October 16, 2008
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Play-Doh can be a real a pain for parents.
Little bits of the colorful clay inevitably break off and get embedded into the carpet. The Play-Doh tidbits soon dry, harden and become sharp.
There's also the looming threat of someone eating a Play-Doh pancake or shoving a wad of the non-toxic dough up his or her tiny nose.
And yet, I encourage my 2-year-old son to play with the modeling clay invented by accident in 1956. The bread dough-like putty originally was meant as wallpaper cleaner. Instead, Play-Doh found better use sparking children's imaginations.
Bubba received his first yellow tubs of Play-Doh for his birthday in June. He loves to "make snakes" and plays with the toy about once a ...