Mommy's little helper.
There's nothing better than a hands-on creative experience for kids! While lil ones love to mold and sculpt until they exhaust their artistic energy, most moms aren't fans of the inevitable mess the activity creates. Play-Doh has been a beloved "modeling compound" in households since 1956, but it's also infamous for being tough to get out of carpet and crevices. I've rounded up five Read more
Chocolate and marshmallows are the hallmarks of Easter, but they don't have to dominate lil one's baskets. When tots wake on Sunday morning, surprise them with a few treats that carry on the holiday's egg theme without adding more sugar to their day. Check out five fun picks I've found below. Read more
Fifty years after the Play Doh Fun Factory first provided tots with endless hours of creative fun the soft molding dough is still making waves. While the original still reigns supreme, several organic versions of the soft stuff are making their way into eco-conscious homes. Those not interested in shelling out the extra bucks for green versions of the popular play clay can easily – and Read more
Some of my most vivid childhood memories involve sitting at the kitchen table and playing with Play-Doh sets for hours on end. Now that my daughter's about to turn two, I planned on purchasing some and even found an organic version, but a friend recently cautioned against it. When she introduced her son to the classic modeling clay, she envisioned afternoons of creative play. Instead, she Read more
Today is National Play-Doh Day, and if you were like most kids, you probably tried eating it at least once. If you did — don't lie, I know I'm not the only one — then you'll probably recall that it was really salty and had a strangely sweet odor. I'm sure that its overt saltiness is so you won't nosh down on more than a bite. However, if you've always fantasized about eating tubs of the Read more
Raise your hand if you were once an aspiring hairstylist who played with the Play-Doh Fuzzy Pumper Beauty Salon. I spent countless hours creating hairstyles with that thing! The reason I ask is that today is National Play-Doh Day, a silly but sentimental "holiday" that's a perfect reason to mention one of Demeter's oddest scents. Known for its unusual fragrances, Demeter released a Play-Doh scent Read more
What immediately comes to mind when you think of Play-Doh? Surely, not the noise of popping open a fresh can of it, or the colorful look of it, or the manufactured taste of it (wait...what do you mean it's not edible?), or the gooey feel of it, but the overwhelming fragrance that accompanied it. You know the smell well. It was a crafty, chemical smell that was the odd byproduct of mixing Read more
I have yet to meet a person that doesn't get nostalgic when Play-Doh is mentioned. Whether you were a fan of the spaghetti-making attachment or the hair-growing factory, there was something for everyone when it came to that colorful modeling compound. We all know that Play-Doh has that distinctive musky almond scent, which has been described as an oriental vanilla, but you don't have to go around Read more
Sarah Jessica Parker took a well-deserved break from promoting her new film New Year's Eve and spent the morning in NYC with her twin daughters, Tabitha and Loretta Broderick. The threesome skipped on their way to preschool with the girls each holding a tube of brightly colored Play-Doh. It's been an exciting week around the Broderick-Parker household. SJP and Matthew escaped to Washington DC Read more
There's no law that says a Halloween treat must contain copious amounts of sugar to fit into the category. There are tons of great options for nonedible goodies that will please everyone — tots, parents, and especially dentists! — this Halloween. From itty-bitty dinosaurs to mini packages of Play-Doh and glow-in-the-dark pencils, tots will be so thrilled with their stash that they won't even Read more
