Jake, 3-years-old, generally wakes up from his nap about a half-an-hour before his younger brother Luke. During that time, I try to do an activity with him that we couldn't do if Luke was awake - like play with toys that aren't age appropriate for Luke. The Moon Dough Barnyard Set was perfect for these instances, and Jake had a blast!
Moon Dough isn't like any type of clay or dough you have ever seen or played with before. It is soft and marshmallow-like and never dries out. You can use it over and over again and it works just like new. The dough came in 3 colors which quickly became 1 color as a 3-year-old has a hard time keeping the colors separate. The suggested age range was for children ages 2-4, however, I can't imagine my 2-year-old being able to work with the Moon Dough properly, especially since he would surely eat it. It is hypo-allergenic and wheat-free so it would be safe should a child happen to decide to have a taste.
How it works: You place the moon dough in the top of the barn into one of 4 different molds (horse, cow, sheep and chicken) turn the crank 2 times and out pops your moon dough in the shape of the animal. The dough is pretty fragile and if you have an easily frustrated child, I'd probably steer clear of Moon Dough until they are older. At first Jake would pick up the animal and it would either break in half or the shape would be unrecognizable from him simply handling it too rough. (In the video he tells you that the animal he just made was a flamingo - clearly he didn't care what he was making - he was just having fun making it.)
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| Horse, Cow and Chicken - in a mixture of all 3 colors |
Moon Dough recommends playing on a vinyl tablecloth and I very quickly found out, that was a great suggestion. The dough is very dusty but does clean up really easily. It simply would have been even easier on a slick surface like that or a table (we played on a blanket & had to wash the blanket afterward because the dust ground into the fabric).
I can hardly wait until Jake gets a little better and understanding how to work with the Moon Dough better - I didn't let him use all the dough so we still have a lot of dough that he didn't mix together. A little goes a long way. Once we played with it a bit, it did hold it's shape a little better and he was able to play with the animals in the farm, though it got a bit crowded in there as you can see in the above picture - Jake didn't care, he just "smooshed" it back into one of the molds and started all over again!
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